Showing posts with label Baramee Phanich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baramee Phanich. Show all posts

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Thai and Transgender

Baramee Phanich is looking forward to Thursday. That's when he, along with other Thammasat University graduates, will be attending the annual royally sponsored graduation ceremony. For Baramee or Denjan, as he's known to family and friends, the ceremony has special meaning, as he, along with four fellow transgender students, have been granted permission to dress as women.

More Than Just a Passing Fantasy

  Image from Alexsy Turenkov on UnSplash. As I made my way into the public’s eye as a novice transgender woman, I needed to prove to the ave...