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.

Courage or Something Else?

  Image from Miquel Bruna on UnSplash.  Recently, I have exchanged a few comments with a reader named “Janie” and we somehow got into the su...