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Here is a brief
ladyboy guide and some ladyboy pictures. Extreme
ladyboys are rather seldom in Thailand. On the
other hand there are some real perfect ladyboys.
Again and again, I heard this comment about Thai
lady boys until it really started to grate. Everybody making the
same lady boys joke as if it was clever and
original. What a silly stereotype of
a ladyboy at Phuket and Thailand, I thought. As if there are ladyboys
everywhere
you go. The funny thing is, once I moved to Thailand, I
soon discovered that
ladyboys, or katoeys as
they are known in Thailand, really are
everywhere and some of them are real cute
ladyboys
It is
not that just a handful of ladyboys
working at the tourist resorts. You will see them
working
in shops and restaurants. Even if you go
out into the country, you will find katoeys
or ladyboys, they really are everywhere.
In fact, I had not been here long before I
had a personal acquaintance
who was a ladyboy or katoey. One of the things I noticed was just
how
comfortable other Thais were in their company.
Straight Thai men were quite happy
to give her
compliments such as telling her how beautiful
she looked. They all
called her 'she' as it is
polite and made her happy. Personally, I was initially a little
uncomfortable in her presence. I wasn't scared
she would jump on me. She was a
pleasant and
well-balanced person. I was just a little unsure
how to deal with her.
It was the charming way
the other Thais treated her that soon put me at
ease.
What
is a Katoey or Ladyboy?
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What exactly is a
katoey or ladyboy? I had this discussion
with a couple of western friends recently. They
both live in Phuket and both said that you can
only call someone a katoey if they have had
gender altering surgery; otherwise, you should
use the term ladyboy. This I feel is a western
invented distinction. Katoey is a
Thai word and
that is not how it is used.
Thais use the term katoey or ladyboy much more loosely. They use
the term for any man who acts like a woman.
Transgender male or shemale is probably the closest English
term. Men who have gender altering surgery are katoeys
or ladyboys. So are those who take hormones to
create female attributes such as breasts. So are
those who dress up like a woman. In fact, even
gay men who put on a bit of make up and flounce
around are referred to as katoeys or ladyboys.
Actually there are not only ladyboys from
Thailand, there are also Philippines
ladyboys and plenty of other Asia ladyboys.
In real life they are everywhere, just see
the pictures of German ladyboys below. If
you want to know it more intimate check some
post op ladyboys or katoeys.
Why so many Katoeys in Thailand?
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By this
definition, there certainly are plenty of
katoeys or ladyboys in Thailand, in
particular Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya. So why
is this phenomenon so much more common here
than in other countries? It seems unlikely
that there is a genetic reason for Thailand
to have more transgender males than other
countries. I think the reason is much more
to do with the tolerant attitude of the Thai
people. Ladyboys Thai are probably the most
known.
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There are many katoey
or ladyboys TV stars,
singers and models in Thailand . They even have katoey
or ladyboys
beauty contests. There have been several
katoey or ladyboys movies such as 'Beautiful Boxer'
which is the true story of a katoey who
became a champion Muay Thai fighter. She
would often kiss her defeated
opponents. Katoeys or ladyboys seem
to be a widely accepted part of Thai
society
This is probably partly to do
with the Thai religion and its preaching
of tolerance towards others. However, other
countries with a strong Buddhist influence
(Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Laos,
Japan) are not known for their ladyboys.
There must be something else at work. I
think one strong factor is the Thai belief
that life should be fun (sanook). When
they see a katoey, they think it is fun.
They will laugh and joke about it but not in
a nasty way. They certainly will not hurl
abuse or threats as might happen in western
countries. So the main reason why there are
so many katoeys or ladyboys in Thailand is simply that
Thai society is open and tolerant to them.
It makes you wonder how many transvestites
there might be in western countries if our
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How Many Katoeys or Ladyboys work at Phuket?
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In the wake
of the tsunami tragedy and the media feeding
frenzy that followed, a friend sent me
an article from a British newspaper.
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reporter was in
Phuket and obviously struggling to compete for attention with
reporters at harder hit areas. So he did
what a lot of reporters in Phuket did and
started focusing on the seedier side of the
local nightlife. Quite what this had to do
with the tsunami tragedy I am not sure.
This particular reporter seemed to be
fascinated with the ladyboy or katoeys scene. He made a
few sweeping generalizations about Phuket's
nightlife, suggesting the whole island was
truly a cesspit
of debauchery. He then claimed there
were 5,000 ladyboys working in
Phuket's sex industry and a huge
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Where did he get this ladyboy count
figure? It seems like a very bold claim.
Is there a census?
Do the authorities make a
ladyboy count? I really doubt there was a
reliable statistic available to this
reporter. Like most of his report, I think
he just made it up but he obviously saw
enough ladyboys around to think it was a
reasonable guess.
Phuket's high season population is estimated
to be around 500,000. If 5,000 of them are
ladyboys, shemales or katoeys, then that would be 1% of the
population. That would seem very unlikely
but not totally inconceivable. But he said
5,000 actually working in the sex industry.
Where was this
army of available free ladyboys?
At Soi Katoey in Bangla Road,
Patong,
Phuket, there are always a few dancing at
the front of the Soi, Soi means small
road . There is another katoey or ladyboy
bar at the back and Moulin Rouge ladyboy
show. But surely even at the highest
estimate, there could not be more than 50
ladyboys working in Soi Katoey.
There are
maybe another 30 performing at Simon Cabaret
Ladyboy or Katoeys Show - does that even count as the
sex industry? For the sake of argument,
let's say it does. Then there is the gay
area around Soi Paradise. There are quite a
few ladyboys around this area but I think an
estimate of 100 would be very generous.
There are a few ladyboys freelancing
along the beachfronts where they annoy
passing drunks. But really, they are not
there in very high numbers. Let's be
generous again and say 100. Have I missed
any? Maybe there are a few dotted around
other sex establishments.
So even if we round up my figures, we have a
very generous guesstimate of 300 ladyboys
active in the sex industry. I actually think
that is probably extremely generous.
A lot
of the above figures are probably the same
katoeys or ladyboys moving from location to location and
I think I have overestimated all my guesses.
The total figure could be as few as 100.
So I would say somewhere between 100-300
katoeys or ladyboys working in Phuket's sex industry.
Certainly not 5,000 but then a figure of 100
would not make good press.
So what about
the demand for katoeys or ladyboys? Are
there really lots of men looking for their
services? Since their most common approach
seems to be trying to fool very drunk men, I
would guess that their services are not
massively in demand. I have met a few men
who have had sexual encounters with katoeys
or ladyboys.
Most of them claim it was a drunken mistake.
I did meet one guy who happily proclaimed he
had just been 'blown off' by two katoeys or
ladyboys in
his hotel room. He was rather proud of
himself and certainly not claiming it was a
mistake. You do meet some funny characters
in Patong.
I guess there
is some genuine demand for katoeys or
ladyboys. Although they are active in
the gay area, I do not think it is strictly
a gay thing. Although they are made-up as
women, I do not think it is a straight
thing. But there is a hard-to-define group
of men who do find katoeys or ladyboys attractive.
Certainly, there is a lot of curiosity about
ladyboys. Every month, the word 'katoey' is in
the top 20 list of search keywords that have
led people to our Phuket website. And we
only have a small section on katoeys or
ladyboys.
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Men and Katoeys
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Although
katoeys or ladyboys are generally well
accepted in Thai society there is still a
negative side to their reputation. They
do have a reputation for being spiteful and
untrustworthy. I have personally met a few
during my years in Thailand and I have to
say that on the outside they all seemed well
adapted and happy. However, I have also
heard plenty of stories of katoeys or
ladyboys involved
in criminal activities such as pick
pocketing and other thefts. They have also
been known to harass and threaten passers-by
late at night while looking for customers
along the beachfronts. These things
certainly do happen but the scale of the
problem is not clear. Whether katoeys or
ladyboys really
commit crime on a scale greater than other
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They also have a reputation for being
emotionally unbalanced, just go to a check
in counter of Thai International, they are
one of the biggest employees of ladyboys,
your chance to have a problem with one
of them is very high. As I said, all the
ones I have met have seemed fine. However, I
think it is fair to say that the strains of
their lives are very demanding and it is not
surprising that many of them lose emotional
control easily.
The tolerance
of katoeys or ladyboys in Thai society is
not absolute. Their families,
particularly the fathers, sometimes reject
them. Men who in most other ways are
tolerant of katoeys or ladyboys, can still find it
shameful to father one. And the authorities'
tolerance also has its limits.
When a katoey
or ladyboys
volleyball team won the national
championship, two of the team were selected
for the national team. The government
stepped in and blocked their selection. They
did not think it was good for the country's
image.
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Saving Private Tootsie
In 2002,
there was a Thai movie given the English
title 'Saving Private Tootsie'. In this
movie, a plane crash strands a group of
katoeys or ladyboys in the jungle of a war torn
neighboring country. A group of macho Thai
soldiers is sent to rescue them. The story
revolves around the personality clashes
between the flouncy katoeys or ladyboys and
the macho soldiers as they try to escape
this neighboring country.
In the end, they all pull together to make
the final crossing back to Thailand. The
soldiers put aside their dislike for the
katoeys and their leader returns home to
finally accept his son, who is also a katoey.
The movie's message is one of tolerance that
is typical of Thai society. At the end of
the movie there is a nice quote from one
katoey. "I may have been born in the wrong
body, but at least I was born in the right
country." From
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