Through the lives of three kathoey, male transvestites, this introduction to transgender in Thailand places a cultural, historical, religious, biological, and psychological emphasis on international traditions of sexuality. A fascinating anthropological and sociological exploration, the context of transgender is detailed through the challenges and joys found in Manat, Lek, and Akorn as they travel through the social rites of passage to become kathoeys. As a part of the cultural landscape of Thailand, the kathoeys are a modern expression of an archaic tradition, and through these personal stories a wider discussion of transgender and the existence of a "third sex" in international societies emerges.
Author: Richard Totman
Hardcover:
196 pages
Company: Souvenir Press
(2004-10-01)
ISBN: 0285636685 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $15.40 Used Price: $15.43
A vibrant, growing, and highly visible set of female identities has emerged in Thailand known as tom and dee. A "tom" (from "tomboy") refers to a masculine woman who is sexually involved with a feminine partner, or "dee" (from "lady"). The patterning of female same-sex relationships into masculine and feminine pairs, coupled with the use of English-derived terms to refer to them, is found throughout East and Southeast Asia. Have the forces of capitalism facilitated the dissemination of Western-style gay and lesbian identities throughout the developing world as some theories of transnationalism suggest? Is the emergence of toms and dees over the past twenty-five years a sign that this has occurred in Thailand? Megan Sinnott engages these issues by examining the local culture and historical context of female same-sex eroticism and female masculinity in Thailand.
Drawing on a broad spectrum of anthropological literature, Sinnott situates Thai tom and dee subculture within the global trend of increasingly hybridized sexual and gender identities. Based on seven years of fieldwork, this empirically rich study explores this growing community in Thailand, tacking between the lives of individual toms and dees and the larger context of social norms and political events and discourses within Thailand. Thai toms and dees speak in their own voices about their identities, their relationships, and their struggles over the meanings of masculinity and femininity. A growing number of organizations and social clubs, web sites, and discussion groups provide a forum for contesting and transforming understandings of tom and dee.
Toms and Dees is a highly accessible work that should be of interest to the fields of Asian studies, gender studies, and the anthropology of sexuality.
Author: Megan J. Sinnott
Paperback:
261 pages
Company: University of Hawaii Press
(2004-07)
ISBN: 0824828526 List Price: $23.00 Amazon Price: $23.00 Used Price: $7.15
Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand offers methods that will help social workers, researchers, and students create HIV/AIDS intervention services for gay men, lesbians, and transgender individuals in or from Thailand. Many of these methods can also be used by practitioners or HIV/AIDS educators in North America and developing countries to address issues of culturally diverse clientele. In response to Western and Thai sexuality studies that fail to accurately represent the diverse sexualities of Thailand, this book discusses and describes certain factors that need to be taken into consideration when developing intervention programs. Demonstrating how cultural and social factors influence services, Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys will help you provide clients with effective and relevant services. Drawing attention to Eurocentric ideology that may hinder cross-cultural collaboration for Thai-Western service provisions, this book offers you information that will help you understand how cultural, political, and economic systems shape sexuality and gender roles in Thai society.
Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys provides you with the necessary knowledge for providing successful services, including:-how Thai sexualities are identified by examining the meaning of terms such as "toms" (masculine Thai lesbians), "dee" (feminine-identified women who have relations with other women), "kathoey" (males that dress like women and wear makeup), or "lady boys" (transsexual or transvestite males) -how Thai society actually defines "having sex" and recognizing the differences from Western connotations of sex to effectively teach individuals about the risk of HIV/AIDS-ways Western views of confidentiality and privacy differ from Thai views in order to understand why individuals hesitate to get tested for or seek counselling about HIV/AIDS-the relationship between occupation and sexual identity in movies and magazines that reveal how sexuality is characterized in Thailand-the unique social identity of "toms" and how Thai society labels what is masculine and feminine-reasons for hiding sexual identity, such as rejection, fear of stereotypes, and having a relationship that is viewed by society as wrong and meaningless-protecting commercial sex workers (CSW) from infection by developing culturally appropriate interventions. One of the only books to address HIV/AIDS issues of gay and transgender individuals in Thailand, Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys will help you increase awareness about HIV/AIDS and create successful intervention programs for clients.
Author: Peter Jackson
Paperback:
237 pages
Company: Routledge
(1999-04-12)
ISBN: 156023119X List Price: $22.95 Amazon Price: $16.28 Used Price: $16.16
The updated and expanded 2nd Edition of the Utopia Guide to Thailand is a comprehensive look at gay and lesbian life in 23 Thai cities, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Samui and Pattaya. Listings include organizations, bars, discos, accommodations, spas, restaurants, and more. Plus, a special section of the book highlights Thai groups, clubs, and spaces that are especially welcoming for women. Enjoy hundreds of savvy comments and recommendations from local Utopians and gay travelers who share their experiences and discoveries in The Land of Smiles. A remarkable insider's glimpse at the vibrant gay and lesbian scene that is part of one of Asia's most welcoming cultures.
Author: John, Goss
Paperback:
244 pages
Company: Lulu.com
(2006-12-29)
ISBN: 1430305045 List Price: $24.88 Amazon Price: $23.99 Used Price: $23.99
Get a detailed look at the Thai sex/gender system--through analysis of the personal stories from transgendered youth in Thailand
The Thai term sao braphet song (a "second type of woman") describes males who reject the gender of masculinity for femininity. Male Bodies, Women's Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand's Transgendered Youth uses the narrative method, stories in the words of these "second type of women" to analyze these transgendered experiences. This previously ignored perspective of the Thai sex/gender system gained through this theoretical and methodological approach offers students and general readers a rich, more readily accessible foundation of knowledge about gendered subjectivity and sex/gender systems.
Male Bodies, Women's Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand's Transgendered Youth features in-depth, autobiographical life histories from individual Thai transgendered youth. Life stories, told in the participants' own words, provides an engaging, at times touching, always insightful look at Thai culture's sex/gender system. The authors then expertly analyze the narratives to illuminate common themes and constructions within this group, allowing an opportunity for contrast and discussion on transgender experiences in other nations.
Male Bodies, Women's Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand's Transgendered Youth analyzes the major themes in the stories, including:
identities definitions and descriptive labels etiologies of sao braphet song-ness the notion of acceptance narrator motivations for participating in the project
Male Bodies, Women's Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand's Transgendered Youth is illuminating, reflective reading for educators, undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, or anyone interested in discovering more about transgenderism in a specific cultural context.
Author: Leeray M. Costa, Andrew J. Matzner
Hardcover:
181 pages
Company: Routledge
(2007-02-06)
ISBN: 0789031140 List Price: $44.95 Amazon Price: $44.92 Used Price: $39.97
This is the most praised guidebook for gay men ever published. Reviewers and users have praised its cultural sensitivity, its frankness, and insight. Includes an extensive discussion of Thailand's culture and its gay subculture, practical etiquette, plus resources and listings for 15 Thai cities. Each listing is in Thai script you can use to point-and-show to get around. Also includes maps for major locations with a gay scene. Considered essential for any gay visitor to the Land of Smiles.
Author: E. G. Allyn
Paperback:
326 pages
Company: Floating Lotus USA
(1997-01)
ISBN: 0942777190 List Price: $21.95 Amazon Price:
Lawrence Chua has long been praised for his astute cultural commentary and experimental prose. In his first novel, Gold by the Inch, he also proves himself as a vibrant and breathtaking writer of literary prose. The narrative follows a young gay man of Asian descent as he returns to Thailand from the United States for an extended visit and to recover from his father's death and a failed love affair. After becoming involved, well, obsessed, with a young male prostitute, the narrator has to confront issues he has long avoided: national identity, the exploitation of other people, and the endless clashes between Asian and Western cultures. Like the novels of Doris Lessing and Nadine Gordimer, Gold by the Inch attempts to wed the personal with the political, the emotional with the cultural. It is as much a novel of political ideas as it is a meditation on romantic and sexual relationships. Chua's prose is boldly literary and often shocking in its simplicity; he knows the power of words and has the ability to conjure up images that surprise and resonate.
Author: Lawrence Chua
Hardcover:
209 pages
Company: Grove Pr
(1998-03)
ISBN: 0802116264 List Price: $20.00 Amazon Price: $27.94 Used Price: $6.00
True story of an American businessman arrested in Thailand, falsely accused of running an international sex tour ring, and imprisoned for two years at the request of the US government.
Author: Steve Raymond, Mal Karman
Paperback:
331 pages
Company: New Amsterdam Pr
(1994-12)
ISBN: 0964253380 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $7.95 Used Price: $0.99
This audio set contains two cassettes to be used in conjunction with the book Thai for Gay Tourists. The tapes have a guide to pronunciation, phrases and vocabulary. They're fun to listen to and very useful for improving your Thai pronunciation.
Author: S. Pakdeesiam
Audio Cassette:
220 pages
Company: Paiboon Publishing,Thailand
(2001-06)
ISBN: 1887521127 List Price: $17.00 Amazon Price: $17.00
This book is written in Thai. It has information and stories about the lives of gays and lesbians both oveseas and in Thailand. The book is semi-academic. Good for gay people and anyone who wants to know about gays and lesbians (friends and families, etc.). A GREAT gift for your Thai gay friends.
Author: S. Pakdeesiam
Paperback:
200 pages
Company: Paiboon Publishing,Thailand
(2000-11-30)
ISBN: 1887521224 List Price: $9.00 Amazon Price: $9.00
In this tale of love, lust and lesbian deception, Billy Ash chases the beautiful Kodi through the temples, markets and red-light bars of Bangkok. But two playful Australian girls teach Billy how the sex game should really be played.
Author: Leslie Cameron
Hardcover:
352 pages
Company: Booklocker.com, Inc.
(2007-05-26)
ISBN: 1601452071 List Price: $31.95 Amazon Price: $31.95 Used Price: $34.82
A landmark study of male homoeroticism in Southeast Asia. "Uncle Go Pak-nam" has been Thailand's advice columnist for gay men in a major national magazine since 1974. Letters to him come from the confused, lovelorn, naive, worldly and lonely. Their sexually explicit stores are often moving, sometimes shocking, sometimes delightful, but always fascinating and deeply human. Uncle Go's advice to them is wild, witty, and wise.
These engaging letters, plus Uncle Go's responses, provide the basis for Dr. Jackson's ingenious and insightful analyses and commentaries into male-to-male relationships in what may be one of the world's few non-homophobic societies.
This landmark book is a fully revised and expanded version of Male Homosexuality in Thailand: An Interpretation of Contemporary Thai Sources (New York: 1989)
Although this book is an academic study, lay people will find it readable and compelling.
Author: Peter A. Jackson
Paperback:
310 pages
Company: Bua Luang Pub Co
(1996-03)
ISBN: 0942777115 List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $49.98
Utopia has assembled a comprehensive guide to gay and lesbian life in 18 Thai cities, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Samui and Pattaya. Listings include organizations, bars, discos, accommodations, spas, restaurants, and more. Plus, a special section of the book highlights Thai groups, clubs, and spaces that are especially welcoming for women. Enjoy savvy comments and recommendations from local Utopians, as well as dozens of gay travelers who share their experiences and discoveries in The Land of Smiles. The Utopia Guide to Thailand offers a remarkable insider's glimpse at the vibrant gay and lesbian scene in one of Asia's most welcoming cultures.
Author: John Goss
Paperback:
240 pages
Company: Lulu.com
(2005-12-17)
ISBN: 1411663748 List Price: $22.75 Amazon Price: $26.95 Used Price: $77.73
This digital document is an article from The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine), published by Thomson Gale on February 27, 2007. The length of the article is 1921 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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A vibrant, growing, and highly visible set of female identities has emerged in Thailand known as tom and dee. A "tom" (from "tomboy") refers to a masculine woman who is sexually involved with a feminine partner, or "dee" (from "lady"). The patterning of female same-sex relationships into masculine and feminine pairs, coupled with the use of English-derived terms to refer to them, is found throughout East and Southeast Asia. Have the forces of capitalism facilitated the dissemination of Western-style gay and lesbian identities throughout the developing world as some theories of transnationalism suggest? Is the emergence of toms and dees over the past twenty-five years a sign that this has occurred in Thailand? Megan Sinnott engages these issues by examining the local culture and historical context of female same-sex eroticism and female masculinity in Thailand. 
Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand offers methods that will help social workers, researchers, and students create HIV/AIDS intervention services for gay men, lesbians, and transgender individuals in or from Thailand. Many of these methods can also be used by practitioners or HIV/AIDS educators in North America and developing countries to address issues of culturally diverse clientele. In response to Western and Thai sexuality studies that fail to accurately represent the diverse sexualities of Thailand, this book discusses and describes certain factors that need to be taken into consideration when developing intervention programs. Demonstrating how cultural and social factors influence services, Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys will help you provide clients with effective and relevant services. Drawing attention to Eurocentric ideology that may hinder cross-cultural collaboration for Thai-Western service provisions, this book offers you information that will help you understand how cultural, political, and economic systems shape sexuality and gender roles in Thai society. 
The updated and expanded 2nd Edition of the Utopia Guide to Thailand is a comprehensive look at gay and lesbian life in 23 Thai cities, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Samui and Pattaya. Listings include organizations, bars, discos, accommodations, spas, restaurants, and more. Plus, a special section of the book highlights Thai groups, clubs, and spaces that are especially welcoming for women. Enjoy hundreds of savvy comments and recommendations from local Utopians and gay travelers who share their experiences and discoveries in The Land of Smiles. A remarkable insider's glimpse at the vibrant gay and lesbian scene that is part of one of Asia's most welcoming cultures.
Get a detailed look at the Thai sex/gender system--through analysis of the personal stories from transgendered youth in Thailand 
This is the most praised guidebook for gay men ever published. Reviewers and users have praised its cultural sensitivity, its frankness, and insight. Includes an extensive discussion of Thailand's culture and its gay subculture, practical etiquette, plus resources and listings for 15 Thai cities. Each listing is in Thai script you can use to point-and-show to get around. Also includes maps for major locations with a gay scene. Considered essential for any gay visitor to the Land of Smiles.
Lawrence Chua has long been praised for his astute cultural commentary and experimental prose. In his first novel, Gold by the Inch, he also proves himself as a vibrant and breathtaking writer of literary prose. The narrative follows a young gay man of Asian descent as he returns to Thailand from the United States for an extended visit and to recover from his father's death and a failed love affair. After becoming involved, well, obsessed, with a young male prostitute, the narrator has to confront issues he has long avoided: national identity, the exploitation of other people, and the endless clashes between Asian and Western cultures. Like the novels of Doris Lessing and Nadine Gordimer, Gold by the Inch attempts to wed the personal with the political, the emotional with the cultural. It is as much a novel of political ideas as it is a meditation on romantic and sexual relationships. Chua's prose is boldly literary and often shocking in its simplicity; he knows the power of words and has the ability to conjure up images that surprise and resonate. 
True story of an American businessman arrested in Thailand, falsely accused of running an international sex tour ring, and imprisoned for two years at the request of the US government.
This audio set contains two cassettes to be used in conjunction with the book Thai for Gay Tourists. The tapes have a guide to pronunciation, phrases and vocabulary. They're fun to listen to and very useful for improving your Thai pronunciation.
This book is written in Thai. It has information and stories about the lives of gays and lesbians both oveseas and in Thailand. The book is semi-academic. Good for gay people and anyone who wants to know about gays and lesbians (friends and families, etc.). A GREAT gift for your Thai gay friends. 
In this tale of love, lust and lesbian deception, Billy Ash chases the beautiful Kodi through the temples, markets and red-light bars of Bangkok. But two playful Australian girls teach Billy how the sex game should really be played.
A landmark study of male homoeroticism in Southeast Asia. "Uncle Go Pak-nam" has been Thailand's advice columnist for gay men in a major national magazine since 1974. Letters to him come from the confused, lovelorn, naive, worldly and lonely. Their sexually explicit stores are often moving, sometimes shocking, sometimes delightful, but always fascinating and deeply human. Uncle Go's advice to them is wild, witty, and wise. 
Utopia has assembled a comprehensive guide to gay and lesbian life in 18 Thai cities, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Samui and Pattaya. Listings include organizations, bars, discos, accommodations, spas, restaurants, and more. Plus, a special section of the book highlights Thai groups, clubs, and spaces that are especially welcoming for women. Enjoy savvy comments and recommendations from local Utopians, as well as dozens of gay travelers who share their experiences and discoveries in The Land of Smiles. The Utopia Guide to Thailand offers a remarkable insider's glimpse at the vibrant gay and lesbian scene in one of Asia's most welcoming cultures.