Lady Boy Soap Box
Growing up, my family would vacation in Asia and I spent tons of time there as an adult, living and working. In Thailand there are three “genders”. However you identify yourself is who and how you are regarded in society. Students in uniforms wear skirts and pants, have buzz cuts and pony tails. In my office, I worked with a “Tom” (Tom Boy) and “Sow” (sister like me) a “King” and a “Kothoey” and no one cared as our identity wasn’t what defined us in that setting. We were ther