Bias against ladyboys only adds to hurt
Published: 21/07/2011 at 12:00 AM
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/248020/bias-against-ladyboys-only-adds-to-hurtWhat should you do when your son turns out to be a ladyboy? Ask Dem Jinakul, a photographer at Bangkok Post. His answer would make any transsexual teen green with envy.
"Give your child love and acceptance," says Dem emphatically. "It's his life. Your job as a parent is to make him happy with his life, and with himself."
Dem did subtly try to coax his son, Top, to behave more like a boy when he was little. But when the feminine traits became prominent in his teenage years, the father came to realise that his child's happiness was more important than his own wish that his son be more manly.
