Transgender couple in Thailand speak

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Transgender couple in Thailand speak
A touching video about a Thai opposite-gender couple who both happen to be trans
05 November 2012 | By Anna Leach

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/transgender-couple-thailand-speak051112

The Bangkok post has made a touching video about a loving couple who both happen to be transgender.

Trans woman Sittichai 'Pond' Suafug and trans man Benhamaporn 'Ben' Rotjutakul met five years ago and on Valentine's Day this year Ben proposed.

The couple are unusual among LGBT couples, because they are registered as opposite sexes on their birth certificates, they are able to legally get married in Thailand.

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The romantic life of a transgender couple

http://www.bangkokpost.com/multimedia/vdo/319264/the-romantic-life-of-a-transgender-couple

Transgender woman Sittichai "Pond" Sufug and her husband, Benjamaporn "Ben" Rotjutakul, a tomboy living as a man, discuss their life together as a married couple in Bangkok. Video by Chumporn Sangvilert.

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'Love can happen to anyone'
By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
The New Paper
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20121112-382999.html

Boy meets girl. They fall in love and get married.

The next step? Kids, naturally. It's just a matter of time, most would agree.

But for this Thai couple, life is not so straightforward.

They are transgenders.

One is a man bent on becoming a woman, and the other is a woman who wants to become a man.

And their dream is to have a child while it is still physically possible.

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Transgenders still ostracised by Thai society?
The New Paper
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20121112-383002.html

They want to be accepted.

To Thai married couple Sittichai "Pond" Suafug and Benhamaporn "Ben" Rotjutakul, love is blind.

But that doesn't mean others see them the same way.

The jeering and scornful stares that greet the couple whenever they are spotted holding hands or hugging in public, suggests that some are less tolerant of transgenders, even in a generally tolerant city like Bangkok.

It's hard to hide their sexuality, even when Ms Rotjutakul walks with a forced swagger.

Says Mr Suafug: "Initially, we faced difficulty as people had never seen a tomboy and ladyboy together.