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Title: Thai tomboy students demand the right to wear pants
Post by: Shana A on February 05, 2013, 01:39:53 PM
Post by: Shana A on February 05, 2013, 01:39:53 PM
Thai tomboy students demand the right to wear pants
University students in Bangkok who identify as tomboy say it is unfair that they can't wear pants, when kathoey (trans women and gay men) can wear skirts
05 February 2013 | By Anna Leach
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/thai-tomboy-students-demand-right-wear-pants050213 (http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/thai-tomboy-students-demand-right-wear-pants050213)
'Tomboy' students in Thailand are demanding their right to wear non-gender-conforming clothes to university.
Students at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University in Bangkok have complained saying it is unfair that male students are allowed to wear female clothes, but female students are not allowed to wear male clothes.
'When I see that men come to class wearing skirts I just feel that's unfair,' said third year student Jinda Pigulgaew, Bangkok Post reports. 'However, I do understand that in our current society men have more advantages.'
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Tomboy students seek equality
Published: 5 Feb 2013 at 13.05
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/334356/tomboy-students-seek-equality (http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/334356/tomboy-students-seek-equality)
Tomboy students at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU) are demanding equality after their professors banned them from wearing pants to class but allowed male gay students to attend class wearing skirts, an SSRU report said on Tuesday.
The women complained that being forced by teachers to wear female attire to classrooms, instead of male clothing, distressed them. It also denied them their free will, and breached the constitution and the principle of gender equality, the report said.
Jinda Pigulgaew, a third year student, said she did not like wearing a skirt because she did not feel like herself. She always changed into a skirt only immediately before entering class and switched back to pants right after.
University students in Bangkok who identify as tomboy say it is unfair that they can't wear pants, when kathoey (trans women and gay men) can wear skirts
05 February 2013 | By Anna Leach
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/thai-tomboy-students-demand-right-wear-pants050213 (http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/thai-tomboy-students-demand-right-wear-pants050213)
'Tomboy' students in Thailand are demanding their right to wear non-gender-conforming clothes to university.
Students at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University in Bangkok have complained saying it is unfair that male students are allowed to wear female clothes, but female students are not allowed to wear male clothes.
'When I see that men come to class wearing skirts I just feel that's unfair,' said third year student Jinda Pigulgaew, Bangkok Post reports. 'However, I do understand that in our current society men have more advantages.'
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Tomboy students seek equality
Published: 5 Feb 2013 at 13.05
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/334356/tomboy-students-seek-equality (http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/334356/tomboy-students-seek-equality)
Tomboy students at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU) are demanding equality after their professors banned them from wearing pants to class but allowed male gay students to attend class wearing skirts, an SSRU report said on Tuesday.
The women complained that being forced by teachers to wear female attire to classrooms, instead of male clothing, distressed them. It also denied them their free will, and breached the constitution and the principle of gender equality, the report said.
Jinda Pigulgaew, a third year student, said she did not like wearing a skirt because she did not feel like herself. She always changed into a skirt only immediately before entering class and switched back to pants right after.
Title: Re: Thai tomboy students demand the right to wear pants
Post by: Jamie D on February 06, 2013, 12:25:46 AM
Post by: Jamie D on February 06, 2013, 12:25:46 AM
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