Thai "ladyboy" pictures confuse election officials
By Nick Macfie
BANGKOK | Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:31am BST
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/us-thailand-sex-idUKTRE75S1P320110629 (http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/us-thailand-sex-idUKTRE75S1P320110629)
(Reuters) - Thailand's community of "ladyboys" complained Wednesday they were being marginalized in next week's general election because their ID card pictures were too confusing for polling officials.
It is the latest in a series of gripes among members of the Trans-Female Association of Thailand which groups transgenders and transsexuals known collectively as "katoeys" or "ladyboys."
"We have a big problem when we use our identity cards in banks, schools, hospitals and now when we vote," said Yollada Suanyoc, president of the 2,500-strong organization.