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But Parinya is also hiding a secret. Parinya is a cross-dresser, a transvestite who wants to become a woman. Now if he were to reveal this information, his boxing career would be finished. So Parinya decides to fund his sex-change operation with the money he earns from professional Thai kickboxing.