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News and Events => Opinions & Editorials => Topic started by: Natasha on July 07, 2008, 11:47:12 PM

Title: Where the 'Ladyboys' Are
Post by: Natasha on July 07, 2008, 11:47:12 PM
Where the 'Ladyboys' Are

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820633,00.html
7/7/2008

"Life can be complicated enough for members of the transgender
community â€" the last thing they need is to hesitate between two
bathroom doors: Male or female. Luckily for students at the Kampang
high school in rural northern Thailand, there's now a third option.
Introduced in May, the symbol on this bathroom door is of a human
figure divided vertically, with the blue side wearing pants and the
red side sporting a skirt. The Kampang school's principal says he
decided to build the new bathroom after a poll found that nearly 10%
of the school's 2,500 students identify themselves as transgendered."