kathoey
Sign in to saveAlso known as katoey, กะเทย, kathoei, ladyboy
Kathoey or katoey, commonly translated as ladyboys, is a term used by some people in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand who were assigned male at birth and present as transfeminine or effeminate. Transgender women in Thailand mostly use terms other than kathoey when referring to themselves, such as (, ). In the context of Thai gender norms, many perceive kathoeys as belonging to a third gender.
Key facts
- Gender.title
- Kathoey
- Gender.meaning
- Trans women, androgynous people, effeminate gay men
- Gender.classification
- Gender expression
- Gender.synonyms
- Ladyboy, , ,
- Gender.associated_terms
- Bakla, Khanith, Kothi, Hijra, Two-spirit, Trans woman,
- Gender.frequency
- up to 0.6% male (2011 estimate)
- Gender.regions
- Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
- Gender.legal_recognition
- Yes, limited
- Gender.legal_protection
- None
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Terminology
- General description
- Religion
- Requirements to confirm eligibility for gender-affirming surgery
- Social context
- Employment
- Education
- Political context
- Identification documents
- Military draft
- Performance
- Representation in cinema
- Miss Tiffany's Universe
- Recent developments
- Advocacy
- Activism
- In popular culture
- "Uncle Go Paknam"
- ''Inside Thailand's Third Gender''
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Kathoey or katoey, commonly translated as ladyboys, is a term used by some people in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand who were assigned male at birth and present as transfeminine or effeminate. Transgender women in Thailand mostly use terms other than kathoey when referring to themselves, such as (, ). In the context of Thai gender norms, many perceive kathoeys as belonging to a third gender.
In the face of the many sociopolitical obstacles that kathoeys navigate in Thailand, kathoey activism has led to constitutional protection from unjust gender discrimination as of January 2015, but a separate third gender category has not yet been legally recognized.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kathoey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.