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Nov 25, 2009
Tougher to get sex change
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In this picture taken on November 11, 2009, Thai surgeon Dr Thep Vedusit performs a sex change operation on unseen transsexual Punlop Tongchai at the Pratunam Polyclinic in Bangkok. -- PHOTO: AFP
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<!-- story content : start --> BANGKOK - PUNLOP Tongchai is awake for the entire two hours it takes to be turned into a woman on the operating table of a Bangkok sex change clinic, realising a childhood dream. The 27-year-old Thai cabaret dancer chats to nurses throughout the ordeal under the surgeon's knife, numbed only by local anaesthetic. Growing up in Thailand, a country with one of the largest transgender populations in the world and surgeons who have pioneered ever cheaper and quicker sex change techniques, Punlop's ambition was always within reach. For as little as US$2,000, he became a woman. But the government is making it tougher for patients like Punlop to undergo the procedure, forcing them to prove they are psychologically fit to change sex. From Wednesday, anyone wanting to swap gender in Thailand must live as a woman for at least a year, take a course of female hormones, and obtain the approval of two psychiatrists. Sex changes are outlawed completely in Thailand before the age of 18, and for men aged 18-20 parental consent must be obtained. Thai gay rights campaigner Nathee Teerarojanapong said the greater legal protections are necessary to guard against gender swaps that too often backfire on those who make an irreversible choice. -- AFP
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Nov 25, 2009
Tougher to get sex change
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In this picture taken on November 11, 2009, Thai surgeon Dr Thep Vedusit performs a sex change operation on unseen transsexual Punlop Tongchai at the Pratunam Polyclinic in Bangkok. -- PHOTO: AFP
tonychat's girlfriend is actually a ladyboy!
http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?t=43435
<!-- story content : start --> BANGKOK - PUNLOP Tongchai is awake for the entire two hours it takes to be turned into a woman on the operating table of a Bangkok sex change clinic, realising a childhood dream.
The 27-year-old Thai cabaret dancer chats to nurses throughout the ordeal under the surgeon's knife, numbed only by local anaesthetic. Growing up in Thailand, a country with one of the largest transgender populations in the world and surgeons who have pioneered ever cheaper and quicker sex change techniques, Punlop's ambition was always within reach. For as little as US$2,000, he became a woman. But the government is making it tougher for patients like Punlop to undergo the procedure, forcing them to prove they are psychologically fit to change sex. From Wednesday, anyone wanting to swap gender in Thailand must live as a woman for at least a year, take a course of female hormones, and obtain the approval of two psychiatrists. Sex changes are outlawed completely in Thailand before the age of 18, and for men aged 18-20 parental consent must be obtained. Thai gay rights campaigner Nathee Teerarojanapong said the greater legal protections are necessary to guard against gender swaps that too often backfire on those who make an irreversible choice. -- AFP
