Thread: Thailand’s eighteen different gender identities

Thailand’s eighteen different gender identities

As the world’s favorite sex-change surgery destination, Thailand definitely takes the cake in its recognition of the complexity of human sexuality.

There are, in fact, 18 gender identities that are recognized in the local lexicon, according to RocketNews24
Japanese Twitter user @yg_1223 discovered a chart listing all identified 18 genders in Thailand and shared them on Twitter.

They are;
(Straight) Male
A man who likes women.

(Straight) Female
A woman who likes men.

Tom
A woman who dresses like a man and likes women or Dees.

Dee
A woman who likes manly women or Toms.

Tom Gay
A woman who likes women, Toms, and Dees.

Tom Gay King
A manly Tom who likes Toms

Bi(sexual)
A woman who likes bisexuals, Toms, lesbians, and men.

Boat
A man who likes women, Gay Kings, and Gay Queens (does not include Ladyboys).

Gay Queen
A womanly man who likes men.

Gay King
A manly man who likes men.

Tom Gay Two-Way
A Tom who can be both a Tom Gay King or Tom Gay Queen.

Tom Gay Queen
A womanly Tom who likes Toms.

Lesbian
A woman who likes women.

Kathoey/Ladyboy
A man who wants to be a woman.

Adam
A man who likes Toms.

Angee
A Kathoey who likes Toms.

Cherry
A woman who likes gay men and Kathoey.

Samyaan
A woman who likes Toms, lesbians, and women, and can also be any of them.”

While shocking as this list may seem to some, it is important to note that since these are “gender identities” which are different from “biological sex.” There could be a myriad of other genders that people might identify with.

This whole spectrum of other genders in Thailand is not too different from the West’s classification of the sexes as well. New York, for example, recognizes 31.

Facebook users, on the other hand, can choose from over 70 specific genders to be identified as.

It is also worth noting that homosexuality is not specifically regarded as a sin in Thai Buddhism and the religion has no specific prohibitions regarding the lifestyle.

And while some gender identities in the country face discrimination, they have gained significant acceptance over the years, making themselves a huge part of the Thai society

http://bangkokjack.com/category/news/

Such an open and diverse culture.
Thainess.


Though, probably much more variety than the eighteen listed - identities and perversions we don't speak of.

Oh for fucks sake

Well, Pat seems interested, so....

Originally Posted by snakeeyes

Facebook users, on the other hand, can choose from over 70 specific genders to be identified as.

The new genders being added to the list are:

Asexual

Female to male trans man

Female to male transgender man

Female to male transsexual man

F2M

Gender neutral

Hermaphrodite

Intersex man

Intersex person

Intersex woman

Male to female trans woman

Male to female transgender woman

Male to female transsexual woman

Man

M2F

Polygender

T* man

T* woman

Two* person

Two-spirit person

Woman

The list of the 50 previous gender options:

Agender

Androgyne

Androgynes

Androgynous

Bigender

Cis

Cis Female

Cis Male

Cis Man

Cis Woman

Cisgender

Cisgender Female

Cisgender Male

Cisgender Man

Cisgender Woman

Female to Male

FTM

Gender Fluid

Gender Nonconforming

Gender Questioning

Gender Variant

Genderqueer

Intersex

Male to Female

MTF

Neither

Neutrois

Non-binary

Other

Pangender

Trans

Trans Female

Trans Male

Trans Man

Trans Person

Trans*Female

Trans*Male

Trans*Man

Trans*Person

Trans*Woman

Transexual

Transexual Female

Transexual Male

Transexual Man

Transexual Person

Transexual Woman

Transgender Female

Transgender Person

Transmasculine

Two-spirit

One of the better posts I have read.
Thank you.

In the old days dyslexics were thick bastards

Anyone who didn't like women were poofters

Anyone a shade darker than white was a wog

How many words do we need?
No wonder the rainforests are disappearing with all these extra pages needed for dictionaries, all to please the politically correct idiots

For a group that doesn't like to be labeled, they sure have a fuck ton of labels for themselves.

And:

Oh for fucks sake

Originally Posted by Slick

For a group that doesn't like to be labeled, they sure have a fuck ton of labels for themselves.

Which group would that be, sailor?
The Thai population or facebook users?

Originally Posted by hick

Trans Male
Trans Man

Are these different genders or different labels?

Originally Posted by snakeeyes

Cherry A woman who likes gay men and Kathoey.

she's barking up the wrong tree - with my straight ass then...

Am I one of the few, straight men left?

Poofs!