Related Resources

*Thanks to Bo Luengsuraswat for providing many of these links!

Articles from folks I’ve met!

Aizura, Aren. Some great articles on the construction of Thai femininity and surgical tourism among Thai and non-Thai trans women in Thailand.

Käng, Dredge Byung’chu. Queer Media Loci in Bangkok: Paradise Lost and Found in Translation . GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Volume 17, Number 1, 2010, pp. 169-191 (Article) Published by Duke University Press.

Luengsuraswat, Bo. Rewriting the Written: FTM Self-Making and the Performance of Possibilities in Sean Dorsey’s Uncovered: The Diary Project. CSW Update Newsletter, UCLA Center for the Study of Women, UC Los Angeles. April 1, 2009.

Mar, Kobi. “Female-To-Male Transgender Spectrum People of Asian and Pacific Islander Descent.” (April 2010). To receive a PDF copy of this dissertation, please email: api.ftmATgmailDOTcom

Other articles

- Thai person who won a female beauty pageant but then transitioned afterwards, which became a controversy in the media: http://women.sanook.com/whatson/news_26717.php

- Sapaan articles in Thai: http://www.sapaan.org/article/

- The Rainbow Archives Project: http://www.bl.uk/about/policies/endangeredarch/2008/jackson.html

- A report on the Int’l Asian Queer Studies Conference in Bangkok in ’05: http://bbznet.pukpik.com/scripts2/view.php?user=sapaanboard&board=3&id=97&order=numtopic&mobileE=Y

- A synopsis of the article “Tom, Dii, and Anjaree: ‘women who follow nonconformist ways’” by Jillana Enteen: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-112021897/tom-dii-and-anjaree.html

- A synopsis of an awesome article (I believe it’s published by the Chiangmai University), “Toward a Struggle Against Invisibility: Love Between Women in Thailand” by Took Took Thongthiraj: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-112021884/toward-struggle-against-invisibility.html

- An article by Peter Jackson, “Pre-Gay, Post-Queer: Thai Perspectives on Proliferating Gender/Sex Diversity in Asia”

- A paper presented at the Bangkok Queer Studies conference, “Intra-Asian Circuits and the Problem of Global Queer” by Ara Wilson: http://bangkok2005.anu.edu.au/papers/Wilson.pdf

- Gender and AIDS: http://forums.healthdev.org/read/messages?id=13363

- An alternative reading of Buddhism on the issue of queerness: http://child1968.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-post_2796.html

- Thai school offering bathrooms for transwomen: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7529227.stm

- The infamous Thomas Beatie: http://www.sapaan.org/article/78.htm

- A rather funny & derogatory list of the types of toms & dees: http://guru.google.co.th/guru/thread?tid=78b83229c1341486&pli=1

Legal Issues

- A discussion on the Thai constitution in relation to LGBT recognition/law: http://www.localtalk2004.com/V2005/detail.php?file=2&code=a1_22062007_01

- An article on gender markers on Thai IDs: http://www.thaingo.org/writer/view.php?id=512

- Another article on gender markers: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/6897,news-comment,news-politics,gender-an-issue-at-thai-immigration

- A Sapaan article on gender markers: http://www.sapaan.org/article/71.htm

- TV interview with Khun Nok Yollada, a trans woman fighting for the ability to change gender markers on Thai IDs (February 2010) (Thai language): http://video.mthai.com/player.php?id=6M1266819603M0

Organizations/Centers

Chiangmai University Women’s Studies Center: http://www.soc.cmu.ac.th/wsc/eindex.htm

Lesla

Sapaan: Alternative Media for Lesbian Rights

Thai Queer Resource Center: http://www.tqrc.org/

Thai Transgender Alliance (advocacy org for trans women): http://www.thaitga.com/index.php

Magazines

@tom act: tomboy lifestyle magazine

Anjaree (an organization and magazine, this site contains PDF downloads of issues)

Books

“Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand” by Megan Sinnott

“Male Bodies, Women’s Souls: Personal Narratives of Thailand’s Transgendered Youth” by LeeRay Costa and Andy Matzner

Two books on queer/gender/sexuality:

1) เพศไม่นิ่ง: ตัวตน เพศภาวะ เพศวิถี ในมิติสุขภาพ http://www.prachatai.com/journal/2007/07/13360

2) เพศภาวะ: การท้าทายร่างกาย การค้นหาตัวตน http://www.pantip.com/cafe/library/bookcase/preview/1985.html

“Genders and Sexualities in Modern Thailand” by Annette Hamilton: http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5002421976

Films/Movies/Videos

“Tomboy Commando” Thai movie (available on Netflix!)

“Visible Silence“: Ruth Gumnit’s forthcoming documentary on Thai tomboys

“Yes or No อยากรักก็รักเลย”: Released on DVD May 12, 2011 in Thailand | Trailer | Official Preview with English subtitles | Full Movie on Youku (Chinese subtitles)

This person writes reviews of Thai gay movies & discusses queer/sexuality/gender issues: http://vitaya-home.blogspot.com/. One of his entries talks about an intersex athlete in Thailand: http://vitaya-home.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post.html

Two reviews of the Bangkok Love Story: http://movie.sanook.com/review/review_13357.php, http://ibankzaa.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_3370.html

Bangkok Pride Parade in 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8sJ7rmaKow

Music

Tom/Gay

Tom + Tom = Tom/Gay: http://club.myfri3nd.com/tomza-dyza_33/album/8631