Terminology Ī study of 195 Thai transgender women found that most of the participants referred to themselves as phuying ( ผู้หญิง 'women'), with a minority referring to themselves as phuying praphet song ('second kind of woman') and very few referring to themselves as kathoey. The text refers to 'malicious' women being punished in the 'four hells' and being reincarnated as kathoey. Its usage dates back to a 19th-century interpretation of the Chbab Srey, a Cambodian text written around 1800. The term 'kathoey' is used to refer to transgender women or the 'third sex'. He observed that there were many ' catamites', or pubescent boys in pederast relationships, who tried to lure Chinese men with the promise of sumptuous gifts. This is mentioned in an account by a Chinese observer named Zhou Daguan who visited the Angkor Wat area of Cambodia in 1296–1297. History Īccording to historical accounts, the presence of young Khmer men dressed in women's clothing and seeking sexual exchanges dates back over 700 years. 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. A significant number of Thai people perceive kathoey as belonging to a separate sex, including some transgender women themselves. Transgender women in Thailand mostly use terms other than kathoey when referring to themselves, such as phuying (Thai: ผู้หญิง, 'woman'). These people are not traditionally transgender, however are seen as a third sex, being one body containing two souls. Kathoey or katoey ( Khmer: ខ្ទើយ khtəəy, Lao: ກະເທີຍ ka thœ̄i, Thai: กะเทย RTGS: kathoei Thai pronunciation: ) is an identity used by some people in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, whose identities in English may be best described as transgender women in some cases, or effeminate gay men in other cases. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy notice.Nong Tum is perhaps the most internationally recognised kathoey for her portrayal in the film Beautiful Boxer. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Click 'Decline' to reject, or 'Customise' to make more detailed advertising choices, or learn more. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Cookies store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier.

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