The Thai culture is an interesting culture. This is the place where people are allowed to do pretty much whatever they want as long as they do not hurt others in doing so. The Thai culture is such very tolerant culture especially on the topic of sexual orientation. It’s widely accepted to have 3 types of sex gender : male ,female,lady boy. Even teasing is done in such child-like manner that no one gets offended. 

 In Thai language the word “Puchai” is a man , “Puying” is a woman , “Puli”(Katoey is a slang) or lady boy is a he/she ; there is absolutely no negative connotation associated with it. People break into laughter when using interchangeably.For example , People laugh whenthey see  Puying who you call Puchai who acts like a Puying and a Puli with a hairy body from a Western country.

 
The notion that your happiness doesn’t rely on what others think , your happiness depend on what you are and what you think of yourself.

There should be much as freedom and humor in our relationship with others, as we have about ourselves. This is possible once we adopt a more tolerant attitude when everyone’s rights are respected as human beings, not as part of a sexual class, only then is real friendship possible even if  its between a normal guy and a lady boy.

 
In the End, no matter what sex class you are, or say you belong to, I may not trust you or tease you about it, but only because teasing is my way of friendship and then natural child-like affection that people are meant to have between peers. We should all only get mature and stuffy and indignant when any of our rights are in fringed. I never understand why American are so uptight about this issue. I wonder if this a cultural tradition? Or is it being Puritan?

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