[Youtube:www.youtube.com/watch?v=z70zNOSZ160&e 552 450]
Is transvestitism a super-common cultural phenomenon in Thailand? I guess so:
A school in north-east Thailand has introduced toilets for transvestites after a survey showed that more than 200 students saw themselves as transgender, a director said today. Sitisak Sumontha said he believed the 2,600-student Kampang school, in north-eatern Thailand, was the first secondary to introduce unisex toilets.
“These students want to be able to go to the restroom in peace without fear of being watched, laughed at or groped,” he added. The toilets are designated by a sign depicting a human figure split in half – part man in blue and part woman in red.
“I’m so happy about this,” student Vichai Sangsakul told Thailand’s PBS news channel. “It looks bad going to female restrooms. What would other people think?”
Transgenders are often seen on TV soap operas in Thailand and are common in the capital, Bangkok, although rural areas are more conservative
That story makes the AMAZING video above—from a previous DG post—make slightly more sense, but thankfully, it’s still 90% inexplicably bizarre.