ADMIN Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 They will have a 'third sex' name tag pinned to their uniforms to avoid immigration issues. Thai transsexuals were overjoyed as new airline P.C. Air yesterday took air hostess job applications from "third sex" candidates at Bangkok's Esplanade shopping mall. Among the successful applicants was Miss Tiffany 2007 winner Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn. P.C. Air executive Peter Shan said the company had seen the potential of transsexuals to work as hostesses. After passing the preliminary round, the transsexuals will undergo training along with female air-hostesses and will have a "third sex" name tag pinned to their uniform to avoid immigration issues, Shan explained. The first batch of successful candidates consisted of 17 women, 10 men and three transsexuals. Miss Tiffany 2007 winner Thanyarat, 23, said she was overjoyed to get the chance she had longed for. "At first I thought they would just take applications but not actually recruit us, as happened at other places before," she said. Another transsexual applicant, Panthakan Sri-ngern, 24, said she once applied for a hostess position at another airline but wasn't chosen. She said a friend who worked there later told her she was rejected because she was transsexual. She felt devastated by the discrimination. Panthakan, who has a hospitality and tourism degree from Kasetsart University, said this time she hoped to succeed and was glad Thai society was now giving more opportunities to transsexuals. http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/541440/...or_takeoff.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS Asia Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Great news boss...i believed this will be another breakthrough in the society of modern world that everyone is equal...and invidual choices must be acknowledge and be respected. I must say that all of us who are fortunate enough to live here in UK got the privilege about Deed Pool and Gender reassignment under the Gender recognition act 2004 and i hope that this must be take into consideration by the government of all nations who has a democracy and freedom by every citizen and that includes us. CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK TO FILM... (SHE WON THE MISS INTERNATIONAL QUEEN CROWN THE SAME YEAR. 2007) AND TO ALL THE THAI TGIRLS FOR THIS NEWS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 wow, I m really happy this is a very very good news for all our ts friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TikiBoomBoom Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hallelujah! Although the third sex thing needs to go away, this is excellent news. In many ways, I think Thailand will eventually set the template for Transsexual rights for the rest of the world. Brava!! Brava!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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