EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an old article I wrote concerning some issues relating to transgenderism. It was first posted on my personal blog last year. Written by Ng E-Jay 20 July 2008 In a society like Thailand where attitudes towards transgendered people are supposedly amongst the most liberal in the world, confusion over basic issues like orchiectomy (castration) is still prevalent. In a Straits Times article entitled “ Thai teens seeking sex changes grapple with new rule ” published o

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an old article I wrote concerning some issues relating to transgenderism. It was first posted on my personal blog last year. Written by Ng E-Jay 20 July 2008 In a society like Thailand where attitudes towards transgendered people are supposedly amongst the most liberal in the world, confusion over basic issues like orchiectomy (castration) is still prevalent. In a Straits Times article entitled “ Thai teens seeking sex changes grapple with new rule ” published o