Kathoey

Kathoey atau katoey (Thai: กะเทยcode: th is deprecated ; RTGS: Kathoei [kàtʰɤːj]) adalah istilah dalam Bahasa Thai yang mengacu pada salah seorang wanita transgender atau laki-laki gay feminin di Thailand. Sejumlah besar masyarakat di Thailand menganggap kathoey sebagai bagian gender ketiga, termasuk bagi banyak kathoey sendiri, sementara yang lain melihat mereka baik sebagai tipe laki-laki atau tipe wanita.

Nong Tum mungkin merupakan kathoey paling diakui secara internasional untuk perannya dalam film Beautiful Boxer.

Referensi

1. Winter, Sam (2003). Research and discussion paper: Language and identity in transgender: gender wars and the case of the Thai kathoey. Paper presented at the Hawaii conference on Social Sciences, Waikiki, June 2003. Article online 2012-03-29 di Wayback Machine..

Pranala luar

Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Kathoeys.

Lihat entri kathoey di kamus bebas Wiktionary.

• Andrew Matzner: , 1999. Criticizes the common view that kathoey are fully accepted by Thai society.
• Andrew Matzner: , 1999. Reports on a kathoey "sorority" at Chiang Mai University.
• Transgender Asia 2015-02-21 di Wayback Machine. including several articles on kathoey
• Where the 'Ladyboys' Are 2013-05-21 di Wayback Machine.
• Ladyboy: Thailand's Theater of Illusion. Chiang Mai, Cognoscenti Books, 2012. ASIN: B0085S4WQC
• Can you tell the difference between Katoeys and real ladies?" 2009-07-21 di Wayback Machine.
• E.G. Allyn: , 2002. Description of the gay and kathoey scene of Thailand.
• Chanon Intramart and Eric Allyn: , 2003. Describes the story of Nong Tum.
• The Hermaphrodite World [1] 2011-01-13 di Wayback Machine. is a film exploring the kathoey culture of Thailand
• Katoey Thai-Ladyboys 2010-02-20 di Wayback Machine.