The following appears in the PATTAYA CITY NEWS:

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Plans to form Transsexual Association of Pattaya discussed at City Hall Meeting.

 

Khun Wootisuk, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya chaired a meeting at the VIP Room at Pattaya City Hall attended by a group of Transsexuals who were supported by Khun Nayanar from the Office of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand. They would like to set up a transsexual association in Pattaya which will allow them limited powers to “Police” themselves.

 

The meeting was convened in response to a number of media reports detailing the arrest of transsexuals by local Police Divisions. It was mentioned that not all transsexuals who reside in Pattaya engage in illegal activities and the purpose of this new association would be to register transsexuals who resides in Pattaya who abide by the law. This would give the association members more respect in the local community and would allow them to disassociate themselves from those who break the law. They would require support from Pattaya City Hall.

 

The association is in the planning stages and further meetings are required before the association is formed.

I do hope that they succeed in their aim. They certainly need to form some sort of alliance to counter the adverse publicity and prejudice that is directed against them, mainly as a result of the criminal activities of a minority of their sisterhood who prowl Beach Road and other areas at night.

 

However, seeing the general bitchiness and verbal cat fights between of some of the 'ladies' and old Queens who frequent the gay boards, especially SGF, one can imagine 'handbags at dawn' at some of their meetings if things get similarly out of hand!