Speakers recount experiences at ‘Family Diversity: Unpacking Modern Forms Of Families’ at Siam Center. (Photo: Thana Boonlert)
Her family is made up of two mothers and a daughter. Matcha Phorn-In believes that homophobia fuelled a villager to set a fire near her home in San Kamphaeng in 2016. It occurred several times and although she reported these incidents to the police, they did not take any action because damage did not result in loss of life or property. Hence, they decided to move out and live downtown for safety.
“A family is not necessarily defined by biology, but by how we feel. Anyone can be a part of it,” she said.
In fact, her teenage daughter Siriwan Phorn-In is her niece. She was born to her younger…
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