Asst Prof Ronnapoom Samakkeekarom, chairman at The Foundation of Thai Transgender Alliance for Human Rights. Photos courtesy of Thai Health Promotion Foundation
Mark* is the oldest son in a Chinese-Thai family, so his parents have high expectations. After being forced to study what he disliked, Mark consulted a lawyer to file a lawsuit against his parents because he felt he had been mistreated due to his gender.
Mark is one of many LGBTI youngsters who suffer because their parents cannot accept their sexual identity. Even though Mark could not file the lawsuit since he was underage and needed permission from his parents to proceed, the case triggered Asst Prof Ronnapoom Samakkeekarom, chairman at The Foundation of Thai Transgender Alliance for Human Rights (ThaiTGA) to come up with a…
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