Kathoey
gender ketiga dalam budaya Thailand, biasanya perempuan transgender atau laki-laki gay feminin
Kathoey atau katoey (Thai: กะเทย; 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.[1]
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- ^ 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 Diarsipkan 2012-03-29 di Wayback Machine..
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Kathoeys.
Lihat entri kathoey di kamus bebas Wiktionary.
- Andrew Matzner: In Legal Limbo: Thailand, Transgendered Men, and the Law, 1999. Criticizes the common view that kathoey are fully accepted by Thai society.
- Andrew Matzner: Roses of the North: The Katoey of Chiang Mai University, 1999. Reports on a kathoey "sorority" at Chiang Mai University.
- Transgender Asia Diarsipkan 2015-02-21 di Wayback Machine. including several articles on kathoey
- Where the 'Ladyboys' Are Diarsipkan 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?" Diarsipkan 2009-07-21 di Wayback Machine.
- E.G. Allyn: Trees in the Same Forest, 2002. Description of the gay and kathoey scene of Thailand.
- Chanon Intramart and Eric Allyn: Beautiful Boxer, 2003. Describes the story of Nong Tum.
- The Hermaphrodite World [1] Diarsipkan 2011-01-13 di Wayback Machine. is a film exploring the kathoey culture of Thailand
- Katoey Thai-Ladyboys Diarsipkan 2010-02-20 di Wayback Machine.