Lovely..... but these Thai "guys" are not quite army material!

[webfact]

Lovely..... but these Thai "guys" are not quite army material!

 

Pictures: Thai Rath

 

It is that time of the year again when the Thai army needs to replenish its ranks with some raw recruits.

 

So they go out to the amphers and tambons of the countryside to find those willing, and not so willing to become the defenders of the nation.

 

 

The occasion of the draft is always full of Thai lady boys asking to be made exempt from military service.

 

Today in Phayao and Phitsanuloke many "type two women" turned up with doctor's certificates and stories to convince the sergeant majors why they should be left out of the army.

 

In Phayao men from two tambons or sub-districts filled a gym at a downtown school. The army will be choosing 729 over the next week. Some want to enlist while others will see if they get the red or black straw.

 

 

Red bloodied male Watcharaphon Chaphotham, 20 from Maeka wanted to be a soldier and serve his country.

 

But Niphon Chompoo, 21, just wanted to be a woman and left alone by the army. He found it awfully exciting, however, as the army examiner agreed that they were better off without him.

 

Over in Phitsanuloke a 600-seater downtown sports center was full to the rafters with the keen and the nervous and all their relatives and better halves.

 

Lady boys Theerawat, 24, and Witthanin and Danai, both 21, said they had been to see their doctors who agreed to give them certificates that said there was a discrepancy with the sex stated on their birth certificates and what was actually the case.

 

Thai Rath said that the lady boys on this the second day were better looking than on the first, on Sunday.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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[Thailand]

I was expecting to see a picture of the current incumbents!

[leeneeds]

Why the army does not have a lady boy brigade in its arsenal is beyond me ,

a whole battalion could be put into service, a little different than the regulars, training maybe, but from what I have seen and read, some real killers would be amongst that brigade, and pity the poor enemy  soldier who ever got caught by them, 

women or half women are being discriminated from serving their country, and its time for equality of choice , it may save some men who do not want to join, in the final tally and picking of the coloured straw, 

Serving your country should be a fairer system across the whole board, and not used as a cop out because you decided to grow boobs, or have your dangley bits removed and an axe mark installed.

[HLover]

34 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai Rath said that the lady boys on this the second day were better looking than on the first, on Sunday.

Good to see the journalists at Thai Rath have finally showed their true (rainbow) colors.

[Jingthing]

The rhetoric is transphobic. The cisgender guy is a "red blooded male" while the transgender woman has what, some other color of blood? 

 

Also notice the comment on how "pretty" the transgender women were (or not). Why no comment on how "handsome" the cisgender guys were? Hmm. 

Edited April 2, 2018 by Jingthing

[Luckysilk]

Every year it makes me laugh how they love to parade these LB's.

[Tilacme]

 

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, Tilacme said:

 

Your video has nothing to do with this topic. 

[kannot]

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

If the Thai Army came looking for me, I'd be putting on my best evening gown and breaking out the makeup.

 

Not a fan of getting pummeled t.d.

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

If the Thai Army came looking for me, I'd be putting on my best evening gown and breaking out the makeup.

 

Not a fan of getting pummeled t.d.

Yeah, sure you would, but note this:

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Lady boys Theerawat, 24, and Witthanin and Danai, both 21, said they had been to see their doctors who agreed to give them certificates that said there was a discrepancy with the sex stated on their birth certificates and what was actually the case.

Yes, I do understand that doctors can sometimes be corrupt. Just saying there is more to it than dressing up for one day.

 

Are some of them faking it? Sure. Doesn't tell us how many do though.

 

Cheers. 

Edited April 2, 2018 by Jingthing

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah, sure you would, but note this:

 

 

Like everything else here (where anything can be had for a price), I'm betting there's a group of doctors out in the provinces who are more than happy to write up the desired certificates for a fee. Probably a nice little earner, and get repeat customers each for a couple years.

 

Edited April 2, 2018 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Like everything else here (where anything can be had for a price), I'm betting there's a group of doctors out in the provinces who are more than happy to write up the desired certificates for fee. Probably a nice little earner.

 

Could be but at least acknowledge that a good portion of them are sincerely identified that way. 

 

I don't know what effort they might put into fraud detection in such cases. 

 

I would have more respect towards this group of sincere transgender women myself if SOME of them were fighting to be allowed to serve, as happens now in western nations. Up to them though. The culture is obviously very different than the west. I think this group could further their efforts toward civil rights here if there was that fight to be allowed to serve as they are. 

Edited April 2, 2018 by Jingthing

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Would I pass????

 

White is really my best color! 

 

Edited April 2, 2018 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[sfokevin]

5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Like everything else here (where anything can be had for a price), I'm betting there's a group of doctors out in the provinces who are more than happy to write up the desired certificates for a fee. Probably a nice little earner, and get repeat customers each for a couple years.

 

Just like requesting a bone spur diagnosis... 

Edited April 2, 2018 by sfokevin

[sfokevin]

1 hour ago, leeneeds said:

Why the army does not have a lady boy brigade in its arsenal is beyond me...

Given how they behave in Pattaya and Kao San Rd... My guess is a whole brigade of them would strike fear into any adversary!...

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, sfokevin said:

Given how they behave in Pattaya and Kao San Rd... My guess is a whole brigade of them would strike fear into any adversary!...

Thailand doesn't have women in the army, so it's more complicated.

Edited April 2, 2018 by Jingthing

[Tilacme]

25 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Just a warning to others.

If you want to watch the video, watch it, but again it has NOTHING to do with this topic.

 

To add, I could (but won't) post a video with the title BREEDERS and it would have as much to do with the topic here as yours did. 

By "breeders" do you mean perpetuators of the human race, if so then yes i am on that football team.

[Jingthing]

Just now, Tilacme said:

By "breeders" do you mean perpetuators of the human race, if so then yes i am on that football team.

It's a slur as is poofs. 

[boomerangutang]

The army recruitment policy encourages males to be like females, if the text of the article is to be believed.  Some are genuine ladyboys, and others are faking it in order to be exempt.  Why not have jobs which ladyboys can do - if they don't want to be soldiers.  Surely there are plenty of cleaning/clerical/cooking/fixing jobs to do in support of the military.

 

I know a US military guy, now retired, who was surgically altered to be female, ....yet he stayed on the military payroll - doing mechanics on stealth fighters.

[Jingthing]

The faking it part does sound crummy but so is getting drafted!

[observer90210]

Why are there so many ladyboys in Thailand and in Bresil also ?

[Jingthing]

7 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Why are there so many ladyboys in Thailand and in Bresil also ?

I didn't notice so many in Brasil when I was there. 

Also, in Brasil they're at very high risk of being murdered (as are gay people). 

To your basic question, many books have been written!

Edited April 2, 2018 by Jingthing

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

47 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Thailand doesn't have women in the army, so it's more complicated.

 

Jing, I think the Thai Army does have women, as I just got back lately from a wedding between two Thai Army officers -- and they were NOT both guys!

 

I think the better statement probably would be -- Thailand doesn't include women in its Army draft and/or the Thai Army doesn't allow women in combat positions.

 

My wife's recently married Army officer friend is a paper pusher type.

 

 

Edited April 2, 2018 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Boot camp...

 

 

[lemonjelly]

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[HLover]

Just now, lemonjelly said:

 

 

 

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Now that is an on topic and entertaining video, nice post.

[Jingthing]

54 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Jing, I think the Thai Army does have women, as I just got back lately from a wedding between two Thai Army officers -- and they were NOT both guys!

 

I think the better statement probably would be -- Thailand doesn't include women in its Army draft and/or the Thai Army doesn't allow women in combat positions.

 

My wife's recently married Army officer friend is a paper pusher type.

 

 

Interesting. I wasn't aware.

This article seems to talk only about specially recruited women to be spies.

 

 

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Thailand[edit]

Thailand has recently begun recruiting and training women to conduct counter-insurgency operations (c. 2007).^[29] A ranger commander said that when women are protesting, "It is better for women to do the talking. Male soldiers look tough and aggressive. When women go and talk, people tend to be more relaxed".

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_military_by_country

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

8 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Interesting. I wasn't aware.

 

 

Nothing new, AFAIK. They're an Army family, and her mother until recently was an Army officer as well, and she (the mother) had been in the service for many years, AFAIK. But again, they're not out driving tanks or practicing to shoot anyone (at least not very often...). More admin positions, but officers, nonetheless.

 

 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Nothing new, AFAIK. They're an Army family, and her mother until recently was an Army officer as well, and she (the mother) had been in the service for many years, AFAIK. But again, they're not out driving tanks or practicing to shoot anyone (at least not very often...). More admin positions, but officers, nonetheless.

 

 

I guess I should have known that now that I think about it. Of course I knew no draft for women here.