Report Thailand Boosts Healthcare: Hormone Therapy for LGBTQ+ Included

[webfact]

LGBT Rainbow Flag © 2008 Ludovic Berton via Human Right Watch. (Wikimedia Commons)

 

Thailand has made a groundbreaking move by expanding its universal healthcare to cover hormone therapy for transgender and gender-diverse individuals. The Ministry of Public Health has allocated a robust 145 million baht budget to support this initiative under the country's renowned 30-baht healthcare scheme.

 

Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, leading the National Health Security Office, has sanctioned the inclusion of six crucial hormone medications. This advance is a part of the "Treatment Anywhere" scheme, featuring leuprorelin injections, 17-beta estradiol tablets, estradiol transdermal patches, testosterone enanthate injections, cyproterone acetate tablets, and spironolactone tablets.

 

The initiative addresses the pressing health risks associated with unsupervised hormone use. Deputy spokesman Jirapong Songwatcharaporn highlighted that many transgender individuals had resorted to self-medicating without proper guidance, resulting in severe side effects and fatalities. The policy aims to mitigate these risks through medically supervised hormone therapy.

 

Full medical evaluations will precede any hormone treatment, ensuring patient safety. Jirapong emphasised that doctors will conduct comprehensive assessments of patients' medical histories and mental readiness before commencing any therapy.

 

Minister Somsak expressed that the package is designed to lessen the financial load for transgender people by up to 2,000 baht per month. It is a collaborative effort involving the Health Systems Research Institute, the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the Thailand Professional Association of Transgender Health.

 

This move not only enhances healthcare inclusivity but also signifies a significant step forward in supporting the rights and wellbeing of gender-diverse populations in Thailand.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Bangkok Post 2025-06-30

 

 

[FlorC]

Luckily , we don't have to pay Thai universal healthcare cover (yet).

[hotchilli]

30 baht you can start to get your gonads shrunk... I guess the queues will be forming overnight.

[PETERTHEEATER]

In this case 'hormones' should be spelled 'hermones'

[peter zwart]

Sure, 145 million baht isn't an astronomical amount, but wouldn't that money be far better spent on new equipment for public hospitals or on better training and salaries for doctors? Last time I checked, it's still called medicine (make people better when they are sick), not make-believe science.

[harryviking]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

LGBT Rainbow Flag © 2008 Ludovic Berton via Human Right Watch. (Wikimedia Commons)

 

Thailand has made a groundbreaking move by expanding its universal healthcare to cover hormone therapy for transgender and gender-diverse individuals. The Ministry of Public Health has allocated a robust 145 million baht budget to support this initiative under the country's renowned 30-baht healthcare scheme.

 

Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, leading the National Health Security Office, has sanctioned the inclusion of six crucial hormone medications. This advance is a part of the "Treatment Anywhere" scheme, featuring leuprorelin injections, 17-beta estradiol tablets, estradiol transdermal patches, testosterone enanthate injections, cyproterone acetate tablets, and spironolactone tablets.

 

The initiative addresses the pressing health risks associated with unsupervised hormone use. Deputy spokesman Jirapong Songwatcharaporn highlighted that many transgender individuals had resorted to self-medicating without proper guidance, resulting in severe side effects and fatalities. The policy aims to mitigate these risks through medically supervised hormone therapy.

 

Full medical evaluations will precede any hormone treatment, ensuring patient safety. Jirapong emphasised that doctors will conduct comprehensive assessments of patients' medical histories and mental readiness before commencing any therapy.

 

Minister Somsak expressed that the package is designed to lessen the financial load for transgender people by up to 2,000 baht per month. It is a collaborative effort involving the Health Systems Research Institute, the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the Thailand Professional Association of Transgender Health.

 

This move not only enhances healthcare inclusivity but also signifies a significant step forward in supporting the rights and wellbeing of gender-diverse populations in Thailand.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Bangkok Post 2025-06-30

 

 

This is how sick it has become. Now these screwed up people are being injected with hormons to really be screwed up! The stupidity is mindboggling! "Transgender" is a confusing thing. It is mental, but how to fix it is beyond me....putting them full of hormons is probably not a good idea!!

[Grumpy one]

2 bricks will shrink the nut sack quicker and are reusable