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Blue shirts and Pink shirts. Would Dongtan Beach be a pink area? Nearly 200 Jomtien Beach massage therapists heard about Pattaya’s latest efforts to bring order to the freewheeling industry. Manop Sakorn, chairman of the Jomtien Beach Thai Massage Club, briefed the 180 masseurs and masseuses on new policies covering both the “free” and “Jomtien” zones, in which therapists wear blue and pink shirts, respectively. From now on, all those working in the zones must wear a uniform stating their name, phone number and city registration number. The vendors also must charge set rates in an effort to prevent customers from being ripped off, and masseuses must avoid use of any drugs. In the case of a dispute, Manop said, a vendor who gets violent with a customer will have his license revoked immediately. For other infractions – such as selling their uniform or allowing family members to take their place on the beach – masseuses are subject to two-week suspensions. http://www.pattayamail.com/news/rules-coming-jomtien-masseuses-161975

Meanwhile in Bangkok When: Friday, January 20, 2016; 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Where: Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT), Maneeya Plaza Building, Chidlom BTS. Directions here. Who: DA Thailand members, and their friends (American and non-American) How: No-host event, everyone is responsible to pay for what they eat or drink Here’s the agenda: 5-7 p.m. — Cocktails and Dinner (no-host arrangement) 7-8:30 — Panel of Experts A panel of Thailand-based experts on what Trump is going to mean in the US and globally for climate change and the environment; women’s rights; international development assistance/foreign aid; human rights; health; trade; labor rights, and other topics; followed by Q&A 8:30-10 — Showing film Trumpland by Michael Moore 10 to midnight — DA Thailand Open Mike Night Discussions on flash mob for Women’s March in Bangkok; opposing Trump’s nominations, and mid-term elections 2018 project Midnight-1 a.m. — The Witching Hour Trump Takes Oath of Office

The Donald's remarks make it slightly more expensive to get your dick sucked in Thailand tonight. It also makes it more expensive for Yank cocksuckers to suck dick in Thailand.

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thai transgender activist Nada Chaiyajit completed her undergraduate studies in August, and two months later, school officials told her 12 classmates - all men - that their graduation certificates were ready. But her college, the University of Phayao in northern Thailand, would not issue her documents because she submitted a photo in which she looks like a woman, even though her identity card says she is male. "They asked me, 'Can you take a new photo - can you tie up your hair and wear a tie to make yourself look like a man?' I said no," said the 37-year-old, wearing rimless spectacles and simple stretch cotton sweater and trousers. "If I tie my hair back and wear a tie, then it doesn't belong to me. This belongs to me," she said, gesturing at her body and holding up the contentious portrait of herself in a black and lavender graduation gown. Nada refused to dress as a man or to petition to dress as a woman on grounds of gender identity disorder, as many Thai transgender students have done. Instead, in a landmark case, she petitioned her school to issue her documents according to the gender identity she has chosen, on the basis of her rights rather than mental illness. In December, her university approved her request, laying the groundwork for Thai transgender students to get official documents according to the gender they have chosen. "When you want to fight, you have to know what documents or evidence you need to put together. I used all the lessons my law school taught me," she said. Edmund Settle, who oversees the U.N. Development Program's Being LGBT in Asia initiative, said most people take the easiest route and use gender identity disorder - or gender dysphoria - to change documents. "From a rights perspective, this is the first time I've heard a case like this. It's definitely precedent setting," Settle said. Thailand is widely seen as a paradise for gay and transgender people, with transgender women commonly seen on TV, in beauty pageants and cabarets, and at hair salons and cosmetics counters. Yet the country's rigid bureaucratic rules are still adjusting to include transgender rights. This is the case across Asia, where getting documents such as ID cards changed is extremely difficult for trans people, said Cianan Russell of the Bangkok-based Asia Pacific Transgender Network. "The vast majority of trans people in this region are unable to change their documents at all, and those who are able are held to pretty severe standards," said Russell, a transgender man from the United States. The requirements can include being sterilised, having familial consent, not being married or divorced, not having children, or even a mental health diagnosis, he said. "When trans people are unable to change documents, they're unable to access education, housing, employment, healthcare - anything people need to live their daily lives is impeded by these documents," Russell said. Since Nada's case was approved last month, about 10 more transgender students at her university have come forward with their own petitions. RIGID RULES IN PARADISE In 2015, Thailand's Gender Equality Act came into effect, outlawing gender-based discrimination and inclusive of lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT). Yet the country has some way to go in recognising transgender rights, activists say. For example, transgender women had been exempted from the military draft with "permanent mental disorder" noted in their records until 2012, when the wording was softened to "gender identity disorder" - but still implying psychological abnormality. Thai universities have allowed transgender students to dress as women for official documents and graduation ceremonies on grounds of having gender identity disorder. Nada refused this route on principle but needed her papers because she had started applications for the prestigious Chevening scholarship in Britain. Deadlines passed. She considered caving to the university rules. Then one of her mentors - a prominent Thai human rights lawyer - persuaded her to carry on to set a precedent. "You help trans people access justice," Nada recalled her mentor telling her. "You are the person who helps them write complaints for the committee that considers gender-based discrimination. Will you give up on your own case?" Wuttichai Chairinkam, University of Phayao vice president for student affairs and chairman of the committee that considered Nada's petition, said her case was not about discrimination, but merely updating bureaucratic procedures. "We do not discriminate against these students, and in fact, we praise them, but it just takes time to adjust and solve these issues," Wuttichai said. Nada's case goes beyond the university, he said, and it is an issue that needs to be addressed across Thai society - from elementary schools to professional associations. Many transgender people say they know before kindergarten that they identify as another gender. Some start taking hormones at the first signs of puberty to suppress male or female traits. "If we allow this in high school, university - what about at elementary level?" Wuttichai said. "We might have to prepare all of society to solve this problem ... so it's an enduring solution." GENDER, NOT GENITALS When Nada was three, she asked her mother if she could wear a tutu. She kept her hair cropped short and dressed as a boy most of her childhood, then grew her hair out and began dressing as a woman after high school. She underwent sex reassignment surgery in 2008, when she was 28. Her transition was not without struggle. She described being abandoned by her family, attempting suicide four times, and dropping out of a university in Bangkok in 2003. At each exam at that university, monitors grilled her - in a room full of hundreds of students - because she looked like a woman but dressed in trousers as required because her identity card says she is male. The humiliating scrutiny proved too much. But in 2013, she enrolled in an undergraduate law course at University of Phayao and completed her studies in August. When she told school officials about her sexual reassignment surgery, they said her case would be straightforward. But Nada said she didn't want surgery to be a precondition for students to dress according to their chosen gender for university photos and graduation. "I said no, you can't say that. Gender expression isn't about genitals. Gender expression is about self-determination," she said, adding that some transgender students cannot afford expensive surgical procedures. In late December, her petition was granted. She received her documents in person from school officials last Friday. "The day I got the documents in my hands, my hands were shaking," she said. "You finally feel like you have justice in your hands. The documents look simple, but for me... it's a victory, a victory for my life" Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org http://dailymagazine.news/in-lgbt-paradise-thai-transgender-activist-breaks-barriers-to-education-nid-378997.html

Scalpers, which I reckon could be construed as politically incorrect denigrating Native Americans, are losing money on Innaugeration tkts according to the NY Daily News Rosenberg bought the pair of tickets on Craigslist from a "Second Amendment activist" in Katonah, N.Y., last week and immediately listed them on his Facebook account, as well as back on Craigslist. But after receiving no interest, he visited a handful of white supremacist websites, including the Daily Stormer, where he posted listings for the tickets on the site's message boards. Even then, nobody expressed interest." There B Street Band, Springsteen cover band also just dropped out stating it would disrespect The Boss by performing but it would seem to disrespect The Donald. "

An email from Democrats Abroad: Dear Democrats Abroad Thailand, Pattaya Chapter members, We will be watching the Inauguration at Beertopia, and commiserating on the state of the world, this Friday evening at our usual host, Beertopia, starting at 11 PM. The actual Inauguration in DC will take place at about midnight our time. Beertopia's website and FaceBook page have directions and a map for its location, if you have not visited there yet: https://www.facebook.com/beertopiathailand/ http://www.beertopiathailand.com/contact-us Below is information on the DAT in Bangkok's Inauguration Watch, which you may have received already. The Bangkok event will include a showing of Michael Moore's movie Trumpland and an open mike for participants to share their views on the USA's new President. Please come and share your ideas with your fellow Democrats for resisting this steamrolling, contradictory, media hog who will all too soon be the leader of our great nation.

NEWS Belfast couple raped and robbed on holiday from hell Their attackers stole more than £400 and two iPhones before subjecting the couple to a horrific sexual assault BYGARETH FULLERTON 21:58, 13 JAN 2017 They were on a night out in Phuket at the time of the attack A Belfast couple who were robbed and raped during a Christmas holiday in Thailand have spoken about their "terrifying" ordeal. Gerald Drumgoole and his husband Michael Burnett were attacked on a night out in Phuket after their drinks were spiked. There attackers stole more than £400 and two iPhones belonging to the couple, It was their sixth trip to Thailand, but following last month's attack they have vowed never to return. "We have been to Thailand before, but we have never experienced anything like this," Gerald told Belfast Live?"On the night we were attacked Michael and I decided to go out for some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. We had a beer in one bar and then moved on to another. It was in the second bar that our drinks were spiked with a date-rape drug. "After that we can't remember anything. It was only well after the attack took place that we realised that we had been attacked and raped. "We went to our own doctor in Belfast who confirmed we had been raped. It has just been a very traumatic time for both of us. We have had to be tested for HIV and given an HPV vaccine and tested for syphilis. "Michael and I have to go to the GUM (Genitourinary Medicine) clinic for further tests - it has been a complete nightmare." The couple also hit out at the service provided by their travel insurance company OUL Direct who Gerald claimed "abandoned" them in Phuket. "We were told that we had to contact the insurance company before deciding on which hospital to go to in Phuket. We phoned OUL Direct for five days and all they kept telling us was that they would send an email on and get someone to call us," Gerald said. "On the fifth day my family back in Belfast got in touch with the British Embassy in Bangkok and we finally got sent to a hospital, but the hospital wouldn't accept our insurance documents. "We then got sent to a private hospital, which insurance companies don't usually do, but because of our case they got us into this facility. The insurance company also said they would cover all charges, because they knew we had no money after being robbed. "It was agreed that our excess fee would be paid, but after we received the treatment we were told we had to pay it." http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/belfast-couple-raped-robbed-holiday-12453200#ICID=FB-Belfast-main

I guess with ladyboys there can be anal sex "accidents". But since this week's hot topic is urination, a journalist called up some luxury hotels and asked about their water sports policy.

It just keeps getting wackier as Golden Showers are in the news. Not at the Eden Club in Bangkok or the Devil's Den in Pattaya but an MI6 operative composed a dossier claiming Donald Trump participated in a Golden Shower Party with Russian hookers. It is unclear if the hookers took pees on him or just on each other or maybe not at all as Trump is denying the entire incident. I remember being in an S&M club in New York where one had their choice of peeing in an urinal or peeing on a guy in the bathtub. I reckon it's not very presidential to be a human urinal but it's ok with me if that's a fetish that the future POTUS enjoys. There was a rumor going around in Pattaya that a guy took a ladyboy and a dog to a short time room in Pattaya and had the dog take a crap on him or maybe pee on him or maybe he fucked the dog; I forget.

So is everyone still paying 10 baht?

There was a little known show called Trackdown, It stared Robert Culp who was best known from I Spy. In this episode there is a snake oil salesman named Trump who is predicting the end of the world and only he can save the town. It gets better. How will he save the town? By building a Wall. Btw, this checks out on Snopes as real.

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I think massage joints like Nuch are good for guys who have to do their business quickly in the afternoon and are willing to pay a premium for convenience. But since we're talking about money, probably the best deal in Bangkok are Soi 4 freelancers who are good to go for 700 baht late at night. No barfine, lady drinks etc. But u have to have a room. The key is not to ask how much, but rather to chat with them for a half a minute or less and if you're interested just smile and say "700 baht OK "and it's doubtful you will get refused.

I was toying with the idea of staying in Chiang Mai for a few months next year or maybe then year after next. I've been there twice but a long time ago and stayed in the Loi Krok area. But I have no real need to be around hostess bars. I'd like to be in an area that has late night red bus service and have no desire to rent a motobike. I like them idea of being able to walk to where I want to go. Googling around I see some seem to like Nimman. I was also thinking about them Old City. Is it easy to find a nice enough place with an affordable rent in these areas? Or would I not want to be in these areas? If living in the Old City is it better to be near certain gates?

Anyone know Relax Bar? Here's what happened: PATTAYA — A bar owner in the resort town of Pattaya was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of forcing a minor into prostitution at an establishment police said served a foreign clientele. Wannida Man-in, 24, allegedly ran the illicit business on the second flood of Relax Bar in Soi Buakhao, according to Pattaya police chief Apichai Klobpetch. Wannida pimped out the 17-year-old girl exclusively to foreigners, Col. Apichai said Wednesday. “She only accepted foreign clients, both farang and Asians,” Apichai said. “They didn’t serve Thais.” Apichai said officers raided the bar on a tip. He said Wannida claimed the girl voluntarily asked for the job, and she did not know she was a minor. Wannida was charged with human trafficking, pandering and running a bar without a permit. The court denied her bail on Wednesday, Apichai said. The girl was reportedly sent to a state-run shelter home in Chonburi province. Asked whether any foreign clients would be prosecuted, Apichai said police were trying to find them, but the girl told him she could not remember any names. “She said she couldn’t remember. There were some Europeans, but she couldn’t remember their names,” the colonel said. Although prostitution is illegal in Thailand, it is widespread in Pattaya’s red-light district. http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2017/01/11/pattaya-woman-accused-pimping-underage-girl/

Man that sucks. I guess every year Soi Chaiyapoon is becoming more and more desirable.

It looks like there is a bar in the pic. Will the massage double as a bar?

Wow I'm really enjoying posting by speaking instead of typing it's quite easy with my phone and the words actually come out right Hallelujah

In recent years my budget allocation has really changed. Back a few years ago, I would spend more in bars and lived in a relatively cheap room while nowadays I much prefer springing on a good room and not going out to the bars that much. Has your budget allocation changed over the years is is it mostly the same as when you first started going to Thailand?

January is usually an extremely dry month on the Andaman coast but the south of Thailand has benn getting lots of rain and there's been flooding. Much worse though on the Gulf of Thailand side of the Malay Peninsula. Where I am electric is down and my local 7 is closed. Luckily I hAve a data plan with my Sim that I use if WiFi is slow or non existent. Heard it was also rainy in Sodom By The Sea.

Welcome to the Forum Candy!

There are a strip of bars in Ban Chang that cater to golfers in the afternoon and off shore workers in the evenings. When I was there a few years ago, a ladyboy told me that there were 8 ladyboys working those bars at that time. Here's some more info Woodie: http://www.ladyboyreview.com/forum/index.php?/topic/250-the-ladyboys-of-ban-chang/