Gender On Thai ID Cards

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PHUKET: More than half the respondents to an online poll by The Phuket News have voiced their support for transgenders or transsexuals to choose the gender shown on their Thai government identity cards. 

The issue for years has sparked heated debate both inside Thailand and among international rights groups, with much vocal support both for and against the right to choose an “official” gender.

 

To this, The Phuket News asked in its most recent poll, “Should people who identify themselves as transgenders or transsexuals be allowed to nominate the gender shown on Thai ID cards?”

 

A total of 28% of respondents to the poll voted, “Yes, but only if they have had gender re-assignment surgery.”

 

A further 30% of respondents voted, “Yes, regardless of surgery. If they choose to be a man or a woman, that’s their choice.”

 

A neat 20% responded, “Yes, but their gender at birth must be shown”, but only 17% of all people who took part in the poll voted, “No, only their gender at birth should be shown.”

 

Only 5% of respondents remained “Undecided”, noting “there are far too many arguments for and against whether genders should be shown at all on ID cards.”

 

Of note, much of the support for transgenders or transsexuals to choose the gender shown on Thai ID cards came from men, with 75% of all votes in the poll cast by males – 50% of the respondents were local expatriate resident males; a further 25% reported themselves as Thai national males; and 11% were male foreign visitors to Phuket.

 

In contrast, votes cast by women accounted for 14% of all responses to the poll: 5% local expatriate resident females; 5% Thai national females; and 4% female foreign visitors to Phuket.

 

http://www.thephuketnews.com/make-gender-choice-official-says-phuket-poll-55096.php