05 février 2014
Thailand - Tanapong, Boy Make-up
© Corinne ROZOTTE / Divergence
Tanapong, 49 years old, living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, working as acounter in a bakery. He dresses like a woman and make-up every day for a decade now. Tanapong, 49 ans, vit à Chiang Mai (Thailande), il travaille comme comptable dans une entreprise de boulangerie-patisserie. Il s'habille en femme et se maquille depuis une dizaine d'annees. Ladyboys ("Kathoey" for the thaï term that refers to transgender woman or effeminate gay male) are fairly well accepted in thaï society. They don't just work in the entertainment or in cabarets as sex workers. Tanapong grew up with his four sisters and said he was raised as a girl. At the age of 7, he began to understand that he doesn't feel completely like a boy. Despite of his particular identity feeling, he worked in the army, as an accountant until 38 years old. Now, he lives alone in a terraced house of his parents and takes care of them. He works a lot and also provides them, among other, money, but he's now very tired from his work. He's looking for a serious relationship with a boy on the internet...not so easy to him, "I'm not a toy" he wrote on his profile...
Lieu : Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mots clés : Thailand, Asia, Identity, Kathoey, Lady Boy, gender, male, dress, identity, make-up, man, red, report, woman, work, differences, portrait, transexuel, transgenre, LGBT, difference, homme, femme, sexe, identite, genre, Thailande, Asie, robe, rose, maquillage: travail, metier, sex, pink, tolerance