By Citylife | Tue 31 Mar 2020
![Is Thailand really LGBT friendly?](https://images.chiangmaicitylife.com/clg/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lgbt-2741369_1280.png?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=png&h=183&q=45&w=348&s=efe199ce7fe2dcc7bb4a0e7e1c759b90)
Thailand is often promoted as a safe haven for gender and sexuality minorities. Recent evidence, however, might suggest otherwise.
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Years ago, one of the big attractions of Chiang Mai was the relaxed gay lifestyle, and gay scene. In 2013 that scene is almost unrecognisable from what it once was.
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"I'm trying to find myself, here...In one direction is a Thai girl...in the other, a farang boy. In one direction is a tom. In the other, a transgender man."
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![Buddhism and sexuality](https://images.chiangmaicitylife.com/clg/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Homosexuality-and-Buddhism.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=183&q=45&w=348&s=7bf9624d1768268c84839b220516e651)
A gay Buddhist monk talks about his sexuality and religion.
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![Living lesbian in Thailand](https://images.chiangmaicitylife.com/clg/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Living-Lesbian-in-Chiang-Mai.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=183&q=45&w=348&s=fe6b8492087f878d58fbf2f43e323fba)
What's it like being a lesbian in Thailand? Pim Kemasingki enjoys an evening interviewing five lesbians about their lives and the issues they face.
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![James Austin Farrell digs into attitudes surrounding gender and sexuality in Thailand.](https://images.chiangmaicitylife.com/clg/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0retro.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=183&q=45&w=348&s=2a8c946d19025d63b36ef3d4da0336a2)
James Austin Farrell digs into attitudes surrounding gender and sexuality in Thailand.
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