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BANGKOK – Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult.
This includes that potential candidates must cross-dress for a year because some patients rush into the operation, a medical association said .
Transsexuals and transgender men are a common sight in Thailand, appearing in soap operas and working at all levels of Bangkok society, from department store cosmetics counters to corporate offices and red-light districts.
A transgender beauty pageant draws thousands to the beachside town of Pattaya every year. – Sapa-AP
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