Today we came across some toilets for people who are neither boy or girl.
This sign for a restroom was spotted today at Khan Nam Seafood Restaurant in Hua Hin. As you can see, there are four different kinds of toilets.
You have men to the left and women to the right. Straight ahead you can see a toilet for the disabled but what is this purple door?
In Thailand they have the “third sex” which are often called lady boys. They are usually accepted by society. Even in schools where a couple of my primary 6 students are obviously in training to be lady boys one day.
The restaurant owner told us that many of her staff are lady boys. And as they didn’t feel comfortable using the men’s toilets nor welcome in the lady’s, she therefore built a toilet just for the purple people.
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better than KFC and McDonalds lol but the name...
Yan
22/08/2010 at 9:46 pm
Liz
26/08/2010 at 4:23 pm
a lot of schools in Thailand have 3rd sex or Transsexual Toilets.
Liz
26/08/2010 at 4:24 pm
calling them purple people isnt very nice, now is it.
jack
28/08/2010 at 4:37 am
Coming soon to the U.S!
Moo Noi
22/09/2010 at 4:15 pm
@Liz. The sign reads ”Chao sii muang” which translates as “Purple Folk”. I assume that is why Richard referred to them as the “Purple People”. I’m sure he didn’t intend to cause any offence.
Chiang Khan
14/12/2010 at 3:55 pm
Only in Thailand where being a transexual do you get treated as more or less an equeal.
BkkBear
25/10/2011 at 11:14 am
I wonder if the toilet inside is sit down or stand up