Out trans cousins around the world are adopting the same attitude, and since 1999 in six nations, New Zealand (Georgina Beyer), Italy (Vladimir Luxuria), Uruguay (Michelle Suarez) , Poland (Anna Grodzka), Venezuela (Tamara Adrian) and the Philippines (Geraldine Roman), trans people have managed to get themselves elected to their national legislatures with others falling short of doing so.
Now comes word from Thailand that a trans person is aiming to lead their national government..
Ngarmpring wants to bring hope to the transgender and other marginalized communities of Thailand and pave the way for the next generation of trans and same gender loving politicians in the Land of Smiles.
She's fine if she doesn't win, because in her words, "she was the first one who dares enough to announce 'hey, we can do this'."
"We are not saying we are better than male or female," says Ngarmpring. "We are just want to say we are equal ."
The Mahachon Party hopes its human rights platform that includes legalizing prostitution, will appeal to Thailand's large TBLGQ and sex worker population .
In those elections 200 of the 500 seats in the Thai House of Representatives are being contested by the party, and 20 of the candidates it has put forward are openly part of the TBLGQ community.
Ngarmpring since her transition three years ago has taken on the personal mission of educating Thai society. But there are people who view TBLGQ rights and her candidacy with skepticism.
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