<p>A leading university in Thailand has turned down an appeal from an embattled transgender lecturer, who was denied a lecturer position for her prominent role as an LGBT activist.</p>
By Kongpob Areerat |
<p>LGBT activists from all walks of life point out that discrimination against LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) is still prevalent in Thailand although the Asian country promotes itself as a paradise for all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions (SOGIE).</p>
<p>A famous university in Bangkok has decided to fire a transgender lecturer, saying that she behaved inappropriately in the media.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kath.khangpiboon/posts/10152936697323068?fref=nf&pnref=story">Kath Khangpiboon</a>, 28, a transgender lecturer of the Faculty of Social Administration of Thammasat University, the second oldest university in Thailand, on Tuesday night posted on her Facebook profile that the university’s administrative committee decided to fire her after she had been teaching for about 10 months.</p>