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https://scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3009491/can-thailands-transgender-mp-bring-equality-male-dominated
This Week in Asia/ Politics

Can Thailand’s transgender MP bring ‘equality’ to the male-dominated, military controlled parliament?

  • Before running for the progressive Future Forward party, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit was a celebrated director
  • Her low-budget but poignant films revealed the LGBT experience in Thailand’s hierarchical and patriarchal society
Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, a party-list MP-elect from the Future Forward Party. Photo: Bangkok Post

Tanwarin Sukkhapisit’s globetrotting days, attending international film festivals and events, are now behind her after she was elected as one of Thailand’s newest members of parliament on Wednesday.

A filmmaker known the world over for her bright red lips and blonde bob hairstyle, Tanwarin ran for the millennial-focused and progressive Future Forward party, formed last year by auto-parts tycoon Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.