Originally Posted by
sfvoyage
Great point! Thailand is a predominantly Buddhist country and has a very tolerant, relaxed & non-judgmental attitude toward sexual orientation. When you go to department stores, even the very top tier ones, you often see transvestites and transexuals staffing the cosmetics counters and spraying perfume at you as you walk by. Buddhism just does not preach hatred, shame and sin. In fact, it does not preach. One has to seek out Buddhism; it's an internal journey & discovery. (I am not Buddhist, so apologies for my generalizing.)
Well I'm originally Thai - I find that people there are tolerant and non-judgmental towards sexual orientation but its much more acceptable among the "lower" classes - among the "upper" classes orientation is accepted but not really openly (much like mistresses) and it's fairly unusual for an "upper" class person to be in an openly gay/lesbian relationship. There was a former Prime Minister who was known to be gay but not publicly talked about.
Maybe
MegatopLover can weigh in when he returns from BKK.