Episode 36: Exploring Thailand's Sex Industry

Summary: Chris travels to the Thai cities of Bangkok and Chiang Mai to chat with sex workers and others with insights into Thailand's sex industry, including members of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.empowerfoundation.org/index_en.html">EMPOWER</a> – the country's oldest and largest sex worker organization. The EMPOWER Foundation's 2016 community research project entitled Moving Toward Decent Sex Work is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nswp.org/sites/nswp.org/files/Moving%20Toward%20Decent%20Work%2C%20EMPOWER%20-%20April%202016.pdf">available in full here</a> and is definitely worth reading. We also recommend <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEAbjowQLv8">The Third Gender</a> a documentary by Vivienne Chen about the Thai trans community, which is available for free on Youtube. For more on this community check out <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathoey">the Wikipedia page for Kathoey</a>. Finally, make sure to pay a visit to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sweetsmartstrongsexy/">Can Do Bar</a> if you ever find yourself in Chiang Mai.