Survey:Most people in Thailand accept third gender

BANGKOK, May 17 (TNA) - A latest survey has found that most respondents in Thailand have accepted people of the third gender and same-sex marriage. The survey, conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) from May 15-16 on 1,252 people nationwide based on the random basis, showed that most of the respondents, or up to 88.49 per cent, accepted friends and colleagues of the third gender as long as they are good and do not cause trouble. The respondents said some people of the third gender are capable and only 8.79 per cent of them did not accept people of the third sex, opining that they are unnatural and affect the image of their agencies. The NIDA poll also found that 77.56 per cent of the respondents would have no problems if their family members were of the third gender, as they just wanted their family members to be good people, but 17.25 per cent did not accept such family members and blamed them for unnatural. Besides, they wanted their family members to be able to have descendants. The NIDA poll also showed that 43.53 per cent of the respondents disagreed with people of the third gender who want to change their title, as they considered it would cause confusion, but 42.01 per cent agreed with that, considering it an individual right. The survey also found that 52.96 per cent of the respondents would have no problems with same-sex marriage registration, but 33.87 per cent disagreed with it, opining that such the registration could cause problems afterwards. (TNA)