Anjaree

Anjaree (Thai: อัญจารี) is a gay and lesbian rights organization in Thailand, with roots as a gender rights organization for women.[1] As of November 2018 it appears to be inactive.[2]

Anjaree Group was formed originally in 1986 by a small group of lesbian feminist activists in order to articulate lesbian issues in the women's movement and the society at large. Among their successes include stopping discriminatory policy and practices including the Rajabhat Institute's discriminatory rules on banning transgender people from enrollment at its institute during 1996. They became dormant until 2011. Anjaree organizers were among the first to organize and host an Asian Lesbian Network in 1990, which gained international attention, especially throughout Asia. In 1995 they were awarded the international Philip de Souza award.[3] They are currently fighting for same sex marriage rights in Thailand.[4]

LGBT lexicon

The term "gay" is frequently used in Thailand, as well as the term "kathoey". Anjaree activists have promoted a gender-neutral identity category known as "ying rak ying", which translates as 'women who love women'. The gender-neutral category stresses one's sexual choice and sexual rights. One of the notable advantages of ying rak ying has been its transnational LGBTQ discourses and movements that represents broader sexual orientation within the transnational LGBTQ rights community.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy of Anjaree website". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  2. "Home". Anjaree Foundation. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  3. Megan Sinnott. Queer Bangkok: twenty-first-century markets, media, and rights. Aberdeen, Hong Kong: Hong Kong U Press, 2011. Print.
  4. "Archived copy of interview with ILGA". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  5. Sinnott, Megan (2011). "Chapter 11: The Language of Rights, Deviance, and Pleasure: Organizational Responses to Discourses of Same-Sex Sexuality and Transgenderism in Thailand". In Jackson, Peter A (ed.). Queer Bangkok; Twenty-First-Century Markets, Media, and Rights (Hardcover ed.). University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 205–228. ISBN 9789888083046.
  6. Jackson, Peter A. (2011). Queer Bangkok: 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights. Hong Kong University Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-988-8083-04-6.
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