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A Glossary of Thai LGBT Terms Chai rak chai (noun, formal) — men who love men; the Thai rendering of “men who have sex with men”, or MSM. Chao si-muang (noun) — “purple people” or “lavender people”; an older collective expression for the kathoey, gay, and tom-dee communities. Chum-chon gay (noun, colloquial) — gay community. Dee (noun, colloquial) — from “lady”, a feminine-identified woman who is the romantic and sexual partner of a tom (see below); a feminine lesbian. Ee-aep (noun, slang) — a closeted gay man; a closet queen. Fai rap (noun, colloquial) — “the receptive partner”, in either male-male or female-female sex. Used in both gay and tom-dee communities. Fai ruk (noun, colloquial) — “the active partner”, in either male-male or female-female sex. Used in both gay and tom-dee communities. Gay king (noun, colloquial) — sexually active partner in a gay relationship. Gay queen (noun, colloquial) — sexually receptive partner in a gay relationship. Kathoey (noun) — a transwoman; male-to-female transgender or transsexual. Derogatory in some contexts. Kham-phet (adjective, formal) — transgender and/or transsexual. Khwam-lak-lai thang-phet (noun, formal) — sexual and/or gender diversity. Les (noun, colloquial) — from “lesbian”. In some instances denotes a woman who does not necessarily engage in gender role-play, as either a masculine tom or feminine dee, in a romantic and sexual relationship with another woman. In other instances les may be understood as a feminine lesbian and conflated with dee. Les king (noun, colloquial) — from “lesbian” and “gay king”, a les (see above) who is the sexually active partner. Les queen (noun, colloquial) — from “lesbian” and “gay queen”, a les (see above) who is the sexually receptive partner. Phet (noun) — generic term for sex, gender, and sexuality. Phet-saphap (noun, formal) — gender (literally “phet status”). Phet-withi (noun, formal) — sexuality (literally “phet orientation”). Phu-chai (noun) — a man; usually denotes a heterosexual man and is used in contrast to gay. Phu-ying (noun) — a woman; usually denotes a heterosexual woman. Phu-ying praphet sorng (noun, colloquial) — “a second type of woman”, a more polite term than kathoey for male-to-female transgenders and transsexuals. Glossary 286 Rak phet diao-kan (formal) — same-sex love; to love the same sex. Rak-ruam-phet (formal, academic) — a biomedical and often pathologizing term for “homosexuality”. Now resisted by Thai LGBT groups and replaced by rak phet diao-kan (“same-sex love”). Sangkhom gay (noun, colloquial) — the gay scene, gay social life. Sao praphet sorng (noun, colloquial) — “a second type of young woman”, a more polite term than kathoey for younger male-to-female transgenders and transsexuals. Si-muang (noun) — purple, lavender; historically a colour associated with kathoeys and gay men. Si-rung (noun) — rainbow colours; now has queer connotations as a collective symbolic marker of all Thai LGBT identities and communities. Tom (noun, colloquial) — from “tomboy”, a masculine woman whose romantic and sexual partner is a dee (see above). Ying rak ying (noun, formal) — women who love women. ...

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