Backstage with the ladyboys

PHOTOS BY PAULA BRONSTEIN
Last updated 16:08 18/09/2012

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The Cabaret in Chang Mai show is on nightly performed a small bar inside the busy city's night market.

Kathoeys or ladyboys are very visible and much more accepted in Thai culture, called the third gender. Many find employment performing for tourists in Cabaret shows while several popular Thai models, singers and movie stars are also kathoeys.

The term Kathoey can refer to males who exhibit varying degrees of femininity most of the kathoeys dress as women and undergo medical procedures such as breast implants, hormones, silicone injections.

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