Victory for trans students at Thai university

Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University has finally amended its uniform regulations to allow students to dress according to their gender identity, after a group of students earlier this year filed a request for this and a complaint against a faculty of education lecturer, reports Prachatai.

Prior to this amendment, Chulalongkorn University had no official protocol for transgender students wishing to dress according to their gender identity. Students had to file individual requests with the university in order to graduate in the clothing that matched their gender identity or to dress according to their gender identity in class and during examinations. While the university has been allowing students to graduate in the dress that matched their gender identity, it was rare for students to file requests to do this for class or exams.

While many lecturers will not punish or pressure trans students into dressing according to the gender they were assigned at birth, students still face discrimination or transphobic comments from some members of staff, especially in faculties which are perceived as more conservative, such as the faculty of education, where students have often been threatened with disciplinary action.
Full report on the Prachatai site