User:Nepsy23/Kathoey/Bibliography

You will be compiling your bibliography and creating an outline of the changes you will make in this sandbox.

Outline of proposed changes
General Description:

This section mentions that the term kathoey refers to people "self-identify as male" this is contradictory to the previous paragraph that states that it refers to transgender people and gay men, as well as contradictory to the other works I have read which states that some do identify as female, such as Transgender Kathoey Socially Imagining Relationships with Western Men in Thailand: Aspirations for Gender Affirmation, Upward Social Mobility, and Family Acceptance. In addition, later in the article it mentions there is a movement to allow them to change their legal sex to female which would be incoherent if all kathoey self-identified as male. this is an overgeneralization; it is clear there is a divide within the community on this. this is outdated and should be brought in line to the rest of the article.

Religion section:

this is the easiest section to add to. it does not currently mention the Kathoeys position within traditional religious rituals and structures in Thailand. Currently it only mentions a debate in Buddhist theology about homosexuality. The book I selected on south Asian ritual specialists, ''Deities and Divas. Queer Ritual specialists in Myanmar, Thailand and Beyond,'' states that there has been a large increase in Kathoey participating in religious rituals such as dances and spirit summoning over the last few decades.