no, I'm sure you didn't - and bad karma -now, i really don't like that. At this stage i seem to have lots of gay friends and relations, and no way am I thinking this is bad karma, or the UK equivalent. Pity eh! I count myself lucky to know (and love) these people. Wrong thread... sorry....
I think traditonally people in this country thought of being born a ladyboy or not straight was the karmic consequence of committing adultery in former life. If you were not heterosexual with the opportunity to marry and have children, you'd have the prospect of a lonely and poverty-stricken old age. Here, where there is little in the way of social security provided by the state, offspring have always had the duty to provide for their parents as soon as they are able and repay them for their care as dependent children. Even now adult children are too ashamed to go home to visit their parents upcountry if they cannot take money to give them.
A lot of gays here support parents in the provinces and I suspect carry more responsibility for their parents' welfare than their straight siblings.
- that's a very interesting observation. After my sister got to know my son's bf a bit and we had talked it over, she astounded me by saying, 'you know, it could be A. (the bf) who has to arrange for you to be admitted to a nursing home.' I don't mind telling you I was gobsmacked, because that seems such a long way off, but also because I don't think I'd ever really thought that way about it.
Oh, don't tell me this is the wrong thread..... I know that.
But while we are on this subject, the Ladyboys of Bangkok have performed for several years now at the Brighton Festival here in the UK. The publicity bumf always emphasises that the performers aren't necessarily gay. Sorry, I haven't seen the show. I'm sorry to hear that this is treated as the sins of the mothers being visited on the children, or something. Hmmm. Didn't know that, thanks for explaining.
Michael - thanks for that, at least she wasn't too proud to change her beliefs, and I am sure you are right, there are plenty of examples, you bet.