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Third Place
Daniel Rodrigues
Freelance
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Born with a body that does not correspond to the deepest feelings of its owner does not have to be a sentence to a life of grief. Being a man, a woman, or have a third gender that does not fit the strictest definition is increasingly an option.
In Bangkok, Thailand, at the Golden Dome Cabaret Show, the four cabaret shows and more than 200 spectators a day help 37 "ladyboys" or, in Thai, "kathoey" - women who still hold the penis - who work there to earn enough money to become complete women.
Nana Plaza, Pat Pong and Soi Cowboy areas are full of prostitution bars, where these "ladyboys" will satisfy the fantasies of many foreigners clients so that they can pay their final operation, finish school and send money to their families.
At 22, Deni is proud of the body she is gradually able to transform working at the Golden Dome Cabaret Show. Thailand looks to its "kathoey" (the Thai word for "ladyboy") without prejudice, arguing that a man or woman's gender must be a personal choice and not a matter of chromosomes.
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