Yonlada
Yonlada or Nok, whose real name is Kirkkong Suanyos, received 3,808 votes while her rival candidate; Pawat Settayawong got 3,659 votes.
Yonlada’s decision to run for the position made the news, as she is the first transgender [woman] to ever seek to enter political field. She is the president of Trans Female Association of Thailand and a PhD candidate who runs a satellite TV station and has her own jewellery business.
Nok is well known as an activist who has fought for [trans women’s] rights for many years. She was a member of the transgender pop group Venus Flytrap and was known as Posh Venus.
Yonlada earlier said that she wanted to be a representative of [trans people] and homosexuals to carry their demands to the Parliament. This is the first time a transgender [woman] has applied to and won an election.
June 2012
Transgender woman wins provincial election for the first time →
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i am looking forward to “elementary” but mostly i am looking forward to seeing what a fandom built largely upon spite will be like
some interesting fanfiction i’ll tell you what: “and then sherlock placed his lips upon joan’s, who was a woman and also lucy liu. and they kissed. with tongues. neither of them were benedict cumberbatch at all.”
“Sherlock kissed Joan again. She continued to be a woman. He found it delightful.”