Interview with Amanda Kovattana: Author of the book "The Unexpected Penis" 

The belief in the trans identity is an insult to our Mothers. I wish we could get that perspective out there.

Amanda stands up for women and girls! Thank you for interviewing her.

Wow, what a great interview! Thanks for bringing your guest Amanda Kovattana to my attention.

Wow! What a fantastic interview. I went to follow her (turns out I already was). I love the acknowledgment that heterosexual women (her mum) could be gender non conforming. It was very common in working class northern communities not just post war but well into the 70’s. Fascinating discussion.

Thank you for speaking with a lesbian older than 30. Your kids sound so confused a lot of the time. We didn’t bother with this gender crap. Came out in high school 1980.

Amanda is a remarkable woman, thank you for doing the interview

Gender nonconformity around the world with Carol. Great interview, again.

This was so insightful, I learned tons! Thanks to both of you!

What a pleasure to hear what she had to say. Just a lovely woman.

Thank you very much for a interesting conversation! The Thai nation is a good example of how knowing one's religion, culture, and roots creates a stable identity and self-understanding for a person, which in turn helps to maintain a connection with reality.

Thank you to you both for the insightful interview and for speaking out about our collective abhorrence to the perversions of particular communities within the greater GTQI+ community, starting at 1:01:30. You both identified for me what I've felt for quite some time needs to be dealt with. I'm a Lesbian elder as well (67) and not a prude by any means - I've led a colorful and fun life! - but parading kinks and debauchery in public is a step too far. Go do your thing in private - decent people and kids don't need to be a witness to it and I don't want to be associated with it! Furthermore, who said it's necessary? It only devalues public opinion of those in the community that don't partake in it. Keep it in the bedroom, make your own clubs, I don't care. But when shoved in everyone's faces, we all will suffer the consequences. ...end of rant. Thanks for presenting the experience of an articulate elder, btw. Xx

Learned Thai speaker here. who did a lot of work with Thai lesbians in Thailand. Gender in Thailand is fascinating. Her portrait is familiar. But Thai does have words for sex, using phet. There also are gendered pronouns used outside of family, casual ocntexts, in some pop songs, and in most writing. Femme = dee (from Lady) -- nowadays the kids have more terms. There is a movement of trans men now. SRS developed largely vis the sex industry (and it's still a leader in this surgery).

Super interesting. Glad you got a good mic. Headsets never sound good.

Great content and interview. Thank you both.

She’s amazing.

Great interview. I love her voice too

Genius title!

Very interesting discussion with a fascinating person, thank you both!

I love this interview and also do love H Joyce ❤🎉😂

Fantastic conversation.

Love Amanda!

Thanks Carol, enjoyed this interview, interesting to think about the whole pronoun debacle from a perspective where this can't be an issue due to non existence in a language. Does make you wonder why this is so prevalent in the west.

I teally enjoyed this so watched more of her interviews on other channels. Hey, I have a pressing question ...... does anyone think Bon Scott was a butch Lesbian? Or is it just me. There were Aussie butch's that were very rough in those days I remember. Hard living times here.

I fucking love women so much. Damn

it's true that toms and ladyboys are not actually considered to be the opposite sex but it seems like trans ideology is slowly spreading to thailand. there was even a thai lesbian soap opera recently where one of the side couples was a TIM/TIM couple. it's better than the TIM/actual woman "lesbian" couples we have on tv here in the west, but still

I am enamoured with Amanda and wish that she would date me. Love from London.

Confused about the comment on pronouns? I thought there was the formal and female 'chun' and the male exclusive 'pom'?

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Interesting! I grew up with many mothers and a full neighbourhood of kids and families and I am very anti-nuclear family, which is why I never supported gay marriage. Altho I am heyero I have never been married. Children really need more than 2 adults to rely on and to be their only role models. I would love to change western society as well. Rad Fem all the way, pull it down and re-arrange the lot 😂 I really don't understand the hetero-normative gays.

why is a balding woman who prentended to be a men and wont remove her facial hair the best representative for this