Five transvestite newly graduates of Thammasat University have been allowed to be dressed as girl students for the royally-sponsored commencement at the end of this month, Thai Rath reported.

The paper said the university has consulted with the Royal Household Bureau about the wish of five students, who were born men, to get dressed as girl students for the ceremony and the bureau replied that it would be up to the university’s own decision.

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