{"id":39655,"date":"2016-06-18T18:21:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T22:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-gym-in-thailand-is-staffed-exclusively-by-transgender-men\/"},"modified":"2016-06-18T18:21:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T22:21:08","slug":"this-gym-in-thailand-is-staffed-exclusively-by-transgender-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-gym-in-thailand-is-staffed-exclusively-by-transgender-men\/","title":{"rendered":"This Gym in Thailand is Staffed Exclusively by Transgender Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This Gym in Thailand is Staffed Exclusively by Transgender Men<\/b><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/gym-thailand\/jyb-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-317888\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jyb-3.jpeg?resize=740%2C417\" alt=\"transfit\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jyb-3.jpeg?w=937 937w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jyb-3.jpeg?resize=300%2C169 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jyb-3.jpeg?resize=768%2C433 768w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jyb-3.jpeg?resize=150%2C84 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jyb, the owner of Transfit, at his gym in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jyb isn&rsquo;t merely <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a>. He&rsquo;s an alpha <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a>. Ragged claw marks are tattooed beneath his shredded pecs. It lends the impression that he wrestled with a jaguar and won.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jyb&rsquo;s abs, biceps and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boy<\/a> band-worthy smile certainly set him apart from most <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a>. But the 27-year-old Bangkok model and fitness instructor owes much of his social media stardom to the fact that he&rsquo;s a transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And in Thailand, Jyb says, it&rsquo;s never been a better time to be young, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In Thailand, acceptance for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people has really shot up in the last five years,&rdquo; says Jyb, whose full name is Phanyapad Maha-Udomporn. &ldquo;Of course, you have old-fashioned thinkers who still say it&rsquo;s wrong. But very few people from the young generation think this way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/gym-thailand\/jyb\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-317889\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jyb.jpeg?resize=676%2C645\" alt=\"Jyb transfit\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jyb.jpeg?w=676 676w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jyb.jpeg?resize=300%2C286 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jyb has a fan following on social media, where he shares selfies like this one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thailand, perhaps more than any other nation, is known for its vibrant and visible transgender population. But the spotlight is mostly fixed on <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>, often crudely labeled &ldquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">ladyboys<\/a>,&rdquo; who delight tourists in cabaret shows.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Thailand&rsquo;s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, while invisible to much of the world, are enjoying more social prominence at home than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Jyb is among a new wave of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> heartthrobs. Between Facebook and Instagram, he boasts more than 40,000 followers &mdash; many of them smitten <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> decorating his comments section with googly eyed emojis.<\/p>\n<p>Jyb is now translating his online buzz into profit. In 2015, he founded a gym exclusively for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbians<\/a>. Called Transfit &mdash; slogan: Not Only Men Gain Muscles &mdash; the workout facility is meant to draw in <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> who want to look like Jyb as well as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> who want to train with him and his all-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a>-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BAZKnazoW5O\/\" title=\"View on Instagram\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/BAZKnazoW5O\/media\/?size=l\" alt=\"Instagram Photo\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Jyb is also appealing to another gender-based identity group that, in the West, might <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> themselves queer or non-binary. In Thailand they&rsquo;re called &ldquo;toms,&rdquo; a word that borrows from the English word &ldquo;tomboy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A tom is a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> who dresses like a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a>, cuts her hair like a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a> and goes out with <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girls<\/a>,&rdquo; Jyb says. Many toms bind their breasts to appear flat-chested. Most prefer the pronoun, in Thai, that approximates &ldquo;he&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;she.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some toms do identify as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, but many don&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>Thais also have a word for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> who date toms: &ldquo;dee,&rdquo; which borrows from the English word &ldquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lady<\/a>.&rdquo; (It&rsquo;s pronounced &ldquo;lay-DEE&rdquo; in a Thai accent.) In most cases, Jyb says, a dee exudes mainstream Thai femininity: long, perfumed hair, lipstick, long lashes and so on &mdash; and they often exclusively seek out toms for romance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/8QBN7JIW9E\/\" title=\"View on Instagram\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/8QBN7JIW9E\/media\/?size=l\" alt=\"Instagram Photo\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In urban Thailand, tom-dee <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> no longer draw smirks or stares. &ldquo;You see them everywhere,&rdquo; Jyb says. &ldquo;They no longer have to hide in fear of society&rsquo;s judgment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But many still abide by traditional gender norms.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Toms can be sensitive. They&rsquo;re like <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> in that they can give off a bit of feminine sweetness. But toms have to take care of their <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girls<\/a>,&rdquo; Jyb says. &ldquo;Just like <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_BY0zBIW_F\/\" title=\"View on Instagram\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/_BY0zBIW_F\/media\/?size=l\" alt=\"Instagram Photo\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, an entire industry has sprung up to cater to toms and the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> who adore them. A magazine, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtomactMag\" target=\"_blank\">@Tom Actz<\/a>, showcases tom celebrities and tom-friendly fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Another startup sells super-thick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtomactMag\/photos\/a.134530909919829.17057.115964691776451\/1060424000663844\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;tom bras&rdquo;<\/a> that flatten chests. Yet another sells a pomade for toms called<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1517154265186520\/photos\/pcb.1760023344232943\/1760020760899868\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;Littlebutch.&rdquo;<\/a> Heard of breast enlargement cream? Well, there&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtomactMag\/photos\/a.134530909919829.17057.115964691776451\/902897646416481\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\">gel<\/a> marketed to toms that allegedly shrinks breast size.<\/p>\n<p>Romantic comedies about tom-dee <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> screen in Thai cinemas. Love songs by toms routinely play on Thai radio stations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_CQCT_qfI1\/\" title=\"View on Instagram\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/_CQCT_qfI1\/media\/?size=l\" alt=\"Instagram Photo\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Thailand is not transgender paradise.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike in the US, same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage is not legally recognized. Trans <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> are too often resigned to low-end service jobs or the entertainment sector. Transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> can also struggle to break into career paths, such as law or government, that demand conformity to idealized notions of old-school propriety.<\/p>\n<p>But unlike the United States &mdash; where 11&nbsp;states are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/may\/25\/eleven-states-sue-us-government-transgender-bathroom-laws\" target=\"_blank\">suing the federal government<\/a> over its insistence that transgender students use the public toilet of their choice &mdash; Thailand is hardly balking as its <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> population grows more visible and assertive.<\/p>\n<p>Even conservative Thais typically believe transgender people have a role in society &mdash; even if they think that role should be resigned to the margins. And practically no one, Jyb says, is vexed about where Thai <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people ought to use the toilet.<\/p>\n<p>After all, transgender Thais have developed a certain public bathroom etiquette without the intervention of lawyers and politicians. When nature <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> in a public place, Jyb says, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> typically use the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>&rsquo;s room. Toms often prefer the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>&rsquo;s restroom &mdash; and, obviously, so do <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People choose whatever restroom fits with what&rsquo;s in their heart and soul. There&rsquo;s no big debate,&rdquo; Jyb says. &ldquo;Though, honestly? The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>&rsquo;s room is usually cleaner.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2016-06-15\/gym-thailand-staffed-exclusively-transgender-men\" target=\"_blank\">This article first appeared on PRI&rsquo;s The World<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/gym-thailand\/\">This Gym in Thailand is Staffed Exclusively by Transgender Men<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=lGJTAoBMVBs:ROmL1DeRyyk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=lGJTAoBMVBs:ROmL1DeRyyk:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=lGJTAoBMVBs:ROmL1DeRyyk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=lGJTAoBMVBs:ROmL1DeRyyk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=lGJTAoBMVBs:ROmL1DeRyyk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=lGJTAoBMVBs:ROmL1DeRyyk:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=lGJTAoBMVBs:ROmL1DeRyyk:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/lGJTAoBMVBs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/lGJTAoBMVBs\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/lGJTAoBMVBs\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Gym in Thailand is Staffed Exclusively by Transgender Men Jyb, the owner of Transfit, at his gym in Bangkok. Jyb isn&rsquo;t merely <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a>. He&rsquo;s an alpha <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a>. Ragged claw marks are tattooed beneath his shredded pecs. It lends the impression that he wrestled with a jaguar and won. Jyb&rsquo;s abs, biceps and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boy<\/a> band-worthy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-gym-in-thailand-is-staffed-exclusively-by-transgender-men\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This Gym in Thailand is Staffed Exclusively by Transgender Men<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This Gym in Thailand is Staffed Exclusively by Transgender Men - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-gym-in-thailand-is-staffed-exclusively-by-transgender-men\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Gym in Thailand is Staffed Exclusively by Transgender Men - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Gym in Thailand is Staffed Exclusively by Transgender Men Jyb, the owner of Transfit, at his gym in Bangkok. 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