Articles in Category: Burma & Shan State

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Articles about Burma, the Shan State and Tai Yai people in Thailand. You can also see many pictures of handsome tai yai guys in our gallery pages

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Shan State and Burma updates

Many of our friends in Chiang Mai come from the Shan State in south east Burma. Here are some news updates from various Burma related sites: ‘Today Shan State is already a separate country’ Monday, 14 February 2011 Mizzima News. Lieutenant General Yawd Serk, the leader of the Shan State Army-South, talks with Mizzima. Jai […]

Peace Walk For All

It’s approaching the second anniversary of the last aborted gay pride march in Chiang Mai, called off in the face of demonstrations and threats of violence by the red shirts from the Rak Chiang Mai 51 group. Apparently, there are still issues trying to organise a replacement event so instead there will be a Peace […]

Mai Soong Pee Mai Tai

If one of your reasons for coming to Chiang Mai is to visit a Go-Go bar you would be well advised to avoid the period around the Shan, New Year. Nearly all the boys working in Chiang Mai’s bars are not Thai but refugees from nearby Burma (Myanmar), in particular from the Shan state, the […]

SoupaSteak celebrates for Burma

Following the recent release of Aung San Suu Kyi by The Burmese Junta a small celebration was laid on by Darling Wine bar at SoupaSteak restaurant. Well attended by a number of Farangs and many young men from Chiang Mai’s host bars SoupaSteak laid on some Burmese food specially for the occasion. SoupaSteak has long […]

Thadingyut – a few pictures

We’ve never been able to resist an excuse to post pictures of handsome Tai Yai males on this site and last weekend’s celebrations for the end of Bhuddist lent gave us just such an opportunity! The event is a major festival in the Shan State and throughout Burma known as known as Thadingyut in Burmese. […]

SoupaSteak hosts book launch

Last Friday saw SoupaSteak, one of Chiangmai’s most up and coming gay venues, host a book launch party in support of political prisoners in Burma. No easy Road: A Burmese Political Prisoner’s story chronicles Thiha Yarzar’s nearly eighteen year journey on the long road to freedom. First as a political prisoner jailed and tortured in […]

New Book – Gay Love Story Set in Chiang Mai

Contract for Love, by James Orr is a love story between an English Teacher and a Thai Male Sex Worker. I thought he was different. I thought he was genuine. I thought he was good. Always smiling. Gentle and kind. Taking care and observant. I was wrong, so wrong. Set in Chiang Mai the book […]

Walk for Peace in Burma

Many of the Friends of Radchada, and the Bon Tong boys come from the Shan State in Burma and we are enthusiastic supporters of the cause for freedom in Burma and the Shan State. One up coming event we would encourage our readers to support is the Walk For Peace to be held in Chiang Mai on Tuesday 21 […]