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Presidential Proclamation

Presidential Proclamation: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2012 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2012  By The President Of The United States Of America  A Proclamation From generation to generation, ordinary Americans have led a proud and inexorable march toward freedom, fairness, and full equality under the law ‑‑ not just for some, but […]

Support the ethnic people of Burma – Rally in Chiang Mai today

Today a rally in support of the ethnic people of Burma and all political prisoners is being held in front of the U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai. The rally coincides with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s historic visit to Burma. Please support the call and send an email to Hillary Clinton now! Despite the […]

Advance for Gay rights in Chiang Mai

The Administrative Court in Chiang Mai yesterday, reinstated rights of homosexual and transgender people, which the Court ruled had been incorrectly curtailed by the Chiang Mai municipality. The court action, brought by prominent gay activist Natee Teerarotchanapong, was in response to a regulation regarding the participants on parade floats involved in last year’s Loy Krathong […]

Aung San Suu Kyi

Today, 19 June is the birthday of Nobel Peace Prize winner and Burmese democracy fighter Aung San Suu Kyi. Happy Birthday! Despite her National League for Democracy party winning 81% of the seats in Parliament at the 1990 General Election in Burma she was never allowed to take power and has spent almost 15 years […]

Shan State – Fear and Celebration

Many Friends of Radchada Cafe come from the Shan State is SE Burma, and we know many of our readers have Tai Yai friends in Chiang Mai so we like to keep up to date with the latest Shan State news. May 21st saw the celebration of the 53nd Anniversary of Shan State People’s Resistance […]

Survival sex: Child Sexual Abuse in Chiang Mai Gay Venues

Survival sex refers to a type of prostitution that goes beyond simply trying to earn a living. Throughout the world, regardless of the north/south divide, there are women and men who are forced to prostitute themselves as a matter of course: their very survival depends upon it. In this You-Tube video, Steve Sandford, a professorial […]

Shan State Earthquake Relief project

The Best Friend Library, based in Chiang Mai is already up and running with a fundraising and relief project for victims of last week’s earthquake in Shan State. With the death toll almost certainly already over two hundred, the Burmese government seem to be doing nothing other than mount a cover up and block the […]

Video about the SSA

One more for all our friends from North of the border

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 […]