Asia Insight · SEASON 9

Leaving It All Behind - Thailand

Episode 3 · 2020-01-24

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Episode overview

Pinit, a successful Thai businessman and sports celebrity, turned his life upside down when he decided, at the age of 45, to become a woman -- Pauline. Her book, "Too Tight Shoes" speaks about her experience coming to terms with, and finally embracing, her gender identity. Pauline's journey to becoming a woman involved many painful decisions, including parting with her wife and daughter. She also strove to win the understanding of her parents. Eventually, she found a way to rebuild a family life, helping her ex-wife to run a restaurant. In this program, we follow a transgender woman's search for her true identity and her efforts to hold on to the people she loved.

28 minutes

Season 9 episodes

1. Fighting for Marriage Equality: Taiwan2020-01-10 2. The Twilight of Chinese Coal2020-01-17 3. Leaving It All Behind - Thailand2020-01-24 4. Taiwan's Battle with Fake News2020-01-31 5. Returning from ISIL: Kazakhstan2020-02-14 6. Living Among the Two Koreas2020-02-21 7. A Second Chance in Bangkok's Slums2020-03-06 8. A Mixed Blessing: A World Heritage City in Uzbekistan2020-03-20 9. Japan and the Philippines: Specified Skilled Worker System Year One2020-03-27 10. Beijing's Room of Rage2020-04-10 11. South Korea's Elderly Box Foragers2020-04-24 12. Documenting Home: Myanmar2020-05-08 13. Businesses Struggling with COVID-19 in Shenzhen2020-05-29 14. Coronavirus Crisis: Answering the Call - Thai Monks on the Frontline2020-06-05 15. Sketching a Better Myanmar through Satire2020-06-12 16. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Poverty2020-07-03 17. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Business2020-07-10 18. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Culture2020-07-17 19. North Borneo's Isolated Stateless2020-07-24 20. Protecting the Elderly from COVID-19: South Korea2020-07-31 21. Guangzhou's Apparel Industry Facing COVID-192020-08-07 22. Wuhan: An App to Survive Post-Corona2020-08-21 23. Vietnam: A Mega-Hospital in Lockdown2020-08-28 24. Deliveries Among COVID-19 in South Korea2020-09-04 25. Making Art from a Pandemic: Wuhan, China2020-09-25 26. Dreaming of a Medal: Mongolia2020-10-09 27. Thailand's Struggling Inbound Tourism2020-10-16 28. The "Made in Hong Kong" Dilemma2020-10-30 29. Spreading Kindness: Online Barter in the Philippines2020-11-13 30. Echoes of Musical Tradition: Mongolia2020-11-27 31. The Unsung Heroes Fighting the Coronavirus: Thailand2020-12-18 32. Entrepreneurs of the Massive Housing Complex: Guizhou, China2020-12-25