BangkokPost.com – Story by Krittiya Wongtavavimarn
A transsexual, physically a woman but legally a man, opens her female heart
While a young boy riding on the back of a buffalo plodding through muddy rice fields in Lampang province, Kiranunt Suwannasingha looked up at the aeroplane flying among the fluffy clouds in the sky. “I was wondering what the giant metal bird was doing up there. And I wished I could ride on it some day,” Kiranunt recalled.
Today, Kiranunt flies across the country almost every single day on board an aircraft, taking care of the safety, welfare and comfort of the passengers. Well-known among fellow cabin crew members as “Nicky”, Kiranunt enjoys walking up and down the aisle with baskets of snacks for passengers who are unaware that this flight attendant, wearing make-up and in a full air stewardess’s uniform, was not born a woman.