Motherly Love (RO)

[ShibbOleth]

In this case, RO = Recreational Optimism. Just read this story in the Bangkok Post online, about a mother supporting her child, even when things didn’t turn out the way she might have expected.

Her husband’s ultimate dream was to have a son. But the first son she bore him lived for only eight hours. Their second son is now a transsexual.

As a wife, Boonyok Boonyapisomparn may have not fulfilled her Chinese family’s expectations of a male heir. But as a mother, her unconditional love is unrivalled. And it is this love that has enabled her transsexual child to stand tall against the odds.

“Her love, her full acceptance of who I am, is a major force in my life,” says Sittiphan Boonyapisomparn, 28, an advocate for transsexual rights.

“And I’m very proud of what my child is doing for others,” says Boonyok.

When Sittiphan, or Hua to her family and friends, was one of the speakers at Thailand’s first national conference on sexuality recently, Boonyok was among the people in the front rows, her eyes shining with motherly pride.

Full story here. Thailand is not the most advanced country in the world, but their tolerance and sometimes acceptance of people with alternative sexual orientation is something the rest of the world might learn from.

[Spice_Weasel]

That made me cry.

In the good way.