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Today, May 17, is IDAHO Day, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The date May 17th commemorates the World Health Organisation’s decision to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders.
For more details of IDAHO Day visit www.dayagainsthomophobia.org.
To mark IDAHO day, UNESCO Bangkok has produced a short film highlighting the challenges faced by LGBT students and practical steps that have been taken in schools in Thailand to promote healthy, safe learning environments for all. Check it out here Also marking IDAHO Day UNDP and Asia Pacific Transgender network have released a new report. Lost in Transition: Transgender People, Rights and HIV Vulnerability in the Asia-Pacific Region is a comprehensive review of material gathered from across the region over the past 12 years. This unprecedented research in Asia, jointly released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN), calls for concerted action by governments, civil society, development partners and the transgender community itself to design and conduct further research to fill the lack of information about transgender people and their environments. read more here.
See also today in Thailand’s “The Nation” newspaper and article by Paisarn Likhitpreechakul. Homophobia and prejudice: It’s time to kill the hate
Every Wednesday night Pern’s Restaurant is running a special offer giving:
50% off selected house wines.
With a convenient location on Huay Kaew Road near to Soho Bar, Pern’s Restaurant is a great place to enjoy a classy range of Mediterranean food in a relaxing ambiance at reasonable prices.
If you want to be mentally challenged get along to the Garden Bar tonight before 8 p.m. for the May quiz night. Special categories this month are Space exploration and US landmarks.
Mentally challenging is also the theme of the new cabaret show, aptly named the “Check Bin Show” which also seems to have connections to space exploration.
For two weeks now customers have enjoyed a mixture of amusement and bemusement as the staff alternately struggled with the controls of their spacecraft, also known to the non astronauts among us as a calculator, which they battled bravely to master the intricacies of adding 10% service charge and 7% VAT to the price of drinks.
Sadly the rigours of learning about astrophysics seem to have been too much for one of them who bailed out for less numerically challenging tasks leaving Space Cadet Wit in full command.
Wit, Bartender at the Garden Bar
Confidentially, we got an exclusive sneak preview of this month’s quiz questions and have to say that one of the difficult questions is so hard we thought we’d give you all a little hint so you can try and prepare, knowing that it’s almost impossible you’ll get it right. That most difficult question: “How much is a beer at the Garden Bar?” And don’t even think about cheating and asking the Bar Staff, it’s not like they’d know! Though they may surprise you when it comes to their knowledge of space exploration.
Last night’s Isaan music night had a full house at RAM coffee Bar with standing room only.
CityNow’s intrepid photographer was there and captured it all digitally onto the web for posterity.
Isaan Culture at RAM Coffee Bar - www.citynow.com
You can see the full set of photos from the event on the CityNow website here.
James Barnes, editor in chief of Out in Thailand magazine had a celebration of getting older last night at Ram Coffee bar. Happy Birthday James from all at Radchada!
James' birthday at RAM (source www.city-now.com)
See all the photos from the party on www.city-now.com
In the last few months there have been several new venues open in Chiang Mai, and a few closed too. Here is our summary:
The biggest new venue for some time to arrive on the scene is See Man Pub. This large, purpose built, modern style venue is located on the Canal Road near Phucome intersection with Huay Kaew Road and opposite the Phucome Hotel.
Two new Guest houses have opened in the Santitham Area, QI 68 is on Santirak Road and Mansfield Residence on Viang Bua soi 4.
At the Night Bazaar, CU Bar and Secrets bar have moved to new locations and seem to be doing bettert business there. Meanwhile, in the old Sleaze Alley, Milky Way moved to the front of the Soi and Twin peaks recently re-opened. These are the only bars left here and it’s very quiet.
There is one new Massage place, Spa Tacus, but some others have disappeared, notably The Wall, Club M-Massage, and Five on Chiang Moi.
Several bars have closed: Cheerleaders Bar, Memory by Doi Boy, La La and DTs; however, the bar at one-2 come massage has re-opened under new management
Ram Coffee is a nice new place to get a coffee down near the river. Last but not least don’t forget our friends at Radchada Garden Café. Radchada Garden Café is now open until 10 p.m. as well as a full service bar where you can sit and enjoy a drink, Radchada has an excellent menu of Italian food including thin crust Pizza
The May edition of Attitude Magazine Thailand is available now! Check it out at bookstores.
Visit their website: www.attitudethai.com
RAM Coffee and bar will be holding an Issan Night on 15th May. Checkout the details below.
The boys at Radchada garden Café tell us they’re making a number of changes to the menu over the coming weeks. The first is the introduction of an A la carte breakfast menu so you can create your own breakfast. Choose whatever you want from a full range of breakfast selections including eggs, bacon, baked beans, sausages, hash browns, tomatoes, onions, mushroom, potatoes, ham and cheese, then let the boys put it together for you.
Radchada Garden Café is situated at a beautiful Lanna style teak wood mansion, within tranquil tropical garden surroundings in the Santitham area, Chiang Mai city’s up and coming North West suburb. As well as delicious breakfasts, the food includes a range of cafe food and an Italian Menu including a range of Pasta Dishes and delicious thin crust Pizza at Chiang Mai’s Pizza Cafe
Radchada Garden Café
Radchada Garden Café is open from 10 a.m until 10 p.m. daily (kitchen closes 9.30 p.m). From 5 p.m. it’s cocktail time and the luscious garden is a great place to appreciate their selection of pre-dinner cocktails and apertifs. The fully stocked bar also includes a selection of beers and wines and in the few short months since it opened has become a popular meeting place for Chiang Mai’s gay ex-pats.
This website www.gayinchaingmai.com and our award winning sister website www.radchada.com have become one of the Internet’s best known and most comprehensive guides to everything gay for foreigners in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. The sites enjoy thousands upon thousands of hits every month and are consistently highly placed in Google searches related to anything Gay in Chiang Mai. We’re now offering gay businesses or organisations a chance to benefit from our popularity and further publicise their business free of charge. For Gay businesses in Chiang Mai we can also include your banner on our guide pages and offer the opportunity to add your own description under your entry in the guide as “from the owner” (Description max fifty words).
Radchada Banner Advert
We are now offering free banner adverts to our friends on both sites you can find all the details of how to get a free banner on this site here or for www.radchada.com click here N.B. we are running separate banner advertising schemes for each site.
Please note, placing free banner adverts is absolutely at our discretion and we only accept links from bona fide gay organisations or from gay businesses in Thailand. We generally won’t place links to pornographic content. Advertising and use of the website must be in accordance with our terms of use
Welcome to the Radchada Cafe's website about Gay Chiang Mai. Here you will find all the latest news about gay life in Chiang Mai and a full guide to all the latest venues including interactive maps.
Click on the navigation tabs at the top of every page to access our Gay Guide to Chiang Mai.
Radchada Cafe is a non-commercial website written by gay people for the benefit of the gay community. If you like the site or have any suggestions please leave a comment to let us know.
If you run a gay venue in Chiang Mai, please let us know about any special events or new things you have going on. Coverage here is free!
Thank you for visiting.
K. Note and the Bon Tong team
Enjoy breakfast, morning coffee, light lunch, Pasta dishes, Radchada’s speciality: thin crust Pizza, afternoon tea or early evening cocktails in a peaceful garden and soak up the ambiance of the Lanna Kingdom’s bygone era. For more information visitwww.radchada-cafe.com
If you are unfamiliar with Chiang Mai don't forget to download our Quick Reference Guide to all the Gay venues. A complete listing you can print on one page including addresses and directions in Thai for your taxi/TukTuk driver who can take you right to where the action is.
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Gay News from Dragoncastle If you are wondering why many links and posts on this site relate to Burma and the Shan State the reason is simple. Many friends of Radchada Cafe come from the Shan State in South East Burma which borders Thailand, Laos and China.
Shan State is one of the most oppressed parts of Burma where atrocities committed by the Junta against the Shan people are widespread. As a result, many have fled to Thailand and try to survive here as refugees despite less than welcoming treatment by the Thai authorities. To find out more about the Shan, known as "Tai Yai" in Thai, visit some of the links above.
Probably 90% of the young men you will meet in Chiang Mai's host bars and other similar commercial gay venues come from the Shan State, as well as guys from other hill tribe minorities who are denied Thai citizenship. Although mainly straight, the Shan have had a significant effect on the gay farang scene in Chiang Mai, for this reason we try to inform our readers about the Shan people and their problems.
One organisation in Chiang Mai supporting the people of Burma is:
They run a number of operations in Chiang Mai, Mae Sot and Burma to help refugees providing welfare, support and education. Why not visit the best friend library in Chiang Mai on Nimanhemin Rd Soi 13.
The Best Friend depends entirely on voluntary contributions for all their work. You can support their projects with a monetary donation or by donating books, computers or school supplies.
Irawaddy – news from Burma 
