Thai Puan – The Best Gay Community Magazine in Thailand has just launched the latest issue for May- June 2011. It should be available in Chiang Mai Gay bars this weekend.
Front Cover of Thai Puan Issue 42 - May-June 2011
This months issue includes Phuket Pride 2011, all the latest news from Bangkok, Pattaya, Koh Samui, and an article about great places for Gay tourists to visit outside of Chiang Mai which you can read:HERE.
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 journalist based in Thailand speaks to hill tribe boys who found that poverty left them with no choice but to prostitute themselves.
For more detail see The VJ Movement (www.vjmovement.com)
Around the gay bars behind Chiang Mai’s Night Bazaar, known locally as sleaze alley, young immigrants in Chiang Mai, Thailand find work in the underground sex industry which has become a magnet here for foreign pedophiles. One of the boys interviewed tells how he was coerced into the sex industry at only twelve years old (Hint:enable subtitles using CC button).
As gay people who love Chiang Mai we are always saddened to see stories like this about the city. Most of our gay friends here, tourists, ex-pats and Thais are good people who respect the laws here and find it abhorrent that a very small minority come to Thailand to exploit it’s vulnerabilities and sexually abuse young children. These few people besmirch the name of Gay people everywhere and the vast majority do not welcome them in Chiang Mai.
If you know of Peodphile activity in the city among ex-pats, please take action. The best thing you can do is to report it to one of the international organisations or NGO’s who have direct links into the appropriate Police departments, rather than simply approaching the local Police. Hearts of The Streets have run a campaign against child sex offenders in Chiang Mai and can help:
Otherwise you can report them to the embassy of the perpetrator, or even your own embassy. The U.K. Police’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. have a dedicated website too.
British journalist Andrew Drummond has some sage advice on Reporting Child Sexual Abuse at the end of this article on his website, or you can contact him directly
Please remember:
It is a crime for foreigners to have sex with someone under 18 in Thailand
upon returning home child sex offenders can be prosecuted under extraterritorial laws
Long time favourite among the sophisticated set on the Chiang Mai Gay scene, Glass Onion, has spawned a new gay friendly venue across the soi called Cosmos. This open fronted venue is very chic with a completely black decor and serving a similar drinks repertoire to the Glass Onion. A couple of the Bon Tong boys popped in to have a look last night and were impressed. The bar was full with a mixed crowd, mainly younger farangs and the staff were friendly and efficient; as well as a couple of cute guys there 
The same owner has also opened a wine store called Shoppe right next door (and directly opposite Glass Onion).
Ypou can see some pictures of the recent opening party here: Cosmos opening on City Now
“spawned” — not “spurned” 
See the following updateon the Shan State Earthquake Relief Project from our friends at the The Best Friend Library
Last week in Chiang Mai, at Wat Pa Pao temple, The Best Friend had a booth for the Shan Poy Sang Long festival collecting donations and selling fund raising T shirts. Altogether, they have raised more than 18,500 baht in the first 10 days of the Relief Project. Money has already been provided to organisations providing urgently needed relief on the ground.
The latest news from eastern Shan State is that there is a continued need for potable water and a serious need for roofing and shelter-building material as the thousands of people left homeless after the earthquake are still struggling to rebuild their homes.
The total fundraising goal for the Shan State Earthquake Relief Project is 45,000 baht ($1,500). They are more than 40% of the way achieving this, but still need a lot of help to make it there! Please help: Visit Shan State Earthquake Relief Project to find out how to donate or to purchase a fund raising T shirt.
One of the Bon Tong Boys modelling the fund raising T-Shirt
If you have your own website, why not add a link to our site? Our site has become very popular for Gay content about Chiang Mai and ranks well with search engines. To make this easy we’ve now added some banners and link code so you can simply cut and paste the link details to your site: Link to Radchada Cafe
If you are on Facebook we post notifications of updates to our news site on there too. Why not become a friend of “Bon Tong” on Facebook to stay up to date with Gay goings on in Chiang Mai.
Look out for the April Edition of the new Thai Gay magazine Atttitude at bookstalls now.
Thailand Gay Magazine Attitude – April Front Cover
Although Yokka Dok has only recently “come out” as a Gay Bar it has been in business for a year now. Last night Pui, the owner, and his charming English Boyfriend David through a party to celebrate.
Party at Chiang Mai Gay Bar – Yokka Dok
Yokka Dok is the only Gay Bar inside Chiang Mai’s old city moat and is conveniently located near Thapae Gate at the end of Ratchamanka Road, opposite the moat from Loy Kroh. The bar offers a full range of drinks and cocktails as well as food. They also have a pool table and guest house accommodation is available upstairs too.
Pui And David at Yokka Dok Party
Pui and David were in fine form as the perfect hosts and also laid on some great entertainment and a buffet. The evening seemed very popular and ended up as standing room only with Yokka Dok’s staff kept very busy.
The first issue of our pocket sized Chiang Mai Gay Guide is now available for download from our website. The Radchada Cafe Quick Reference Guide to gay venues in Chiang Mai has been especially designed to print double sided on a single A4 page and then folded into a neat pamphlet format. It is the ideal companion to help gay visitors who are not so familiar with the city to find their way around.
Radchada Cafe Quick Reference Guide to gay venues in Chiang Mai
It contains listings of all the major gay venues in Chiang Mai and is organised by area. For each location the address is provided in Thai with directions for a taxi/TukTuk driver so you can easily get to any place you fancy. And above all it’s free.
If you are visiting Chiang Mai for Songkran, download and print your copy now!
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
A boutique café located in a Lanna Style teak wood mansion hidden in a tranquil garden oasis in the Santitham area of Chiang Mai. Extremely gay friendly.
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 
“a very small minority come to Thailand to exploit it’s vulnerabilities and sexually abuse young children”
I would fervently disagree with the notion that it is “a very small minority”. Can you trivialize the sexual exploitation a little more, please?
Besides, everyone knows that the vast majority of rape, purchasing of prostitutions, human trafficking, and other forms of sexual exploitation is in fact perpetrated by country residents/citizens, versus expats.