A hotel chain in Thailand is on the receiving end of a lot of criticism for a bizarre form it requires its guests to sign warning them about ‘ladyboys’.

A photo snapped by one if its guests showed a warning to guests at the Omni Complex in Bangkok.

‘This it to inform you that the person you want to bring to your room is not a lady and he is a LADY BOY,’ the sign read.

Kathoey -more commonly known as ladyboys – are people in Thailand who are either trans women, effeminate men or people who identify outside of the binary genders. They are very common in Thailand and generally socially accepted.

It appears the form is shown to guests who are bringing people back to their rooms that might be a kathoey. Once they are made aware of their gender identity, the form goes on to ask guests if they still want to bring the kathoey back to their room.

‘Have you negotiate the price before he is going to your room?’ the form says and then asks how many Bahg (Thai currency) was agreed upon.

‘There are many occasion fighting begin fighting over the price.’

The form warns that many valuables have been stolen from guests’ rooms by ‘these entertainment people’ and they should be careful.

‘We are here to protect you, please cooperate with our security guards,’ it reads.

So offensive

Leow Yangfa is the executive director of Oogachaga, Singapore’s only LGBTI support organization.

He was not impressed with the form and wrote an open letter to Omni Complex labelling their actions as offensive. Leow also criticized LGBTI people who jumped to the hotel’s defense.

‘If it is a consensual, private arrangement between two adults, why should the hotel be the morality police?’ he wrote on Dear Straight People.

‘And if the hotel is so concerned about vice, wouldn’t a sign or letter informing guests of the rules suffice?

‘More importantly, why do we need people who are openly homophobic and transphobic towards us, when we are doing such a good job of hating each other within our own community?’

Gay Star News has contacted Omni Complex for comment.