Kathoey

Kathoey or katoey (Thai: กะเทย), is a word used in Thailand to describe a trans woman, a person of a third gender, an intersex person, or an effeminate gay man. It is most often rendered as "ladyboy" in English. The term can be considered pejorative; It has a meaning similar to the English language 'fairy' or 'queen'.

It has been claimed that in Thai origin myths, kathoey (along with male and female) was one of the three original human sexes/genders, but some dispute this.