I graduated with a degree in education but landed a PR position for a shopping mall. I quickly realized that I could write.

If you don’t take risks, you can’t get ahead. It’s a risk moving to a new magazine for a new market. But having worked for several magazines that closed I am used to this kind of risk.

I’ve been a fan of the original Attitude from the UK since I picked up their fifth anniversary issue. I wished one day somebody could make it happen here too.

Gays are difficult to please, as we all know. We have Facebook feedback saying that people need a gay magazine that imparts better wisdom and values than Attitude does. At least we’re a lot better than those model magazines that come with behind-the-scenes CDs.

Attitude Thailand won’t talk about religion and we won’t point out who is or who is not gay. That’s a personal matter. Thai culture is different from the UK’s.

It would be great if PM Abhisit could be on our cover. Tony Blair appeared on the UK edition’s cover. We all know there are gays in parliament but we can’t talk about it. If Abhisit is on the cover I believe he’ll get more support from gays and lesbians.

I’m not political. I like reading about politics but I don’t take part in gay political rallies.

Gay rights and gay marriage: sometimes these issues are not essential. The current constitution is the first in our history that accepts the diversity of sexes.

We already have more rights than our friends in Southeast Asia. Filipino gays might be able to marry but Singaporean gays are so stressed out, they have to fly to Thailand to have fun.

Child adoption for gays should be legalized. It’s common in other countries, but we don’t see it much here because there is no law explicitly supporting it. Those who object to adoption for gays should go watch The Kids are Alright, a film about a normal lesbian couple with teenage children—and a happy ending.

Gay men are more likely to be promiscuous. That’s different from lesbians, who usually have long-term relationships.

Because of our cultural complexes, we see two gay men living as a couple as more scandalous, while lesbians don’t attract so much attention.

Today if we talk about “sex” we also need to talk about “gender.” Sex is your appearance but gender is what is revealed when you have sexual intercourse. This issue is very complex.

Thai society loves to hide things. We all know we have problems but we just ignore them. It’s like we don’t talk about corruption, which we all know exists, but it’s dangerous to mention it.

Sex education won’t encourage more sexual intercourse but rather help protect lives.

Homosexuality used to be described as an illness, which is not true. Today’s psychologists agree that being gay is the result of genetics and is beyond our control.

I like the Kinsey Scale theory that says that the spectrum of heterosexuality to homosexuality ranges from 0 to 10. A guy might love his friend as much as his girlfriend but doesn’t want to have sex with him. He might be a 2. The degree of homosexuality varies.

I’m not saying everyone is gay. Gays are those who really accept what they are.

The biggest pressure on the editor of Thailand’s first gay magazine is society’s perceptions. When we ask for an interview, people have questions about who we are and what we do.

Gays in Thailand can sometimes be too rad [annoyingly flamboyant] even if they are not katoey [transgender], especially when they are among each other. For example, those skin-headed students in skirts and tank tops might one day grow up and feel silly when they look back at their teenage years.

We should stop calling gay men toot [faggot]. It’s rude.

Sexiness doesn’t mean nudity. Some guys are sexy wearing a pair of jeans. It’s in the eye of the beholder.

While Chinese, Japanese and Korean looks are still the favorite looks among Thai gays, some really prefer those hunks with classic Thai faces and dark skin.

Thai television gives gays a bad image. Gays are just clowns because the censorship board would reject any other depictions. Everyone has to work together to change that: the producer, censorship board and also the audience.

Gays, your happiness starts when you have self-acceptance. It’s much more than just coming out.