article_snippet: An unusual row has broken out in Thailand after a Buddhist monk was pictured fondling a topless worshipper's breasts.
article_snippet: The image of a monk fondling a worshipper's breasts in Thailand was seen by hundreds of thousands of people online - and prompted a debate over whether transgender people count as women in Buddhism .
article_snippet: the woman in the photo was interviewed by Thailand's Morning News, where the woman in the photo was quoted as saying the woman in the photo had undergone hormone therapy which enlarged the woman in the photo breasts.
article_snippet: the woman in the photo had not undergone gender reassignment surgery or received breast implants.
article_snippet: If approved approved is thought the draft constitution will ban discrimination on the basis of gender and sexuality - putting Thailand ahead of more than 30 U.S. states and much of the rest of the world.
highlights_snippet: Unusual row broke out online after blessing ceremony in Bangkok .
  