On Gay Rights, Vietnam is Now More Progrsive Than Ameri

Contents:

• VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
• GAY WEDDGS PLANNED AS VIETNAM MARRIAGE LAW IS REPEALED
• ON GAY RIGHTS, VIETNAM IS NOW MORE PROGRSIVE THAN AMERI
• VIETNAM: FLAWED ON HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT A LEAR GAY RIGHTS
• VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS

VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS

Vietnam was hailed as a lear on gay rights Southeast Asia after the untry’s munist ernment abolished a ban on same-sex marriage last year. But discrimatn and bullyg still afflict lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) youth the untry acrdg to lol media. The move set Vietnam apart om most other untri the regn, where gay-rights movements have eher stalled or are facg growg opposn.

“When they beat me, they sulted my parents nam for havg a gay son, ” he said. Although Vietnam has been praised as an Asian lear LGBT rights sce 2015, a recent report om Human Right Watch raised the alarm about the ongog problems of prejudice, discrimatn, and stigma facg the muny ’s worth lookg back at what happened to lead to this LGBT muny Vietnam was largely unrground the past bee the state media had clared homosexualy a social evil.

This was an important steppg stone, pavg the way for gay there is a major flaw the law.

GAY WEDDGS PLANNED AS VIETNAM MARRIAGE LAW IS REPEALED

Several studi have nclud that anti-gay sentiments are not herent but tablished the early years. Ho Chi Mh Cy, Vietnam – Phong Vuong was preparg for the lnch of a mpaign advotg for the legalisatn of gay marriage when he heard that the ernment had cid that homosexualy was “not a disease”. The official announcement, sent to provcial and municipal health partments natnwi before beg released on the ernment’s onle rmatn portal on Augt 8, stat that Vietnam’s health mister had received rmatn that some healthre tablishments were claimg to offer “cur” for homosexualy.

ON GAY RIGHTS, VIETNAM IS NOW MORE PROGRSIVE THAN AMERI

Based on this, and cg the World Health Organisatn’s (WHO) removal of homosexualy and beg transgenr om the Internatnal Classifitn of Diseas, go on to outle five primary guil for the health system. Edutn should be strengthened so all medil provirs have rrect knowledge about “lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people, ” says, and that queer people mt be treated equally medil environments. In the vio, volunteers asked superrs for time off for their “homosexual disease”.

The untry’s first mpaign for the acceptance of gay marriage go back nearly a . Mong Nguyen was a parent who stggled to accept her gay son. “​​In 2011, I found out that my son is gay, ” she told Al Jazeera.

I blamed him and wanted him to stay away om his gay iends. Both hospals offer treatments based on the ia that there are “real gays” and “fake gays, ” the latter of which is nsired “curable”.

VIETNAM: FLAWED ON HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT A LEAR GAY RIGHTS

“In realy, there are many people who are real gays, but there are also many who are fake gays, ” Mai Huong’s webse stat.

Over the phone, a Mai Huong receptnist told Al Jazeera patients need to be asked a seri of “psychologil qutns” to terme if they are a “real gay” or a “fake gay”.

VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS

A receptnist at s Hanoi clic told Al Jazeera over the phone that the Mistry of Health’s announcement only applied to “real gays”. Vietnam has a vibrant and growglbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) movement, which also appears to enjoy wispread public support.

VietNamNet Bridge – Homosexualy has been mentned Vietnam for a .