OIn this article, we are gog to elaborate the queer culture, the lol life, and what you should know about the Gay Vietnam. Its a great read!
Contents:
- VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS
- GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
- VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS
Acrdg to a recent report published by the Asia branch of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, many people the Vietname LGBTQ+ muny feel like the ernment is takg advantage of LGBTQ+ rights Vietnam as pensatn for other vlatns of human rights.
Even though the law Vietnam has been more iendly towards LGBTQ+ people (or at least prciple) and the ernment has been pledgg to improve the ndns of the muny, LGBTQ+ people Vietnam still face tremendo discrimatn om society and prsure om their fai to nform to a “normal” heteronormative example, there is an issue of homosexual dividuals marryg people of different genr due to the prsure om eher society or their fay. [8] Homosexual dividuals also engage marriage arrangements wh other homosexual dividuals of a different genr to please their fai on both to the ernment’s efficiency draftg regulatns for transgenr people, unrgog hormone therapy or other related medil procr remas extremely difficult and dangero, not to mentn very stly. [11]The 2021 electns for the Natnal Assembly and the lol People’s Commtee Hanoi saw the appearance of Luong The Huy, the first openly gay ndidate nng for both offic.
On Gay Rights, Vietnam is Now More Progrsive Than Ameri. Beg gay, bisexual or transgenr should not be nsired an illns and nnot be treated, the Vietnam ernment has announced “a huge paradigm shift” LGBTQ+ rights the Mistry of Health said medil profsnals should treat LGBTQ+ people wh rpect and ensure they are not discrimated an announcement sent to provcial and municipal health partments earlier this month, and posted on the ernment webse, the mistry said beg LGBTQ+ “is entirely not an illns” so “nnot be ‘cured’ nor need[s] to be ‘cured’ and nnot be nverted any way” said that medics should not “terfere nor force treatment” on LGBTQ+ patients. In November, the Leave wh Pri mpaign om the Instute for Studi of Society, Enomy, and Environment (iSEE) petned the World Health Organizatn Vietnam to affirm that beg gay is not a disease.
GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
“The myth that homosexualy is diagnosable has been allowed to permeate and perlate Vietname society. The untry’s Health Mistry has stcted doctors to stop treatg homosexualy as a disease, and to cease discrimatn medil re. Cred: USAID/VietnamVietnam last week took a major step forward the regnn of LGBTQ rights, wh the untry’s Mistry of Health statg that beg gay, bisexual, or transgenr is not a disease and urgg medil practners to end discrimatn medil Augt 3, the untry’s Mistry of Health published a document statg that “homosexualy nnot be ‘cured’, do not need ‘to be cured’ and nnot be changed.
“Do not nsir homosexualy, bisexualy or beg transgenr a disease, ” stcted. ” When unrtakg medil re for homosexual, bisexual, and transsexual patients, health provirs “mt be fair and rpectful of their sexualy and mt not discrimate agast the groups, ” add.
VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
Acrdg to an article published by Saigoneer, om which the above-translated excerpts of the statement were taken, the Mistry’s terventn me after a lol advocy group, the Center for Supportg Communy Development Iniativ (SCDI), raised ncerns about the growg number of medil clics claimg to be able to “cure homosexualy.
” Nguyen Thi Kim Dung, an official om SCDI, told VnExprs that her center has received var msag om members of the LGBT muny who were taken to hospals by fay members to rectify their “homosexual illns.
”While the Health Mistry’s directive is dimentary pared to recent progrs the Wt – the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn removed the diagnosis of “homosexualy” om s Diagnostic and Statistil Manual 1973, for stance – nohels marks a signifint step forward the Vietname regnal standards, Vietnam’s official stance on LGBTQ issu is hardly the most regrsive; 2014, the untry’s Natnal Assembly removed same-sex unns om a list of forbidn relatnships. The report showed children are often tght by both teachers and parents that beg gay is a mental illns, while young LGBTQ people ntue to “face stigma and discrimatn at home and at school.