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- VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
- VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS
- GAY VIETNAM: IS THE UNTRY TURNG TO AN ‘LGBTQ+ PARADISE’?
VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
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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.
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 .
VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS
Vietnam may not have any gay marriage laws place but dont have any anti-gay laws eher. It is one of the most LGBT iendly untri... * vietnamese lgbt *
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”.
GAY VIETNAM: IS THE UNTRY TURNG TO AN ‘LGBTQ+ PARADISE’?
“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”. A receptnist at s Hanoi clic told Al Jazeera over the phone that the Mistry of Health’s announcement only applied to “real gays”.