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THAI GAY ACTIVISTS RAISE PRI FLAGS BANGKOK
A urt Thailand has led that laws should be expand to guarantee greater rights for lbian, gay, transgenr, bisexual and queer dividuals but stopped short of grantg marriage equaly. * thailand lgbt *
Thai Court Stops Shy of Grantg LGBTQ Marriage RightsThe urt however said LGBTQ rights should be expandCountry’s LGBTQ rights nsistent spe gay-iendly imageLock This article is for subscribers only.
A urt Thailand has led that laws should be expand to guarantee greater rights for lbian, gay, transgenr, bisexual and queer dividuals but stopped short of grantg marriage Constutnal Court said the current marriage bill that only regniz heterosexual upl is nstutnal, but add the ernment and parliament “should draft laws that guarantee the rights for genr diverse people, ” acrdg to a statement on Wednday. Outwardly, Thailand has a reputatn for beg iendly toward gay, lbian and transgenr people – pecially when pared to some of s Southeast Asian neighbors – but the realy is often different.
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Often gay, lbian, transgenr and queer people are limed to workg the entertament dtry or feel they mt hi their sexual orientatn at work. 2 December 2019, Bangkok – Fdgs om a new natnal survey by the Uned Natns Development Programme (UNDP) reveal overall favourable attus towards lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people Thailand and signifint support for clive laws and polici, but also persistent experienc of stigma and discrimatn, vlence and excln. Often referred to as lady-boys the Wt, they are transgenr women and effemate gay men, and they are strong, betiful, and ubiquo Thai culture.
And while transgenred people are accepted or at least tolerated throughout the untry, there is still some cultural stigma agast homosexualy outsi of the major, nnot be nied that many rpects, Thailand’s ci are among the most welg plac to LGBTQ people on Earth.
Beg LGBT Asia’ Thailand Country Report – a jot analysis by the Uned Natns Development Programme (UNDP) and the U.S. Agency for Internatnal Development (USAID) – highlights a ntradictn between Thailand’s public face of tolerance toward LGBT muni and the realy of discrimatn toward them. The report found that while the tourism thory actively promot Thailand as a gay-iendly tourist statn, acceptance of non-tradnal sexuali society is still perceived to be low. * thailand lgbt *
Stefan Artis and Sebastien Chaneac, a uple who n the popular gay travel blog, vised Bangkok earlier the year.
They found Thailand to be, Sefan’s words, “one of the most gay-iendly plac Asia” and remend several nightspots the cy for LGBTQ travelers, cludg Balny, Stranger, Telephone and DJ Statn on Silom Soi 4 and 2. Lookg for a LGBT and lbian-iendly statn to pe the ld wter London, my girliend and I cid to take two weeks out Thailand – and we were met wh some great gay surpris. Asi om lic food – albe mostly ntag meat and seafood, which is ls than gay-iendly if we’re hont – I knew Thailand had some amazg landsp to explore.
I don’t thk I’ve seen this many lbians sce I bge watched all ten seasons of The L Word one summer as a closet baby gay. If you’re lookg for a gay night out Bangkok, you’ll want to head to Si Lom where there’s a strip of gay bars.