Gay Weddgs Planned as Vietnam Marriage Law Is Repealed - Bloomberg

Contents:

• VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
• WILL VIETNAM LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
• SAIGON GAY TRAVEL
• GAY WEDDGS PLANNED AS VIETNAM MARRIAGE LAW IS REPEALED
• GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
• ON GAY RIGHTS, VIETNAM IS NOW MORE PROGRSIVE THAN AMERI

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

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.

WILL VIETNAM LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?

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 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.

Though same-sex marriag generally receive a great al of attentn and support om the muny, homosexual upl ntue to face many barriers given that their matrimony is not award the same rights and rponsibili as heterosexual wedlock. Speakg at an event hosted by Toi Dong Y, Nguyen Lang Mong, team lear of Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), addrsed the prsure placed on parents of homosexual children to ensure their happs.

SAIGON GAY TRAVEL

Acrdg to Ngo Le Phuong Lh, a reprentative of Toi Dong Y, homosexual spo will ntue to face numero obstacl as long as their rights differ om those award to heterosexual spo. 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. In recent years, diaCRITICS has seen the bat regardg gay marriage take center stage not only the Uned Stat but also Europe, as stat and natns have stggled over whether to extend civil rights and social cln to members of the LGBTQ muny. We are surprised to see that Viet Nam’s ernment is now nsirg whether to allow same-sex upl to marry or legally register and receive rights, posng Viet Nam to be the first untry Asia to do so, after twelve other untri around the world have legalized gay marriage sce 2001.

GAY WEDDGS PLANNED AS VIETNAM MARRIAGE LAW IS REPEALED

It is followed by an terview between Andrew Lam and Nguyen Qui Duc on the potential legalizatn of gay marriage, reposted om New Ameri Media.

Nguyen utns that the nversatns about gay marriage might actually be “a diversn, a measure to block cricism on reprsn of bloggers, or on urban protters of ernment, party polici and rptn.

GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??

No one knows what form will take or whether will survive long enough to be bated before the Natnal Assembly next year, but supporters say the fact that ’s even beg nsired is a victory a regn where simply beg gay n rult jail sentenc or whippgs wh a rattan ne. Vietnam’s state-n media, unable to wre about polilly sensive topics or openly cricize the one-party ernment, have embraced the chance to explore gay issu. In Thailand, many tourists see a vibrant gay, lbian and transgenr muny, but exists largely as part of the untry’s lucrative entertament dtry, separated om polics and nservative Thai society.

ON GAY RIGHTS, VIETNAM IS NOW MORE PROGRSIVE THAN AMERI

In Sgapore, more than 15, 000 people—double last year’s turnout—recently held up pk lights a park at night to support acceptance of the muny a morn cy-state where gay sex remas illegal, even though the law is not enforced. Recent news that Vietnam might nsir legalizg same-sex marriage, a move that would make Vietnam the first Asian untry to do so, stirred up que a b of bate among the diaspora of Vietname people many untri, as well as the gay muny. Although the discsn of whether to legalize same-sex marriage won’t take place by the Natnal Assembly Congrs until Sprg 2013, gay weddgs have been happeng Vietnam’s pal and other ci.