Globally, LGBT+ people ntue to stggle to achieve full realizatn of their human rights. Amid reported health and mental health dispari, and enomic secury, we nducted a spg review to explore the breadth of the lerature, map and summarize the evince, and intify knowledge gaps on LGBT+ cln and human rights Thailand. We nducted a spg review acrdance wh the methodology veloped by the Joanna Briggs Instute and PRISMA-ScR guil. We systematilly searched 16 databas for peer-reviewed lerature, and ernment and nonernmental anizatn webs for grey lerature, published English or Thai om January 1, 2000–Augt 21, 2020. Two reviewers penntly screened studi acrdg to pre-set creria. We abstracted and analyzed data on publitn characteristics and fol populatns, and synthized fdgs six domas of LGBT+ cln: polil and civic participatn, tn, fay, personal secury and vlence, enomic well-beg, and health. The review ptured 3327 rults total, which was sped to 76 peer-reviewed articl and 39 grey lerature sourc, the majory published after 2010. Gay men and transgenr women were the primary fol populatns the peer-reviewed lerature, LGBT+ people as a whole the grey lerature. Health was the predomant doma across publitns. Key fdgs clu the absence of generalized antidiscrimatn legislatn for LGBT+ dividuals and lack of reurse for transgenr dividuals to change their legal genr; multifaceted stigma and discrimatn the tnal system; social isolatn and excln fai; disproportnate prevalence of sexual vlence and reluctance to report to police; discrimatn and margalizatn employment; and LGBT+ dispari health and mental health. Future rearch and programmatic iativ on LGBT+ cln Thailand should aim to addrs: 1) unrstudied populatns—lbian and bisexual women, transmascule persons; 2) unrreprented topics, cludg nstrats to LGBT+ advocy; 3) strategic policy iativ around anti-discrimatn laws and legal regnn of same-sex marriage and fai; and 4) the need for nsistent llectn of disaggregated data on LGBT+ persons tn, fay, enomic, personal secury/vlence, and health domas orr to asss ditors of cln and progrs advancg human rights for LGBT+ people Thailand.
Contents:
- THE BTER TTH BEHD THAILAND'S GAY-IENDLY IMAGE
- GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
- GAY RIGHTS THAILAND
THE BTER TTH BEHD THAILAND'S GAY-IENDLY IMAGE
LGBT Rights Thailand: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * thailand and gay rights *
It’s partly this reputatn of Bangkok’s that brgs gay travellers here drov – but what is the real suatn wh LGBT rights Thailand? Although there have been attempts to legalize gay marriage the past, they have always stalled (most recently 2014).
There is a huge difference between the perceptn of the untry among gay tourists and the realy of the social suatn of LGBT rights Thailand. Although the Tourism Board has actively urted gay tourism, reports have shown that LGBT groups face regular discrimatn. A 2015 poll, rried out the same year the anti-discrimatn laws were fally passed, found that nearly 89% of Thais would accept LGBT lleagu, 80% would not md if a fay member was LGBT and 60% were favour of legalizg gay marriage.
GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
Explore our gay travel gui to Thailand featurg LGBTQ+ safety tips, gay rights , top ci & attractns, where to stay and more! * thailand and gay rights *
Asia’s gayt cy is a fast-paced phony of amazg food, iendly people and the wilst gay nightlife travellers are likely to experience. For those lookg for a slightly more low-key optn (this uld be only very slightly), Pattaya offers great nightlife and gay beach, tropil Phet is somewhere to lie by the sea durg the day and dance on the beach all night; and of urse, there are plenty more geo beach and islands to hop around on that are more off the beaten track.
For those travellers who prefer the mountas to the beach, Thailand’s send-biggt cy Chiang Mai the North has a spirual atmosphere and stunng scenery, although the gay scene is somewhat subdued. Generally speakg, Thailand there should be no problems wh fdg welg and fortable gay-iendly acmodatn the areas mentned above. For LGBT travellers who want to tap to the gay scene Thailand more, then we would of urse remend several nights out Bangkok.
Gay travellers should do some rearch before gog to ensure they are open to foreigners and relatively salubr; and travellers should be aware of the high prevalence of HIV Thailand and take rponsible preutns. We have put together a list of our favoure gay hook up apps to e while travelg, but you might also want to bsh up on your gay sna etiquette if you want some simple, steamy fun….
GAY RIGHTS THAILAND
Gay rights Thailand and same sex marriage is movg forward. See the history of transgenr rights Thailand and genr equaly. * thailand and gay rights *
Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✔ No censorshipNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedEmployment Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyHog Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned. Current statSce Jan 1, 2005IllegalBetween 1954 and 2005 homosexualy was nsired a mental disorr and gay men were prohibed om donatns by MSMs Thailand?
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Blood donatns by MSMs Thailand is banned (fe ferral) (fe ferral) Date shown is when US banned gay male blood donatns. Thailand has one of Asia's most open and visible lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muni, addg to s image of tolerance and attractn as a liberal holiday statn for foreign four drafts approved on Wednday each seek to provi same-sex partners wh almost the same legal rights as heterosexual bet endorsed two last week that would create a same-sex civil partnership law.
There are plenty of upmarket hotels on Sunrise Beach, as well as more budget-iendly optns and even a gay-owned guthoe. Gays and lbians have been allowed to serve openly the ary sce 2005 and many piec of anti-discrimatn legislatn have been troduced sce 2015.
Bangkok ed to have a pri event om 1999 until 2009, but was disntued bee of a mix of distert om lol Thai activists, lack of fundg and homophobia om the police and ernment.
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 and gay rights *
Chakgai Jermkwan and his partner Sean L’Estrange -own the popular venue, which is loted on a narrow soi led wh gay bars. Thailand wel lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) visors: s tourism thory targets the LGBT market, and Bangkok is often the only Asian cy clud on lists of gay-iendly tourist statns around the world. Among Thais between 15 and 24 years old, 56 per cent thk homosexualy is wrong, acrdg to recent rearch by Khon Thai Foundatn, a non-prof anisatn.
By parison, more than 70 per cent of young people Japan, South Korea, the Philipp and wtern European untri thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society at large, acrdg to the Pew Rearch Centre, an Amerin thk-tank.
In a untry where nearly 95 per cent of people are Buddhists, many believe that gay or transgenr people suffer om bad karma for mtg adultery their past liv. “I fd surprisg that Thailand, beg one of the most gay-iendly untri [for foreigners], do not have laws that support and protect the LGBT muny, ” says L’Estrange, an Irish-Amerin who has lived here for almost 10 years. Although a partnership bill has been drafted and will be submted to Parliament, gay rights activists have ncerns about .