Contents:
- VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS
- VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS
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. “The myth that homosexualy is diagnosable has been allowed to permeate and perlate Vietname society.
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. 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”.
VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
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.