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Contents:

• VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
• GAY HANOI TOURS
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

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. In the vio, volunteers asked superrs for time off for their “homosexual disease”.

GAY HANOI TOURS

The untry’s first mpaign for the acceptance of gay marriage go back nearly a .

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.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

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”. “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”.