LGBT Rights Vietnam: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
- VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS
- ON GAY RIGHTS, VIETNAM IS NOW MORE PROGRSIVE THAN AMERI
- SAIGON GAY TRAVEL
VIETNAM SAYS HOMOSEXUALY ‘NOT A DISEASE’ W FOR GAY RIGHTS
* gay marriage in vietnam *
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.
But discrimatn and bullyg still afflict lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) youth the untry acrdg to lol media. The move set Vietnam apart om most other untri the regn, where gay-rights movements have eher stalled or are facg growg opposn.
VIETNAM CLAR BEG LGBTQ+ IS ‘NOT AN ILLNS’ VICTORY 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.
ON GAY RIGHTS, VIETNAM IS NOW MORE PROGRSIVE THAN AMERI
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”. Both hospals offer treatments based on the ia that there are “real gays” and “fake gays, ” the latter of which is nsired “curable”.
SAIGON GAY TRAVEL
“In realy, there are many people who are real gays, but there are also many who are fake gays, ” Mai Huong’s webse stat.