Gender discrimination

Transgender people in Thailand denied equal rights, HRW report states

By
Human Rights Watch
16 Dec 2021
Transgender people in Thailand have no route to legal recognition of their gender identity, making them vulnerable to various forms of discrimination, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today with the Thai Transgender Alliance.

Women and LGBTQ activists face harassment, discrimination both in and out of the movement, says new report

By
Prachatai
4 Feb 2021
Women and LGBTQ activists who participated in the 2020 pro-democracy movement are facing gendered harassment and discrimination even from within their own movement, says a new report by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.

Transwoman denied teaching positions due to gender identity

By
Prachatai
29 Apr 2019
On Saturday (27 April), Voice TV reported that Worawalun Taweekarn, a graduate of the Faculty of Education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, has been denied teaching positions for the past two years because she is transgender.

Thai LGBT calls for end to Sharia Law in Brunei

By
Prachatai
10 Apr 2019
On 9 April, a group of LGBT activists and representatives of ASEAN civil society organizations gathered in front of the Embassy of Brunei Darussalam in Bangkok to deliver a statement against Brunei’s implementation of Sharia Law, under which same-sex relations are a crime punishable by death.
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