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Though Thailand has a reputation of being accepting of the LGBTQI+ community, legal rights haven't been extended, with existing discrimination and the almost daily fight to be treated as equals continuing. To commemorate Transgender Day of Visibility, a day dedicated to recognising the resilience and accomplishments of the transgender community, which is on March 31, Guru speaks with trans individuals about navigating their lives in the professional world.
Shaking up gender ideas Shaking up gender ideas
New push to expand rights for LGBTQ groups is stuck in outdated notions of legal sex status, writes Poramet Tangsathaporn
published : 17 Apr 2021 at 04:00
3 Transgenders have endured so much pain alreqady from the change operations. Chompoonute Nakorntap, Adviser to the Minister of Social Development and Human Security
The past few years have been a watershed for legislation campaigning to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Thailand.
The term LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and others. The plus represents other sexual identities including pansexual and gender non bi-nary.
One big moment came in 2015 when the Gender Equality Act 2015 was approved in parliament. It is the only legislation for protecting LGBTQ+ rights in Thailand.