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OBEC moves even more backwards
OBEC moves even more backwards
Education agency s latest blunder shows the disconnect between policymakers and the young generation when it comes to LGBTIs
published : 26 Jul 2021 at 04:30
EDUCATE YOURSELVES
What could go wrong when the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) holds an online training session for its educational supervisors? Apparently, a lot of things.
In one part of the webinar, in a section titled Character Of True Friends , the speaker showed a picture of a group of effeminate schoolboys in an attempt to illustrate how social context can affect a person s character. Now, don t share this photo anywhere else because we didn t ask for [the students] permission [to use it], cautioned the speaker. And if we weren t already appalled that this came from someone who was training education staff, she went on to say: With kids, if their environment is like [in the photo], they can adjust to it. Maybe they re not likely
Rainbow capitalism takes hold
Rainbow capitalism takes hold
Although advocacy of LGBTI rights has become a fashionable trend, many institutions still don t understand or accept diversity
published : 28 Jun 2021 at 04:30 An MRT interchange tunnel decorated in rainbow colours in celebration of Pride Month. Photo: Somchai Poomlard
Rainbows are washing over the city. It s Pride Month. On streets, walkways, walls, shoes, T-shirts, scarfs basically anything vivid colours of the rainbow have been splashed on the surface of places and things. It seems that many people in the private sector at least are very eager to celebrate Pride.
Supporting gender equality makes you look cool. When you put transgender people on the cover of a magazine, it looks cool. When you release a Pride collection of anything, it looks cool. People have been trying to hop on the bandwagon of being progressive and in certain aspects, it looks like it s going somewhere. It s
Milk Tea Alliance stirs political pot in Asia
An informal online network supports young people in their struggle for freedom against authoritarian regimes
Updated: June 10, 2021 07:53 AM GMT
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Protesters hold up images of jailed pro-democracy activists and make the three-finger salute outside Bangkok Remand Prison as they await the result of a bail hearing for three protest leaders on May 11. (Photo: AFP)
Portraits of Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi are common at the ongoing pro-democracy movements in the Royal Palace area of Bangkok. They also appeared during the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong.
In Myanmar, Thailand and Hong Kong, young people have been revolting for the past few months or years for different reasons but with the same drive and similar techniques. Thanks to online networks, these predominantly student-based movements know and support each other.
The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights has reported that at least 41 children have been charged for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly since the youth-led pro-democracy rallies started in July 2020.