Vietnam gay sex
LGBT Rights Are Not Politically Sensitive in Vietnam
Vietnam’s National Assembly has made national history by enshrining into law provisions that acknowledge the existence of same-sex attracted couples. The revised law has been in effect since January 2015. Although the government withdrew an option on full equality , the National Assembly has removed its ban on lgbtq+ marriage.
Dr. Jörg Wischermann, what does this say about Vietnam in the context of the region, where some countries, such as Singapore, continue to prohibit gay marriage and even gay behavior?
Jörg Wischermann: Vietnam is accompanying a worldwide trend to give woman loving woman, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people the same rights heterosexual people and couples enjoy. But Vietnam is not the attraction that Singapore and Thailand – for example, Bangkok – are for LGBT people. Among other things, this might contain to do with the fact that Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Municipality still lack the infrastructure the LGBT community creates, likes and attracts (clubs, bars, salons, theatres, cinemas, etc.).
Moreover, Vietnam’s national and local governments do not seem to possess recognized what Singapore’s government once realized: LGBT tourists are more often t
The British Embassy celebrates its first same sex marriage in Vietnam
Mr Yein Kai Yee and Mr Sutpreedee Chinithigun were married at the British Embassy on Monday 28 July, in the first same sex marriage in Vietnam since the UK’s Marriage Act changed. The changes to the Marriage Act enable same sex couples to be married by some British Diplomatic Missions around the world.
Speaking at the time that the first same sex marriages took place in the UK in Rally, British Prime Minister David Cameron said:
When people’s love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change.
Speaking after Mr Yee and Mr Chinithigun’s marriage, Lesley Craig, British Chargé d’Affaires in Hanoi, said:
It is great to be qualified to celebrate the British Embassy’s first same sex marriage in Vietnam. Today’s ceremony is a celebration for the happy couple; a celebration of equality and rights for all; and a celebration of British values.
The UK believes that human rights are universal and that lesbian, lgbtq+, bi-sexual and transgender people should be free to enjoy the rights and freedoms to which people of all nations are entitled. The UK works with Vietnam on equality and rights for all.
HOMOSEXUALITY IN VIETNAM
HOMOSEXUALITY IN VIETNAM
Homosexuality is regarded as a disease in Vietnam. It is also ranked as a "social evil" along with prostitution and drug abuse. Even so historically it has been tolerated. There are no laws or regulations on homosexuality or homosexuals in Vietnam, and no note of gays as a risk organization for HIV and AIDS.
According to the U.S. Department of State: Consensual queer sexual activity is not criminalized, although by decree, individuals may not transform their gender. There was no reported official discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender individuality, but societal discrimination and stigma were pervasive. A sapphic, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) society existed but was largely underground. A 2009 survey of more than 3,200 LGBT individuals by the Institute for Studies of Population, Economy, and the Environment reported that 4.5 percent claimed they were victims of assault or physical abuse by homophobic individuals and 6.5 percent claimed they lost jobs because of their sexual orientation. The institute also reported that government officials, the Women’s Union, and the Lawyers Association participated in sensitivi
One of Vietnam's literary prizes has been won by the author of a crime novel centred around a homosexual cherish affair - normally a taboo topic in the country.
The novel, called A World Without Women, was written two years ago by reporter Bui Anh Tam.
Alternative lifestyles are not widely discussed in Vietnam |
Topics such as homosexuality are simply not acknowledged in communist-ruled Vietnam.
The prize was awarded by Vietnam's police department, the ministry for public security and the Vietnam Writer's Association.
Under wraps
It is unusual because much of Vietnam has a very conservative and traditional family-oriented tradition.
Topics like queer sex, sexually transmitted diseases, wife-beating and child sexual abuse are simply not discussed.
Other controversial subjects, such as prostitution and drug abuse, are officially raged against in the social evils campaign.
The alternative lifestyles of gay men and women are less noticeable in the capital Hanoi than in the more liberal commercial centre Ho Chi