LGBT rights are being advanced across the world, from Colombia to Vietnam, but many countries still have a way to go , so today we gonna share with you countries that show some development in our rights (enjoy it )
Colombia:
If you want evidence that the tide of history may be turning irrevocably in the direction of LGBT rights across the world, you need only look to the staunchly Catholic Latin American country of Colombia
“Equality is unstoppable and equality will also come to Colombia,” said the interior minister, Juan Fernando Cristo, as he announced that his government was in favor of marriage equality.
Same-sex couples are already allowed to enter into legal unions and a case deciding whether to have full marriage equality is currently held up in the country’s constitutional court.
while Jamaica faces an ongoing battle to repeal the law that criminalizes gay sex, its justice minister, Mark Golding, and mayor of Kingston, Angela Brown Burke, have shown their support for a pride event. Newspaper editorials and even a few clergy have also called for equal rights – all milestones lawyer and gay rights activist Maurice Tomlinson says would have been inconceivable a few years ago.
Mozambique:
Mozambique’s gay community had a lot to celebrate in 2015, after their campaign to get homosexuality decriminalized succeeded last June. The revised penal code drops a colonial-era clause outlawing “vices against nature”.
Mozambique is known for having a more relaxed attitude to homosexuality than some other African countries, with Joaquim Chissano, the former president, pointing to the social cost of homophobia in 2014: “We can no longer afford to discriminate against people on the basis of age, sex, ethnicity, migrant status, sexual orientation, and gender identity, or any other basis – we need to unleash the full potential of everyone.”
Taiwan:
Activists in Taiwan are cautiously optimistic that the next few years will see further expansion of LGBT rights as the country. “It’s hugely positive for us is that our newly-elected president personally supports same-sex marriage but it’s still not clear whether the marriage equality bill will become law,” adds Victoria Hsu, chief executive officer of the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights. “This is because there are some small religious groups, that while only minorities are very strong opponents with a lot of money and political influence.”
Vietnam:
On gay rights, Vietnam is now more progressive than America”, was the headline posted by NBC News last January. While that sentiment may be a little premature, LGBT rights have certainly improved in the south-east Asian country in recent years.
Gay marriage is tolerated by the state, though same-sex couples don’t enjoy the same rights as straight people. Last summer, a gay pride event in Nguyen Hue which attracted thousands of people was described Australian outlet ABC as feeling like an “LGBT Disneyland”; despite fears that the celebration would be repressed by the authoritarian government.
There were other signs too of Vietnam’s increasingly liberal attitude to LGBT issues in 2015, particularly when the country passed a law in December which would allow individuals who have undergone reassignment surgery to register under a new gender.
Nepal:
Nepal has been on the path to recognizing the rights of its LGBT community since the country’s civil conflict ended in 2006. But last year, the Himalayan country made history when it joined only a handful of countries in recognizing a third gender on passports.
The landmark decision allowed transgender people to mark their passport with an O for indeterminate gender, instead of an M or F. It’s important because it allows individuals to self-identify their gender rather than relying on what was put on their birth certificate, and it recognizes the rights of hijras, a transgender community who have a long cultural history in Nepal.
Even more significant than recent achievements for trans rights. Last September, the traditionally conservative nation enshrined protections for LGBT people in it’s constitution. The Human Rights Campaign in Asia called it “a historic first for a nation in Asia”. Sunil Babu Pant, LGBT rights campaigner and Nepal’s first openly gay MP, has been instrumental in making this progress.
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