Statement on the occasion of the 50th ASEAN...
Amidst the euphoria of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) celebrating the association’s 50th anniversary, ASEAN SOGIE Caucus denounces the continued exclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people in Southeast Asia and calls on ASEAN to promote the human rights of LGBTIQ persons.
50 years on, member-states remain either outright hostile to the human rights of LGBTIQ people, or are hesitant to address them...