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Pride is not enough: Why Southeast Asians must commemorate IDAHOBIT 🌈
- Manushya Foundation
- May 17
- 1 min read
Updated: May 18
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)
Across the region, LGBTIQ+ people across the region are still punished for existing.
In 🇧🇳 Brunei, homosexuality can carry the death penalty.
In 🇮🇩 Aceh, Indonesia, same-sex relations are punished by caning.
In 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 🇲🇲 Myanmar, homosexuality can mean prison.
In 🇵🇭 the Philippines, transphobia reigns with discrimination and killings of trans-activists.
And in 🇹🇭 Thailand, a trans woman was recently forced to shave her head and publicly humiliated by a mob.
What we call “Asian traditional values” is actually a mask for: patriarchy, religious extremism, and state control, policing our bodies and lives.
Hence, IDAHOBIT must go beyond rainbow visibility. For true queer liberation, we must resist the very systems that make LGBTIQ+ people unsafe: at home, online, in public, and before the law.
✊🏽 As decolonial and intersectional feminists, we at Manushya stand in fierce solidarity with LGBTIQ+ communities across Southeast Asia fighting for safety, dignity, bodily autonomy, legal recognition, and liberation.
Thank you, Zora Geraldus, for this beautiful artwork. 🩷
#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings
This article perfectly highlights why symbolic visibility during Pride isn't enough when systemic violence, criminalization, and severe human rights violations against LGBTIQ+ individuals persist across Southeast Asia. True queer liberation requires dismantling deep-rooted patriarchal and political structures to ensure comprehensive safety, bodily autonomy, and equal rights for everyone. This structural inequality heavily impacts social determinants of health, which is why students and researchers analyzing these disparities often rely on a specialized Healthcare Assignment Writing Service to properly evaluate how systemic discrimination creates severe barriers to mental and physical medical care for marginalized communities. Commemorating IDAHOBIT serves as a vital reminder that we must move past rainbow branding and actively fight for institutional justice, legal protection, and comprehensive healthcare equity.
من خلال فضاء الأولياء يمكن متابعة مختلف البيانات التعليمية المتعلقة بالتلميذ بطريقة مريحة. توفر المنصة خدمات رقمية متطورة تساعد على معرفة النتائج الدراسية ومتابعة التطور الأكاديمي بشكل مستمر.
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I really appreciate your insights on the importance of IDAHOBIT for Southeast Asians. It’s such a crucial reminder that Pride alone isn’t enough without advocacy and remembrance. Do you think local level devil communities are doing enough to honor the day, or is there more we can push for?