What is it like to be Southeast Asian and LGBTIQ+ in the digital space?

🏳️‍🌈 Anti-LGBTIQ+ hate does not stop offline. In fact, the digital space is where it proliferates, and Southeast Asia is not an exception. But are governments doing anything meaningful to ensure freedom and safety for the LGBTIQ+ community?

✊ Manushya Foundation condemns all forms of hate based on gender and sexuality. We are committed to advocating for a free and safe internet for marginalized communities in Southeast Asia, which includes holding the governments and tech companies accountable.

While you're here....

• Read our Thailand III UPR Advocacy Factsheet on Situation of LGBTIQ+ Persons, including LGBTIQ+ Youth & Children in Thailand to learn more.

• Find out more about online hate speech against LGBTIQ+ in our blog on the recap from 'LGBTQI Digital Media Activism and Counter-hate Speech – Experiences from Asia & Europe'

References:

• Prachatai, This is the story of a transwoman who dreams of being the first transgender prime minister but is now overdosing on anti-panic drugs to aid her fight in a sedition case, (31 March 2021), available at: https://prachatai.com/journal/2021/03/92353

• Coconuts Bangkok, Married Thai couple shaken by harassment, death threats from homophobic Indonesians, (12 April 2021), available at: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/married-thai-couple-shaken-by-harassment-death-threats-from-homophobic-indonesians/

• BBC, Malaysian transgender woman Nur Sajat: 'I had to run away', (19 November 2021), available at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59286774

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