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GetEqual app helps Southeast Asia LGBTQ+ gig workers find new jobs

A mobile app for job listings for freelance LGBTQ+ workers in Southeast Asia can help tackle workplace discrimination and provide more economic opportunities for the growing number of people in the informal sector, activists said. GetEqual, launched last week, is available on the Line app in Thailand initially, and will be rolled out in Vietnam and Cambodia later in the year, said Ryan Figueiredo, founder and executive director of LGBTQ+ rights group Equal Asia Foundation, which launched the app. Line is the most widely used chat app in Southeast Asia,…

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Asian nations struggling on LGBTQ+ progress, says US envoy

Asian countries are struggling to match global progress on LGBTQ+ rights despite positive steps this year in Singapore and Vietnam, Washington’s first openly lesbian ambassador told Openly in an interview. Indonesia banned sex outside marriage earlier this month, and legal experts said an article in the nation’s new criminal code could reinforce discriminatory and sharia-inspired bylaws at a local level, posing a particular threat to LGBTQ+ people. “In the case of Indonesia, they’re marching towards criminalisation in the face of all these other countries that are decriminalising,” said Ambassador Chantale…

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Taiwan court allows same-sex partner to adopt child in historic move

A Taiwanese court allowed a married gay man to legally adopt his husband’s non-biological child in a historic case. On 25 December 2021, a family court approved an appeal allowing a same-sex partner to adopt the child adopted by his husband prior to their marriage. Wang Chen-wei (王振圍) and Chen Chun-ju (陳俊儒), the child’s adopted parents, were told it is in the best interests of their child by the court in the ruling. According to Taipei Times, this marks the first time a same-sex couple has been permitted to adopt…

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