By KTT | Jul 28, 2015
The fourth Vietnam LGBT Pride or Viet Pride, the festival for the lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT) community in the Southeast Asian country will be held in Hanoi from July 30 to August 2.
The event, which is supported by the Dutch Embassy, the American Consulate, the U.S. Embassy and PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam, will be held at Hanoi Goethe Institute, which will include discussions, lectures and movie screenings.
Viet Price is aimed to raise people’s awareness of LGBT and create a greater space for the community amid strong discrimination against them.
It covers a scholarship program that was initiated to support disadvantaged LGBT youth who follow vocational education or pursue bachelor’s degrees.
Viet Pride 2015 will expand its activities this year and will include the participation of Parents, Friends of Lesbian and Gay (PFLAG) that was launched in Ho Chi Minh City in 2011.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice in June 2013 proposed a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry and extended rights to gays and lesbians who live together.
Vietnamese lawmakers approved a measure to amend the country’s marriage and family law, but it did not include provisions that would have allowed gay nuptials or extended rights to same-sex couples. The Vietnamese Parliament continues to debate the issue.
“It’s a conservative country, but it could be the first country in Asia after New Zealand to endorse same-sex marriage,” said American Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius who is a gay.
“I’d like to be remembered as someone who really deepened the relationship; really did great things for U.S.-Vietnam relations; was really, really effective; respected Vietnam; respected its people; speaks its language; knows the country well and who happens to be gay,” he said.
The U.S. ambassador usually brings his husband and son to the public events.
Vietnam has about 1.65 million people identified as LGBT. The country has yet to legalize same-sex marriage on the ground that the practice goes against its traditional culture.
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July 28, 2015
Festival for Vietnam LGBT Community to Take Place in Hanoi
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Vietnamese lawmakers approved a measure to amend the country’s marriage and family law, but it did not include provisions that would have allowed gay nuptials or extended rights to same-sex couples. The Vietnamese Parliament continues to debate the issue.
By KTT | Jul 28, 2015
The fourth Vietnam LGBT Pride or Viet Pride, the festival for the lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT) community in the Southeast Asian country will be held in Hanoi from July 30 to August 2.
The event, which is supported by the Dutch Embassy, the American Consulate, the U.S. Embassy and PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam, will be held at Hanoi Goethe Institute, which will include discussions, lectures and movie screenings.
Viet Price is aimed to raise people’s awareness of LGBT and create a greater space for the community amid strong discrimination against them.
It covers a scholarship program that was initiated to support disadvantaged LGBT youth who follow vocational education or pursue bachelor’s degrees.
Viet Pride 2015 will expand its activities this year and will include the participation of Parents, Friends of Lesbian and Gay (PFLAG) that was launched in Ho Chi Minh City in 2011.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice in June 2013 proposed a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry and extended rights to gays and lesbians who live together.
Vietnamese lawmakers approved a measure to amend the country’s marriage and family law, but it did not include provisions that would have allowed gay nuptials or extended rights to same-sex couples. The Vietnamese Parliament continues to debate the issue.
“It’s a conservative country, but it could be the first country in Asia after New Zealand to endorse same-sex marriage,” said American Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius who is a gay.
“I’d like to be remembered as someone who really deepened the relationship; really did great things for U.S.-Vietnam relations; was really, really effective; respected Vietnam; respected its people; speaks its language; knows the country well and who happens to be gay,” he said.
The U.S. ambassador usually brings his husband and son to the public events.
Vietnam has about 1.65 million people identified as LGBT. The country has yet to legalize same-sex marriage on the ground that the practice goes against its traditional culture.