Thailand Invests in Trans Health

By Human Rights Watch

In a significant boost to recognizing transgender people’s rights, the Thai government announced this week that it will invest 145 million baht (US$4.3 million) in providing hormone therapy to transgender people.Thailand has a growing international reputation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, especially since it passed marriage equality last year. The country is also a global hub for gender-affirming surgery and transgender health care. Still, these developments obscure the severely limited legal means available to protect transgender people’s basic rights.For example,…

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