Activists Pushing Myanmar to End Its Brutal Gay Sex Law

December 4, 2019

Myanmar is the latest country catching flak from activists and outside groups for its draconian law prohibiting gay sex. The law, a remnant of the British empire, punishes whoever convicted of gay sex with up to 10 years in prison. A report called “In the Shadows”, funded by Denmark, calls on the Myanmar government to […]

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Chulalongkorn Students Can Now Dress According to Their Gender Identity

December 3, 2019

A group of transgender students at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s top public university, have successfully won the right to dress in line with the gender they identify with. The victory comes after the student activists lobbied the school and filed a complaint against a lecturer. The change in policy will apply not only to school uniforms, […]

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Supreme Court Case Could Criminalize Speech ‘Encouraging’ Illegal Immigration

December 3, 2019

The US Supreme Court has decided to hear a case regarding an immigration law that criminalizes anyone who “encourages” or “induces” illegal immigration. More specifically, the rarely-enforced immigration law states that any person who engages in speech that “encourages or induces an alien to reside in the United States” while knowing the immigrant has no […]

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Tourism Burdening Thai Hospitals

November 22, 2019

Unpaid medical bills by tourists visiting Thailand are placing an increasingly large burden on hospitals in the Kingdom. Vachira Phuket Hospital, for example, sees thousands of foreigner patients who come into their building each year for things like motorbike accidents, dog or monkey bites, or a variety of sicknesses. Many of these tourists have travel […]

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