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On Gay Rights, Vietnam is Now More Progressive Than Much of the U.S.<\/b><\/p>\n

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BY PATRICK WINN<\/span> \/ GlobalPost<\/p>\n

The communist government just reversed<\/a> its ban on same-sex<\/a> marriage.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Map_vietnam\"<\/a>BANGKOK — US politicians of all stripes are fond of condemning Vietnam’s poor human rights record. As one US Senator from Arkansas puts it, America has a “moral obligation<\/a>” to stand up to oppression” in the communist nation.<\/p>\n

But when it comes to gay<\/a> rights, conservative US states like Arkansas are actually lagging behind Hanoi.<\/p>\n

Vietnam’s communist party abolished a ban on same-sex<\/a> marriage last week. Unlike states such as Texas — where vindictive politicians want to stop paying<\/a> any official who certifies a gay<\/a> wedding — Vietnam’s political class has responded with a collective shrug.<\/p>\n

Make no mistake: Vietnam is an authoritarian state. Dissent is criminalized. Critics who blog or protest against the government end up in prison. Human Rights Watch, which points to a “human rights crisis<\/a>” in Vietnam, has catalogued abuses ranging from rampant bribery to abusive police.<\/p>\n

But as long as gay<\/a> couples<\/a> refrain from denouncing Vietnam’s communist party, they’re generally left alone.<\/p>\n

Same-sex<\/a> marriage still isn’t totally endorsed in Vietnam. Unlike for straight couples<\/a>, whose marriages are protected by laws dictating rights to assets (and other legal perks), gay<\/a> marriages aren’t fully recognized on par with traditional marriage.<\/p>\n

\"Huy\"<\/a>“But marriage is no longer banned,” says Luong The Huy (pictured), a legal expert with ISEE<\/a>, a non-governmental organization formally titled the Institute for Society, Economy and Environment in Hanoi. “That’s important because anything banned in Vietnam is officially seen as harmful to society.”<\/p>\n

“It’s not perfect,” says Nguyen Anh Tuan, the owner of Gay Hanoi Tours. “It’s not completely there but it is a great step in the right direction. … Vietnam has always adapted and by learning we become stronger individuals, families and country. I think everyone would agree Vietnam is a quick learner.”<\/p>\n

Still, Vietnam is hardly a gay<\/a> utopia. An ISEE study suggests that roughly one-third of Vietnam’s gay<\/a> population is closeted. Gay couples<\/a> holding hands on the street “may get some verbal abuse but it’ll probably be behind [their] back,” Huy says.<\/p>\n

As Tuan puts it: “Some people will clap and cheer. Others will, I’m sure, shout and spit.”<\/p>\n

Comparing the road toward same-sex<\/a> marriage in Vietnam and the US is tricky, Huy says, because “we have a totally different system and context.” Vietnam — unlike much of the United States, or many of its Asian neighbors — isn’t under the sway of a religious doctrine casting gay<\/a> couples<\/a> as deviant.<\/p>\n

In Aceh, the most orthodox corner of Muslim-majority Indonesia, gay<\/a> sex<\/a> is punishable by 100 lashes by a man<\/a> in dark robes. The Philippines, a bastion of Catholicism and a former US colony, is mired in an America-style debate over same-sex<\/a> marriage.<\/p>\n

But Vietnam is an atheist state with few religious hang-ups. Gays in Vietnam are more likely to fear condemnation from mom, not God, according to Hoang Van Chuyen, operator of the gay<\/a>-friendly service Rainbow Tourism Vietnam. “Almost all parents would like their sons or daughters to get married and have babies,” he says. This family pressure, he says, forces many gay<\/a> Vietnamese to “live<\/a> two lives” and conceal their romantic interests for fear of disappointing family.<\/p>\n

Fully legalized gay<\/a> marriage, with all of the benefits enjoyed by straight couples<\/a>, may be in store for Vietnam in the near future. During official deliberations on same-sex<\/a> marriage, Huy says, Vietnam’s officials were prepared to offer full benefits to gay<\/a> couples<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But they retreated, he says, and decided to merely repeal the gay<\/a> marriage ban in the eleventh hour. “The lawmakers,” he says, “are saying our society just needs a little more time to accept gay<\/a> marriage.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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