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First-ever seminar talks lesbianism

Lesbians suffer prejudice twice than gays, including homosexual and gender preconceptions, said researchers at a seminar in Hanoi on June 4.
Lesbians suffer prejudice twice than gays, including homosexual andgender preconceptions, said researchers at a seminar in Hanoi onJune 4.

At the first-ever seminar on lesbianismheld by the Centre for Studies and Applied Science in Gender, Family,Women and Adolescents (CSAGA), researchers also said that homosexualssuffer not only social but also family discrimination.

Parents and relatives’ support is necessary as it would help themgain confidence in overcoming social discrimination to find their ownhappiness, they noted.

Homosexuals are notdepraved people, stressed CSAGA representative Tran Hong Diep, addingthat they are normal people who live a normal life and different fromothers only in the sexual tendency. Most of them are independent andforward-looking persons, she added.

According toCSAGA’s report, the majority of the surveyed 40 lesbians in Hanoiin 2009 age between 21 and 25. Of the figure, 24 are living with theirparents, only two have got married and 32 said they are lesbians.

Most of their parents shared the same view thathomosexuality is an illness and a bad issue, said the report, addingthat their strong protests have caused tensions and negative impacts onyoung people’s mental health.

To help lesbiansgain confidence in their life, CSAGA has implemented a project“Supporting the lesbian, gay, bi and trans persons (LGBT)’s rights inVietnam and encouraging men’s participation to prevent domesticviolence” sponsored by the Swedish embassy.

Thethree-year project, that will end next year, aims to provide free phoneconsultations on lesbianism and conduct a preliminary survey ondifficulties and challenges to lesbians who want to confirm theirsexuality./.
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