KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Malaysia has been deemed the second worst country in the world when it comes to transgender rights, according to a Global Trans Rights Index released...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Malaysia has been deemed the second worst country in the world when it comes to transgender rights, according to aMalaysia was given a score of -105 and the highest danger rating of F with the comment that trans persons face obstacles in the country and are targeted by the police, said researcher couple Asher and Lyric Fergusson in the study published on their travel site.
Guyana was ranked as the worst country for the community due to the high levels of murders of trans persons, the study said. To conduct the study, points were awarded or deducted based on protections for LGBTQ+ workers, legal protections against anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, criminalisation of hate-based violence, transgender legal identity laws, and transgender murder rates.
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