LGBT community vows to push harder in 2021
Covid-19 restrictions and further discrimination made last year a tough one, writes Nishrat Nakhata
published : 15 Feb 2021 at 04:30
135 A file photo shows a Pride Parade in the Silom area of Bangkok on Nov 7 last year. photos by Apichit Jinakul
As street protests came back last year pointing out pressing issues needing change in the country, the LGBT community joined the movement calling for more progress on gender equality too. And although 2021 is not a year to expect any leaps of progress, activism for the cause will continue.
In the wake of a day celebrating love, The Bangkok Post looks at how far the legal and social movement on gender issues has come, and how far it still has to go before LGBT relationships have the same status as heterosexual ones in Thailand.
New project hopes to help single mums
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published : 26 Jan 2021 at 04:33
26 Kitchenware is put on display at the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in Bangkok. The kitchen sets are being distributed to single mothers. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Seventy-seven single mothers, one from each of the 77 provinces across the country, who have been struggling to make ends meet in the wake of the spread of Covid-19 have been selected to receive cooking equipment and other kitchenware so they can set up small catering businesses to earn extra income.
Chuti Krairiksh, Minister of Social Development and Human Security, said on Monday the project is being co-hosted by his ministry and the Tesco Lotus supermarket chain. As well as cooking equipment and other kitchen utensils worth 2.3 million baht, each single mum will receive 10,000 baht to start their own food businesses.
âA group of young men were enjoying their alcoholic drinks in public, at a seating in the seafront, after buying them at a nearby supermarket. It was clear the public that went there to buy and enjoy their lunch did not feel comfortable sitting next to drunks. Why? Because this seating facility near the seafront is not a public bar and people go there to enjoy their lunch in peace and quietâ.
The CEO hit the nail on the head and advises all young people to respect all public places and take their drinks home to take them in the privacy of their homes or somewhere private.
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