Study reveals dismal lives of LGBT street children in Vietnam


Most LGBT street children and adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City are found to engage in the sex industry


02 June 2012 | By Derek Yiu


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Most LGBT street children and adolescents in Vietnam are engaged in the sex trade and are alone in protecting themselves from get infected with sexually transmitted diseases, according to a research.

The Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSee) and Save the Chldren International (SCI) released a joint study on LGBT street children and adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday (31 May), revealing their poor everyday lives.










Gay street children need help



Updated June, 01 2012 10:25:00


http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/social-issues/225496/gay-street-children-need-help.html


HA NOI — Most interviewed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) street children and adolescents are engaged in the sex trade and are alone in their efforts to protect themselves from getting infected with HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

These findings, from a research on LGBT street children and adolescents in HCM, conducted by the Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE) and Save the Children International (SCI), were released in a workshop on protecting the rights of these children yesterday.

PhD Nguyen Thu Nam of iSEE said LGBT street children's lives were full of hazards including irregular meals and sleeping places, lack of health care, threats of violence and harassment, and the potential dangers of HIV and other diseases.

The research results also showed that most of the respondents used tobacco, alcohol or marijuana.