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Transgender lawyers blast council snub
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 30/07/2025
» A group of transgender lawyers has criticised the Lawyers Council of Thailand for failing to accept a petition asking for its dress code regulations to be more inclusive of gender identity.
Mexico star Hernandez sorry for sexist comments
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» MEXICO CITY - Mexican football icon Javier Hernandez apologised on Thursday for making sexist remarks which led to him being sanctioned by Mexico's football federation and his club Guadalajara.
Milli featured on New York Times Square billboard
Online Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» Thai hip-hop star Milli this week appeared on a billboard in New York’s Times Square - a feature by Spotify to mark the launch of her new album HEAVYWEIGHT.
Pageant for progress
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/07/2025
» There is more to a gay pageant than crowning the good-looking, charismatic winner. Beneath the glamorous veneer lies an expectation that the candidate have goodwill and sacrifice himself for the community. And this is what the champion of Mr. Gay Universe Thailand 2025 should embody.
Time to invest more in women
Oped, Published on 07/07/2025
» The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, which ended on Thursday, has taken place at a time of escalating debt crises, rising poverty, declining food security and proliferating climate-related damage. These crises are all exacerbated by deep reductions in official development assistance (ODA), and they all disproportionately affect women and girls, especially in developing countries.
City Hall dress code supports gender identity
Published on 01/07/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced that city employees can now dress in accordance with their gender identity.
GCNT Launches SDG Report, Announces July Expo
Published on 01/07/2025
» The Global Compact Network Thailand (GCNT) has launched its latest report, “Forward Faster Now: SDGs Mega Trends 2025”, highlighting four major sustainability trends that Thai businesses must urgently understand and adapt to. This report serves as a crucial guide for executives, business leaders, academics, students, and sustainability advocates, at a time when the world is facing compounded crises and the 2030 SDG deadline is fast approaching.
Long struggle ahead for LGBTQ+ rights
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/07/2025
» Thailand enacted the Marriage Equality Bill on Jan 23 this year, making it the third country in Asia after Taiwan and Nepal to recognise same-sex marriage.
Women build Myanmar's future
Oped, Published on 01/07/2025
» Amid Myanmar's unrelenting crisis, it is women who are quietly reshaping the nation's future. As the country reels from military violence, institutional collapse, and humanitarian catastrophe, women have stepped forward -- not just as survivors, but as leaders. Their courage is grounded in daily acts of resistance, care, and community-building that keep society intact.
UN chief urges aid surge in world of 'climate chaos, raging conflicts'
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» SEVILLE (SPAIN) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference in Spain on Monday at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change.