Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 42 Issue 5

Guest editorial: Gender and sexuality in Asia

Angeline Lim, Chan Hoong Leong

Sexuality and gender within Afghanistan's bacha bereesh population

Elise E. Racine

Limited evidence exists on bacha bazi, Afghanistan's steadily revived practice involving transgenerational same-sex relationships, despite its frequent association with violence…

Queer India “on paper” – decriminalization, recognition and visibility of sexual diversity

Michiel Baas

Taking as a point of departure the edited collection Yaraana (1999), ostensibly the first mainstream publication on gay writing from India, the purpose of this article is to trace…

Experiences of conflict, non-acceptance and discrimination are associated with poor mental well-being amongst LGBTQ-identified individuals in Singapore

Gerard W. Toh, Wee Ling Koh, Jack Ho, Jackson Chia, Ad Maulod, Irene Tirtajana, Peter Yang, Mathia Lee

Health disparities affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) populations have been reported in many countries. For Singapore, no large quantitative studies…

Understanding LGBT individuals' employment environment in Taiwan: a relational framework perspective

Jennet Achyldurdyyeva, Li-Fan Wu, Nurbibi Datova

The purpose of this study is to examine the aspects of workplace environment and the experiences of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) employees in an Asian context; a…

Buddhism, gender, and sexualities: queer spiritualities in Thailand

Witchayanee Ocha

The article aims to present a new aspect of “the emergent identities” in Thailand with a correlation between morality and religiosity. The research deals with the perception of 65…