, new laws criminalizing sex outside of marriage effectively ban same-sex relations in the absence of marriage equality. : Thailand and Liechtenstein recently embraced marriage equality, and the Czech Republic

Due to social stigma, family rejection, and systemic minority stress, trans youth and adults experience elevated rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation, highlighting the critical need for supportive community spaces. Solidarity and the Path Forward

A transgender person has a gender identity that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. A trans woman is a woman; a trans man is a man. Some transgender individuals identify as nonbinary, genderqueer, or agender, existing outside the traditional male-female binary. Crucially, a person’s gender identity is independent of their sexual orientation; a trans woman can be straight, lesbian, or bisexual.