A current Global Trans Rights Index revealed that Malaysia is ranked as the second worst nation in the world for transgender rights. The research, carried out by researchers Asher and Lyric Fergusson, gave Malaysia a score of -105 and a hazard score of F, highlighting that transgender people face significant obstacles and are often focused by the police.
The report stated, “Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Malawi, and the United Arab Emirates are the next worst international locations for trans individuals. Effortless of them have any employee, discrimination, and criminalisation protections, and ‘cross-dressing’ is criminalised with penalties up to imprisonment in eight of the highest 10 worst international locations for trans people.” Guyana was ranked because the worst nation for the transgender group due to excessive levels of murders of trans individuals.
In distinction, neighbouring nations carried out higher, with Thailand rating 66 out of 203 international locations, Singapore at 109, Indonesia (115) and Brunei (192). The prime 5 international locations for the transgender community had been identified as Malta, Portugal, Canada, Sweden and Bolivia.
The research assessed nations based mostly on protections for LGBTQ+ staff, authorized protections towards anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, criminalisation of hate-based violence, transgender legal identification laws, and transgender homicide charges. The researchers used knowledge from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), Human Rights Watch (HRW), and the “Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide” research by advocacy network Transgender Europe..