Gender Equality Act (Thailand)

The Act has been criticized as having limitations to protecting against gender discrimination, particularly the second paragraph of Section 17, which allows exceptions in the context of religion and national security.^[8] The Act was also cited as providing insufficient protections to transgender individuals, as it did not provide for the issuance of state documents affirming their gender identities.^[9]

In 2018, a Royal Thai Police job posting for male-only investigators was criticized as violating the Gender Equality Act.^[10] In October 2018, pro-LGBT advocates urged the Committee on the Determination of the Unfair Gender Discrimination to remove homophobic textbooks in use before the passage of the Act.^[11]

In 2019, Ukrit Jadsanam, a transgender teacher's assistant, claimed to have been illegally terminated after wearing a woman's uniform while working.^[12] Ukrit claimed the firing violated the protections enshrined in the Gender Equality Act.^[12]

• Anti-Discrimination Bill (Thailand)