KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia has been deemed the second worst country in the world when it comes to transgender rights, according to a Global Trans Rights Index released last Monday (June 5).
Malaysia was given a score of -105 and the highest danger rating of F, with a statement that transgender people face obstacles in the country and are targeted by the police, said researcher couple Asher and Lyric Fergusson in the study published on their travel site.
“None of them has any worker, discrimination, and criminalisation protections, and ‘cross-dressing’ is criminalised with penalties up to imprisonment in eight of the top 10 worst countries for trans people,” the study said.Guyana was ranked as the worst country for the community due to the high number of murders of trans persons, the study said.
The top five countries for the transgender community were listed as Malta, Portugal, Canada, Sweden and Bolivia. The points were based on reports by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association , Human Rights Watch , and the “Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide" study by the advocacy network Transgender Europe.
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