Love Vietnamese. Hopefully can make 2nd visit, would love to see Hanoi, Ha Long Bay.

True

East Asia> West Asia

It’s generally true 9 times out of 10 🏳️‍🌈

Thailand is Also!

Taiwan, Republic of China

just call it taiwan, its shorter​@@david34

Taiwan😍

Love from India 🇮🇳😊

Idk Taiwan seems to be very westernized, showing affection in public is not that tolerance in many south East Asia countries. Holding hand might be ok in curtains places but still .

It's not called Bangkok for nothing.

Wonderful to hear! 😊 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 🇹🇼 are some of the best countries in the world in my opinion. No country is perfect but they are pretty awesome.

Totally agree! As stated in the methodology, it is only because the safety situation in some parts of the country and sticking to the data, but if we are going off of my personal opinion Thailand should in the top 2 or 3 easy.

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I agree! If this list was on most accepting lgbtq countries in Asia instead of safest, Thailand would have made the top of the list 😊

That is incredible, Taiwan really is one of my favorite countries on earth. Makes me happy to hear stories like these. 🇹🇼🏳️‍🌈

Thank you for this comment Bjorn, means a lot to me that you enjoy the channel so much. I am very glad that you are here. 😊🏳️‍🌈

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Sounds EPIC!!!!!!!! 😍

Very good points! 😊 Unfortunately, the crime rates compared to other countries on the list had it placing lower for this particular list on “safe queer travel”despite its great LGBTQ rights by Asian standards. I would have to check but I think it would have somewhere around 15th.

@@QueerKingdomOfficial crime rates - are queer/lgbtq people being targeted? or are tourist in general have been targeted?

In general, and as queer people are also people that means than general crime impact us just as much as it impacts non queer people and is thus an equally important factor when deciding the safest places to visit. 😊

I agree that the Philippines should be in the list. Gay freedom/visibilty is far better than most countries on the list. Most crime are related to drugs. Rarely ive heard a gay tourist become a victim of crime. Should have use gay crime than general crime rate. And with the openness of a country and acceptance with gay the lesser the chance crime will happen. Id rather be in the Philippines than go to other country on the list that has no acceptance or openness with gay people because chances of becoming a victim of hate crime is higher

Can’t base a list on personal opinions when the numbers don’t line up. Just how it is.

It really is wonderful to see how far Nepal has come in recent years and its historical ancient acceptance of diverse gender identities! Thank you for your comment! 😊 From my research it seems that while a handful of queer marriages have taken place in Nepal and been backed by various government institutions, there still has not been a clear law passed that explicitly makes same sex marriage accessible in every situation. But I imagine that government will be passing such a bill this year and making it all totally official in light of the special cases where same sex marriages have been approved already! It’s wonderful to see! 💯 🇳🇵🏳️‍🌈

@@QueerKingdomOfficial yes , definitely. again thank you and sorry for few spelling mistakes and few missing words.

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You forget Vietnam

These words really mean a lot to me, thank you and I appreciate YOU being here! 😊

That is why the PRC wants to destroy it.

Thank you! 🤗

Unfortunately for now Cambodia is one of the lowest in south East Asia due to high rates of crime and below average lgbtq rights compared to its neighbors. The king needs to do a lot better if he actually cares about queer rights. Maybe one day Cambodia will make the list. 😊

Actually, YES! At this exact moment I am working on one for LATAM 😁

Wonderful question! 😊 Yes, Israel (and the rest of the Middle East) is included in Asia and had an incredible score for LGBTQ rights. For this particular video I wanted to make a list of the safest queer destinations in Asia so that meant including data on general safety as well as LGBTQ specific rights and public opinion. So all of these factors were merged together. Unfortunately, due to risk factors like terrorism, and generally being less safe currently that other countries on this list, when I ran the numbers Israel was not in the top 10, but that was due to the inclusion of a safety factor using data from the global index. If I had not included the measure of general safety as outlined in the Methodology of the video and instead looked only at LGBTQ rights on their own with 0 other criteria then Israel would have totally made the list! Hope that makes sense! Some people wish I had gone this route and not mentioned safety as a factor and I understand! But for this video I wanted people who really value staying safe and avoiding conflict, war, terrorism, crime etc to find places that balanced all forms of safety, both LGBTQ and general. But Israel is incredible for queer rights and I’m super proud of them for being the only civilized country in their entire Middle East region. I may do a separate video about the most LGBTQ friendly countries in Asia and not mention travel or safety, only queer specific laws and public opinions within the countries. When I make that, I already know from the data that Israel will be in the top 5 easily.

@@QueerKingdomOfficial thank you so much for the clarification and the list! ❤️ I’ve always thought that Africa and Asia were not options for me for travel, so these videos have given me a lot of hope. I hope Israel becomes generally safer in the future because I’m so desperate to go to tel aviv

I’m so happy to hear this! ❤️ And I also really want to visit Israel in the future once things calm down over there! Hopefully soon for everyone involved. 😊

I try my best to pronounce names correctly, maybe I won’t always get it right but I’ll try! 😁 And yes, Singapore surprised me too but the progress they have made in just like 2 years is massive! As for Israel, they genuinely did not make the list due to their low score on the second index (global peace index) but if this video did not take safety into account it would have made the list for LGBTQ rights only and been in the top 5 too. But I wanted to make a video that also incorporated safety as a factor in the overall score and what is where Israel fell short of the top 10. I hope I made this safety element of the video clear enough. As for Cyprus, it is funny because I actually just finished spending 3 months in Cyprus! I knew that it was considered to be part of the Levant and was not quite European geographically, but because its culture, language, political affiliations etc are all European and it is part of the EU I literally did not even think to include them. If I did, they would be in the top 3 I think. Just based off what I know about their stats. So leaving them out was a mistake technically speaking. I know they are part of west Asia when you look it up, but it just feels so wrong to me considering how European it is. Literally just escaped my mind and I never would have left them out on purpose just because they “don’t feel like they are part of Asia” so it was a total oversight! 😅

@@QueerKingdomOfficial I figured that safety was the reason why Israel wasn't included, and that Cyprus being so European in basically every way despite being the the Middle East geographically was the reason why Cyprus wasn't. I knew that Cyprus is geographically Asian, but culturally, linguistically, and politically European. I totally get what happened. Everyone makes mistakes. And yes, you made the safety factor clear. At least clear enough for me.👍

I have heard many wonderful things about Thailand as well. They just recently passed a law legalizing Marriage equality and have some of the highest rates of trans-acceptance and trans healthcare in the world.

The big majority or the population are Muslims so yeah… -_-; bad places for lgbt

Thank you! 😊

For travel yes. But not for living here. It’s now enshrined in our laws that LGBTQ cannot marry legally. Gay couples are also not allowed to buy govt apartments (where 90% the people live). So superficially, our govt gives a veneer of LGBTQ acceptance, but if you delve deeper, LGBTQ has absolutely NO legal rights.

Do Singaporean govt. legalise same sex maariage?

@@naturelover1976 No, but we are talking about safe travel for lgbt, where they are not assaulted but are welcomed, and where there are plenty of lgbt activities. The topic of this video is not about which country is best for gays to settle in if they want to get married or are married. They are separate considerations.

@@eduardoking8402 I do agree what you have explained. I just wonder how people think in a country where no one really think about of everyone must be inclusive. But yes good to hear that.

@@naturelover1976why ask that qn? Only 1 country in the list has gay marriage. Lol. So dont go to the rest of the 9?

Yes, I was also surprised.

My thoughts/sentiments exactly. ;)

Happy to hear it! 😊

Thank you! ☺️🏳️‍🌈 I’m currently working on a Latin America but I promise Africa will be coming soon! 😁

I’m very glad you enjoyed the video. 😊 I will have to check to see the exact ranking! Unfortunately as the Philippines was not in the top 10 for Asia in either category I did not save the numbers but honestly making a list for all of Asia and putting it somewhere is a good idea and would be a lot of fun too! I’ll let you know when I do. 😎

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By LGBTQ rights Israel is excellent and in the top 5 (forget exactly, I think it was 3rd or 4th) but by safety it was quite far down due to risk of terrorism and international conflicts which are taken into account and why Thailand was 10th instead of like 3rd as they are fighting Islamic insurgents in the south of their own country. I think a balance between queer rights and general safety is useful because queer people are just people at the end of the day so I want to encourage people to go to places where I feel they will be generally safe in all respects. I personally would love to visit Israel as soon as this war situation clams down.

Unfortunately, there is way too much crime in the Philippines to make it to the top 10 safest. The data makes the rules not me.

@@QueerKingdomOfficial so your analyzing is for the safest country in general not for lgbt itself? Bcoz I’m telling you lgbt is really safe in the Philippines but of course if you are talking about crime and safest in general Philippines is not there..

If you watched the video you would understand the methodology. It is explained in detail.

There is no way Philippines makes it! Filipinos are religiously Christians or religiously muslims, both homophobic people! Philippines would be the last country on Earth to legalize same sex marriage. Everyday life in the Philippines such as Facebook and other social media are full of homophobic comments.

Unfortunately, India is far from the top 10 and it’s easy to understand why when it is compared to the other countries on this list based on the metrics laid out in the video. Radical Islamists in parts of the country are one reason for this, as well as crime against women and minorities, and theft of personal belongings being prevalent according to the statistics we are using today. Also social unrest + international disputes with Pakistan and China add to India’s lower overall safety scores. Additionally it has only been legal to be gay in India since 2018 and many people are still quite intolerant compared to the countries on this list.

@@QueerKingdomOfficial I agree with you if India would be 95% Hindu things would be completely different our religion is much more accepting. But things worsen because of Islamic and British Invasion.

I’m not surprised, despite being on the list based on the methodology, I would not recommend queer people to support the country. It has a terrible track record of LGBTQ rights until VERY recently and even now it has vast amounts of improvements to make.

@@QueerKingdomOfficialthat ban happened more than 10 years ago, singapore 10 years ago and now are totally fifferent. Songapore has shown change and so should the community towards it.

The ban did not happen 10 years ago, it happened until 2022. That is 2 years ago.

closed minded people, muslims, no chance.

Because this channel is equally for trans, bisexual, non binary, asexual, pansexual, etc etc etc people as well as gay people. 😊

Funny thing is in the past, not long time ago, the word queer was an offensive word. Gay means happy, should also apply to L, B, T, Q, I.

Everyone can have their own preference and that is great! Language changes with time and I love the way queer sounds especially in relation to the world kingdom, to me and everyone I spoke to about the name queer kingdom was far more inclusive and catchy but hey, gay is still an awesome word and I’m proud to be gay and queer. Thanks for sharing and for watching. 🏳️‍🌈

It simply passed through the lower house and the media misconstrued it. It still has to pass through the senate to become law which will likely happen within the next few months. I will be making a video on it as soon as it happens. Can’t wait! I check it every day for any new developments haha. 🇹🇭 🏳️‍🌈

I am here to support Equality in Same-Sex marriage for Cambodia too :)

In Cambodia there’s a slum for LGBTQ people because they are escaping from their hometown and are discriminated against their gender choice.

So did I!

I will be making a Latin America video next! Stay tuned! 😎

Islam

Mau apa anjeng

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Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei are Islamic countries. Muslims criminalize LGBT anywhere in the world.