The survey of 751 people across eight cities showed more than 50 percent admitting to living in constant fear of their sexual orientation being found out.
The new rules come into effect following a Supreme Court ruling in January that allowed two transgender Israelis to change their gender on their cards without medical intervention.
Activists hope that the head of the Catholic Church’s scheduled visit Jan 15-19 to the Philippines will help change local peoples attitude toward the LGBT community.
The court ruled in favor of a Chinese gay man seeking recourse to compensation from a private psychological counseling center that used electric shocks to change his sexuality.
About a thousand people flocked to the city’s Labor Culture Palace to honor individuals and organizations who made a difference to the LGBT community in Vietnam.