Little support for LGBT: study

01-Dec-2010

Publication : Press Release

HENG Sreyleang*, a lesbian living in Battambang province, says she has no recourse to challenge her parents, who intend for her to marry a man.[How] is it that my parents can force me to get married without society or the authorities punishing them? I want to live with the person I love, she said in a recent interview with the CambodianCentre for Human Rights.She said she had nowhere to turn for help after her family intervened to end her relationship.They stopped me talking to women and my girlfriend’s family has stopped her from meeting me, she said. 

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