I married a man to satisfy my parents
This is the first research study to document personal stories of family violence who are the perpetrate against lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men (LBT) in Cambodia. Many LBT people in Cambodia faced discrimination and violence based on their sexual orientation or/and gender identity and expression, and this study focuses exclusively on forms of violence that have been overlooked in mainstream discourse: violence by family members.
Totally, sixty-one LBT people (23 lesbian women, 4 bisexual women and 34 transgender man) were met, and among them thirty-one LBT people (51%) were under 35 years old. Additionally, seventeen stakeholders (3 parents of LBT people, 8 local authorities and governor official, 3 UN staff members, 3 academics and 3 NGOs staff members) were interviewed across eight provinces and the research was conducted from February to April 2019.
The research was conducted by an external independent research team, led by Kasumi Nakagawa, gender academic from Pannasastra University of Cambodia. For the research process is co-designed with RoCK staff members, logistics, and analysis to produce the report.
