Among them, transgendar migrants face specific and significant challenges due to their gender identity and status as migrants. Myanmar LGBT+ migrant workers face challenges in accessing healthcare services that meet their needs. Health Challenges of Myanmay LGBT+ Migrant Workers The names appearing in this article are pseudonyms.
This is the final part of the article series highlighting the situations of Myanmar LGBT+ migrant workers in Southeast Asia.
Informed by interviews with nine Myanmar LGBT+ migrant workers in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, which are the most common destinations for Myanmar migrant workers in Southeast Asia, this article also aims to call for all relevant stakeholders to pay more attention to LGBT+ migrant workers, particularly to their health issues. This article addresses some health challenges faced by Myanmar LGBT+ migrant workers and how they deal with their health concerns in their own ways. LGBT+ migrant workerrs’ health concerns and conditions, particularly in relation to their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression (SOGIE), remains as an understudied and little known area that affects their fundamental human rights. Accessing healthcare and maintaining good health in foreign countries are challenging for many migrant workers due to various barriers such as languages, medical fees, distant or isolated workplace, and lack of knowledge and information about health and wellbeing.