“For LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in the region, Thailand is often the first place disclosure is survivable.”— PrideShow Editorial Board
UNHCR Thailand provides protection, registration and resettlement support to refugees and asylum seekers — a population within which LGBTQ+ individuals face compounded risk, frequently having fled persecution on precisely those grounds.
Thailand's position as a regional transit and hosting country makes this work consequential well beyond its borders. For LGBTQ+ asylum seekers from neighbouring states, the country is often the first place where disclosure is survivable.
Fifth at 75 points. This is inclusion work at its least visible and highest stakes: the people it serves have no employer, no consumer power and frequently no legal status, which puts them outside every other measurement in this ranking.