VANG NGAT – Following their first major rally this afternoon, the LGBT movement in Kuehong took a turn when Kuehong officials arrested Therna Sharee, co-founder of the LGBT-rights advocate group Queerhong. The Queerhong rally was reported to have gone smoothly, despite heavy police presence and a counter-protest just across the street. The arrest took place after the rally, when the local police approached Sharee and ‘dragged him off to a van’, according to some bystanders. The local authorities have just released a statement accusing Sharee for ‘plotting against the government’ and ‘the overthrow of the military regime’. The authorities claimed … Continue reading Queerhong co-founder Therna Sharee arrested for ‘treason’