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çFor example, if someone is disbarred from applying

for a job as a university instructor on grounds of sexual
orientation, the Commission can intervene and take
action. It would act not just on that particular case, but

also at similar regulations in all universities,é said Naiyana.
Since its establishment five months ago, the organization

has received several complaints from social groups but
not yet from homosexual groups, she said.
Naiyana has a range of ideas for how the Commission

can handle biased representation of homosexuality in
the media, as well as discriminatory regulations in

educational institutes, unfair marital legislation and other
laws and regulations that discriminate against homosexuals.
çIf we see or receive information on biased quotes,

images or comments in the media that violate the rights
of homosexuals, we can make official pronouncements

that such items are in violation of human rights and
should be corrected,é she said. 3

Consideration of issues relating to lesbians, gay men and
transgendered individuals have been a part of the work of the

Commission since it was established. In 2006 the Commission

3
Karnjariya Sukrung, A Forgotten Minority, Bangkok Post,
Outlook, December 12, 2001, 1.

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