Hijab pressures, LGBTQ rights, ‘antifeminists’: the challenges Asian women, gender minorities faced in 2022

• Hundreds have died and thousands were detained during hijab-burning protests in Iran, but some women and LGBTQ groups elsewhere have made significant gains
• But it seems to be one step forward and two back; for example, Singapore voted to decriminalise gay sex but maintain status quo on man-woman marriage