ender issue is now being discussed around the world. Freedom of expression became the main issue of a person to express which gender do they want to be. LGBTQ is such an example to show how the gender identity is existing. After the modern era, people became more open minded in accepted the new thing such as gender identity. Meanwhile ASEAN member is the countries that have customary and cultural viscosity different from western cultures. This research is aim to know how the issue of modern gender identity in this modern world especially ASEAN countries. To answer, the author uses theory of social identity by Henri Tajfel. The qualitative research with secondary data is a tool to complete this research. The result shows that the condition of gender identity in ASEAN countries mostly affected by social environment.
Keywords: ASEAN, Gender Identity, LGBT