sadly yes, they are having a hard time shaking off british colonial laws, even tho culturally is very open to homosexuals, trans and even non-binary, i do need to read properly if this stems from confucianism or taoist and other local religions.
i watch a guy that lives there, he says that basically the country is governed by old man, but the communist youth is coming in strong, so in the future in can expect advances.
more like fascism.