Asia Pacific Transgender Network

[Recap] Bangkok Youth Pride 2022: Freedom and Justice

APTN attended the Bangkok Youth Pride 2022: Freedom and Justice as an organisational participant and had set up a booth there. It was held at Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC) on 11th June 2022 from 10 AM to 6.30 PM. The event emphasised the importance of the rights and freedoms of LGBT people in […]

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United Nations Trans Advocacy Week 2022

[Geneva, Switzerland, 14 June 2022] –– The sixth edition of the United Nations Trans Advocacy Week [TAW] will take place in June-July 2022, as a virtual initiative. This year, TAW is held under the general theme of “Gender Justice, Peace and Security”. TAW core partners, GATE, APTN, TGEU, RFSL and ILGA World are delighted to […]

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[Call for Applications] Leading from the South Feminist Fund

About Leading from the SouthLeading from the South (LFS) is a special fund created to resource feminist activism in the Global South, initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (MFA). It supports activism devised, implemented, and led by women, girls, trans, and intersex rights organisations in the Global South. Through grantmaking, capacity […]

Our Work

Across Asia and the Pacific, trans and gender diverse people are denied fundamental human rights, from legal recognition to employment, housing and health services. This severely undermines their ability to live a fulfilling, healthy and dignified life. APTN, together with a range of partners, supports, organises and advocates for the advancement and protection of the rights of the trans and gender diverse people to live authentically and stay safe in the world. We work towards a society that respects the fundamental human rights of trans and gender diverse people, and upholds, respects, and protects their diversity, safety, equality and dignity.

Research

Sheddings light on the diversity and lived reality of the trans and gender diverse community in Asia and the Pacific
Advocacy

Advancing Justice, Rights and Access
Movement Building

Towards a Resilient and Self-reliant Trans Movement
Public Campaigning

Engaging with traditional, online, and social media to raise public awareness of the issues affecting our community

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Where we work

APTN works across the Asia and the Pacific, home to more than one-half of the global population, a diverse region where countries have varying levels of human development. We work across the entire region to address the persistent binary gender norms and systemic patriarchy. We do so because the trans and gender diverse people continue to be marginalised and deprived of their rights, including their bodily rights.

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Our Community

Our aim is to build a robust, resilient and self-reliant community of trans and gender diverse people in Asia and the Pacific. We achieve this by working with local partners, community members and development agencies to co-create interventions, evidence-based programmes and initiatives at country, regional and global levels. We do this for trans and gender diverse people, policymakers, health care practitioners and providers, and international agencies.

Here’s some of our projects and community partners: