Dignity Amidst COVID-19: Trans Youth Leading the Response – Amar’s Story

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The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented human crisis that is claiming lives, destroying livelihoods and disrupting economies across the world. With the support of UNAIDS, the Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN) and Youth LEAD have worked together to increase the visibility and voices of trans and gender diverse youth leaders throughout Asia and the Pacific. This is the first in a series of six feature stories about trans youth leaders and the strength they show amidst the challenges of COVID-19.

Read the other posts in the series here: APTN x YouthLEAD’s Dignity Amidst COVID-19: Stories of Trans Youth Leaders

Finding Myself Through Spirituality

My name is Amar, I am twenty-nine years old, and I consider myself a queer person or a trans men Muslim activist. After exploring my gender identity and being accepted by my family and community, I decided to share my story and encourage other young trans people to defend their rights and enjoy their spirituality regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Since then, I´ve been working on human rights, interfaith, and minority issues, engaging with socio-religious Islamic organisations, inter-religious communities, and LGBTIQ+ rights. I am now the co-founder of the Jaringan Transgender Indonesia (JTID), which aims to provide a space for transgender people to bring out our voices and fight for our rights.

Ten years ago, I was still wearing a hijab and trying to find my own identity. Raised in a very religious family, talking about gender and sexuality was taboo, even though for many years, I wasn’t feeling comfortable with who I was. I felt like I was someone else, a different person; afraid of coming out and being rejected by my family. Being trans and Muslim seemed like a complete paradox, and I thought that I would have to choose between them.

One day I thought I had to make a change and talked to my family about it. When I came out to my parents, I was so shocked to see how supportive they were. Throughout my journey, they have always loved me for who I was, and they were a significant influence on the reconciliation with my gender identity and my faith. It was their acceptance and encouragement that made me feel empowered enough to start my transition.

The unconditional support from my parents has shaped me into the person I am today, and I want parents to read this story and know that it is ok if you have a trans kid – you should never stop loving them. I used to believe that the only support system was through the family. However, I have come to realise one can also receive support elsewhere.

I reflect on my friends, the religious community and my faith – all pivotal playing roles in my transition. They have enabled me to reconnect with my own identity and heal throughout different processes, and always encouraged me to follow my passion for my spirituality and activism for LGBTIQ+ rights. Since then, I’ve been working with religious communities to promote acceptance of trans people and also share and explain the positive effects that religion can have in trans people’s lives. I hope that my work and my story encourages more young individuals and communities to accept other people’s beliefs and gender identities.

I acknowledge the challenges that many young trans people face in Indonesia, but I want to encourage you and let you know that there are always people willing to accept you and support you. I also have understood with the time that difficulties and challenges are part of life and that sometimes it is ok to be sad. But at the same time, we must learn from adverse experiences to become stronger, happier, and better people. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a different side of Indonesia. In the last few months, the pandemic has drastically affected the Indonesian population with the rising cases making Indonesia the country with the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia. Indonesia also has the highest death toll in the region with a total of 2,267 fatalities due to the disease, far surpassing Singapore’s 26 COVID-19 deaths.

Young transgender activists leading the COVID-19 pandemic

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic there have been instances when the religious community have shown increasing solidarity towards supporting trans people in Indonesia. The shift to online activities has enabled us to reach more young people through social media across Indonesia, and we have seen a massive rise in youth engagement and participation. The use of online platforms makes us feel safer as we can post and propose an agenda without being fearful, and we don’t feel like we need to be ‘underground’ anymore. However, many young transgender people remain under lockdown with their families as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which in turn could adverse rejection and transphobic attitudes from families. Transgender people may encounter situations where they are forced to stop their transitions or to be repeatedly denied who they are. 

With the financial support of Asia Pacific Transgender Network’s COVID-19 Community Support Fund, JTID, in collaboration with TransVoice, has been able to cover the living costs of 150 trans men and women who have been hardest hit by the pandemic. Those in most in need of support include laborers, sex workers, and street singers, especially those living in remote areas of Indonesia. By providing support for their living costs, members of the transgender community can remain at home and not endanger themselves by going outside to work during a pandemic.

During this time, I was able to work on a personal project, Islam and Progressive Christian interpretation towards diverse gender and sexualities – a guideline and tool to inspire transgender people to reconcile with their faiths. I feel proud of creating this resource for people to let them know that it is ok to be them and to highlight that belief helps to overcome difficulties throughout the journey. 

To all the trans young people or any person that is having a hard time during the COVID-19 pandemic, I want you to know that we are in this together, you need to be kind to yourselves and know that you are not alone. Whatever happens in your life, no matter how difficult it is, you will always get through it. I want to encourage you and ask you to reach out to your local organisations and initiatives to connect with others and find support. 

Read the other posts in the series here: APTN x YouthLEAD’s Dignity Amidst COVID-19: Stories of Trans Youth Leaders

Call for Applications: ASEAN Queer Leadership eXchange 2020 (AQLX)

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Application Deadline: 27 July 2020

QLX is bringing together participants to an intensive 03-week online program (approximately from the 3rd week of August to the 1st week of September 2020 in various short sessions, once in every few days) where they will learn, discuss, and practice core concepts and skills in leadership and advocacy within the LGBTIQ movement amidst the pandemic.

AQLX 2020 is open to Southeast Asian LGBTIQ activists over 18 years old committed to cultivate better leadership in their communities. Priority will be given to applicants who are relatively new to the advocacy in ASEAN and have not had similar opportunities to join such programs. Participants will also be required to prepare homework during the training and action plans which can be carried out, with support from ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, after the training. This workshop will be conducted in English.

Please visit the call page for more information and to see if you are eligible here.

Call for Applications: Trainings of LGBTI Trainers in South Asia on United Nations Mechanisms

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Deadline: 23:59 ICT, July 23rd, 2020

Have you been monitoring violations of human rights of the LGBTI community in your country and reporting them to UN mechanisms?
Are you interested in supporting the LGBTI community in your country to engage with UN mechanisms?

ILGA Asia is looking for a team of 2-3 LGBTI activists in the same country in South Asia to organize online training on UN mechanisms for the LGBTI community in their local language and context. Technical support to planning and facilitating your online workshops will be provided throughout July-September, and financial support to the workshops will conclude by the end of October 2020. The objectives of the training are:

  1. To create a platform for LGBTI human rights defenders working with UN mechanisms to review their skills and knowledge and sharing best practices;
  2. To develop training modules on human rights mechanisms that fit the needs and context of the local LGBTI community in different Asian countries;
  3. To adapt the knowledge of international human rights mechanisms into local languages and context;
  4. To integrate the use of UN mechanisms in advocacy for LGBTI rights.

The training is our continuous efforts to strengthen the capacity of the LGBTI community in Asia on the use of UN mechanisms to promote human rights and domestic advocacy.

Please visit the call page for more information and to see if you are eligible: https://www.ilgaasia.org/news/2020/07/12/call-for-applications-tot-on-un-mechanisms

Joint Survey with UNDP Thailand on the Impact of COVID-19 on LGBTI Communities Findings

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In April 2020, UNDP Thailand and the Asia Pacific Transgender Network worked together on a survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTI communities in Thailand, and to gather information to define support interventions to assist communities in Thailand to adapt and recover from this crisis. Here are some of the findings.

(Available in English and ไทย Thai)

All of the respondents identify as members of the LGBTI community in Thailand, and 85% are between 25 to 44 years old.

ผู้ตอบแบบสำรวจทั้งหมดระบุว่าตนเองเป็นผู้มีความหลากหลายทางเพศ (LGBTI) ที่พำนักอยู่ในประเทศไทย และ 85% อยู่ในกลุ่มอายุระหว่าง 25 – 44 ปี

During the COVID-19 crisis, most of the respondents (85%) are most affected by the lockdown and travel and movement restrictions. One respondent said, “Restrictions on travels have prevented transgender people from traveling to other provinces or to healthcare facilities to maintain their supply of hormones. They have to get them [the hormones] from their friends or from the market.“

ระหว่างสถานการณ์การแพร่ระบาดของโควิด-19 ผู้ตอบแบบสำรวจส่วนใหญ่ (85%) ได้รับผลกระทบจากมาตรการปิดเมือง การจำกัดการเดินทาง และ การเคลื่อนย้าย “กลุ่มคนข้ามเพศเริ่มพูดถึงการกักตัว เดินทางข้ามจังหวัดไม่ได้ เข้าไปยังสถานพยาบาลไม่ได้ ต้องขอยา (ฮอร์โมน) จากเพื่อนๆ หรือหาจากตลาดข้างนอก”

Almost half of respondents (47%) reported a loss of income/job or were forced to go on unpaid leave. One respondent said “My friends in the [LGBTI] community are experiencing loss of income and they are facing difficulties to make a living and have become depressed.“

เกือบครึ่งหนึ่งของผู้ตอบแบบสำรวจ (47%) ระบุว่า สูญเสียรายได้/อาชีพ หรือโดนบังคับให้หยุดงานโดยไม่ได้รับค่าจ้าง “เพื่อนในชุมชนไม่มีรายได้ประกอบอาชีพลำบากเกิดภาวะเครียดซึมเศร้า”

69% of respondents said that isolation, the inability to socialize and do activities outside, and working from home for an extended time led to loneliness, increased stress, and depression. A respondent said, “Social distancing decreases the chance of LGBTI people to meet and talk which makes me feel less like I am in my safe zone.“

ร้อยละ 69 ของผู้ตอบแบบสำรวจระบุว่าการต้องแยกตัวเองจากผู้อื่น (isolation) ไม่สามารถพบปะสังสรรค์เข้าสังคม หรือทำกิจกรรมนอกบ้าน รวมถึงการต้องทำงานจากที่บ้านเป็นระยะเวลานานทำให้เกิดความเหงา เครียด และ เกิดภาวะซึมเศร้ามากขึ้น “การได้พบปะ พูดคุยกับกลุ่มคนที่เป็น LGBTIQs ด้วยกันน้อยลงทำให้ความรู้สึกที่ควรจะเป็น Safe Zone น้อยลง”

Many said there have been increased disagreements at home as a result of lockdown measures. Around 14% of respondents also indicated they experience increased intimate, family, or gender-based violence or economic violence while staying at home. On the personal impact of COVID-19, a respondent stated that it has led to “depression and risk of self-harm from extensive period of social distancing.”

ผู้ตอบแบบสำรวจหลายคนระบุว่ามีความขัดแย้งกับคนในบ้านมากขึ้นจากมาตรการการปิดเมือง ประมาณร้อยละ 14 ของผู้ตอบแบบสอบถามระบุด้วยว่าระหว่างอยู่บ้าน พวกเขาต้องประสบความรุนแรงที่เพิ่มขึ้นจากคนในครอบครัว คนใกล้ชิด ตลอดจนความรุนแรงทางเพศหรือทางเศรษฐกิจ ในส่วนของผลกระทบจาก COVID-19 ในระดับปัจเจก ผู้ตอบแบบสอบถามระบุว่า “การเว้นระยะห่างทางสังคมยาวนานขึ้นเรื่อยๆ นำไปสู่อาการซึมเศร้าและความเสี่ยงที่จะทำร้ายตนเอง”

51% of respondents did not receive any COVID-19 related government assistance, and only 22% received financial support from the government. 1 in 5 respondents received free COVID-19 testing. The Pattaya local government’s active case finding approach in which free COVID-19 testing was provided to over 2,000 people from at-risk groups through several field hospitals was applauded.

ร้อยละ 51 ของผู้ตอบแบบสำรวจระบุว่าไม่ได้รับความช่วยเหลือจากมาตรการช่วยเหลือของรัฐบาลช่วงการแพร่ระบาดของโควิด-19 และเพียงร้อยละ 22 ระบุว่าได้รับเงินเยียวยาจากมาตรการการช่วยเหลือของรัฐบาล 1 ใน 5 ของผู้ตอบแบบสำรวจระบุว่าได้รับการตรวจโควิด-19 โดยไม่เสียค่าใช้จ่าย ผู้ตอบแบบสำรวจชื่นชมแผนการตรวจเชิงรุกของเมืองพัทยาซึ่งมีการลงพื้นที่ตามโรงพยายาบาลสนามเพื่อให้บริการการตรวจโควิด-19โดยไม่ต้องเสียค่าใช้จ่ายสำหรับกลุ่มที่มีความเสี่ยงกว่า 2,000 คน

We also conducted a separate rapid assessment on how COVID-19 has affected trans and gender diverse people in Asia and the Pacific. Take a look at what we found at: COVID-19 Rapid Assessment of Trans & Gender Diverse Communities

Trans Advocacy Week 2020 Webinar – Where did the money go? How the COVID-19 crisis drains trans funding worldwide

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The current public health crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19, is a global emergency with far-reaching social, economic, and ecological implications for us all. 

There is clear and growing evidence that State responses in the delivery of healthcare, the implementation of lockdown measures and policies designed to mitigate economic consequences have disproportionate and discriminatory impacts on marginalised groups. 

The pandemic is exposing and deepening existing discrimination, violence and other human rights violations on the basis of SOGIESC and deepens existing imparities within the LGBTI movements.

The massive impact of the pandemic on global, national and local economies as well as the shift of some donors to the field of humanitarian aid has far reaching and potentially long lasting implications on the funding of trans movements and trans-led organisations across the globe. Trans organisations have been underfunded for decades, few have had the ability to build reserves and will be hit by changes in the funding landscape drastically and quickly. 

The lack of economic opportunities for trans people, the barriers trans persons face in accessing employment and the fact that a large number of trans people are forced to work in informal economies further aggravate the dire situation of trans organising under COVID-19.

This webinar that is set in the context of the 2020 #UNTransAdvocacy Week, seeks to unpack some of those implications and discuss what global and regional donors can do to mitigate some of those issues. All speakers are trans identified and work in the field of grant making.

Speakers:

  • Mukasa (Programme Officer of the International Trans Fund, ITF) 
  • Cleo Kambugu  (Director of Programmes at UHAI), 
  • Rebecca Fox (Senior Programme Officer, Wellspring Philantropic Fund)
  • Justus Eisfeld (Advocacy & Program Development Manager Sexual Rights and Diversity at HIVOS)
  • Wiktor Dynarski (Programme Officer at Open Society Foundations)

Moderation: Julia Ehrt (Director of Programmes, ILGA World)

Languages: English and Spanish (simultaneous interpretation)

Register Now!

Thursday, July 2 on Zoom
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) / 19:30 New Delhi Time (UTC+5:30) / 21:00 Bangkok Time (UTC+07:00)

#StandingUpForTransRights #SeeUsSupportUs

Trans Advocacy Week 2020 Webinar – On the road: advancing trans and gender diverse depathologization

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One year ago, the World Health Assembly approved the eleventh version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). After more than 10 years of political mobilization, all categories related to trans and gender diverse people were removed from the chapter on mental disorders.

Although this is a historic achievement, there are still key issues to address on the road to full depathologization, including the new category of “gender incongruence” in the ICD-11, the challenges posed by legal pathologization at the country level, and the anti-gender movements who promote re-pathologization in their battle against what they call “gender ideology.”

Moreover, current challenges faced by trans and gender diverse people around the world in relation to COVID-19 show that the persistence of pathologization is not only grounded in pervasive institutional cissexism; it is also deeply linked to racial and socioeconomic injustice. Global and collective initiatives to resist, confront, and dismantle pathologization are more needed today than ever.

To address these issues, and in the context of Trans Advocacy Week 2020, we invite you to join this webinar to be held on:

Thursday, 25 June at 2 pm CEST / 8 am EDT / 7pm GMT+7 (English): Register here

Call for Applications: The Global Resilience Fund for Girls and Young Women

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Application Deadline: Until announced

The Global Resilience Fund supports girl and young women activists at this watershed moment, with fully flexible rapid response grants of up to $5,000. Applications for the fund are now open!

​They are accepting applications from:

  • Registered and unregistered community organisations led by girls, young women and/or trans and intersex youth with incomes of below $50,000 per year.
  • Informal collectives led by girls, young women and/or trans and intersex youth with incomes of below $50,000 per year

The Global Resilience Fund is accepting applications from all regions and all countries. They are prioritising applications from girls and young women with disabilities, girls and young women of colour, LGBTQIA2S youth, afro-descendant, indigenous and immigrant girls and young women, as well as those living in urban slum areas, rural areas, refugee camps, occupied territories and in conflict affected settings.

Please help to save time and funds and only apply if you meet the criteria mentioned.

Please visit the call page for more information and to see if you are eligible:

https://www.theglobalresiliencefund.org

Call for Applications: APTN Amplifying Trans Advocacy Fellowship 2020 (Extended)

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WHAT IS THE APTN AMPLIFYING TRANS ADVOCACY FELLOWSHIP?

The Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN) Amplifying Trans Advocacy Fellowship aims to support trans and gender-diverse human rights defenders (HRDs) from Asia and the Pacific to utilise the international human rights accountability mechanisms, such as UPR and treaty monitoring bodies, to amplify their existing advocacy work around trans rights at national and international levels.

The Fellowship is designed to capacitate trans HRDs on international human rights mechanisms through an online course which will be held between 15 September – 20 October 2020. After the completion of the online course, selected fellows will receive a small grant to implement their advocacy interventions centered around international human rights mechanisms. Fellows will receive guidance and technical support from APTN as they implement their advocacy interventions. The Fellowship will also provide opportunities to learn from peers and to network with advocates working on women’s rights and sexual and reproductive rights.


ELIGIBILITY:

You should apply for APTN Amplifying Trans Advocacy Fellowship if you:

  • Reside and work in Asia and the Pacific, preferably in Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, PNG, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, and Vietnam
  • Identify as trans or non-binary
  • Demonstrate an interest in engagement and advocacy efforts in progressing trans rights
  • Are available on the dates and committed to participate in the online course which will be held between 15 September – 20 October 2020
  • Are fluent in written and spoken English


SELECTION PROCESS:

The Application is now closed. Thank you for taking the time to submit your applications, selected participants will be informed soon.

Click here for the Fellowship application form (Closed)

If you have any questions about the Fellowship, please email samreen.s@weareaptn.org

Standing with Trans Human Rights Defenders with the APTN COVID-19 Community Support Fund

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The Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN) has been closely monitoring the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic and thinking about how it is affecting the lives of the communities, and the critical work that the trans and gender diverse movement does.

We listened to our partner organisations through our COVID-19 rapid needs assessment, where they expressed concerns about continuing to work for their communities, caring for their health and safety, whilst managing the financial and emotional strain of the coronavirus disease on their organisations and their own well-being.

Learn more about APTN COVID-19 Community Support Fund

187 Organisations Call on States to Protect LGBTI Persons’ Human Rights in the Context of COVID-19 Outbreak

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The pandemic is exposing and deepening existing discrimination, violence and other human rights violations on the basis of SOGIESC, organisations tell the Human Rights Council.

The Asia Pacific Transgender Network has joined a coalition of 187 organisations to draw the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the situation of LGBTI persons and those who defend their rights in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

In line with the call to action signed by 96 human rights experts, organisations working for the protection of the human rights of persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) globally have urged States and stakeholders to ensure that this public health emergency will neither exacerbate existing misconceptions, prejudices, inequalities or structural barriers, nor lead to increased violence and discrimination against persons with diverse SOGIESC.

The current public health crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 is a global emergency with far-reaching social, economic, and ecological implications for us all. At the same time, there is clear and growing evidence that State responses in the delivery of healthcare, the implementation of lockdown measures and policies designed to mitigate economic consequences have disproportionate and discriminatory impacts on marginalised groups, including LGBTI persons. The pandemic is exposing and deepening existing discrimination, violence and other human rights violations on the basis of SOGIESC.

While acknowledging that actions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic are urgent and necessary, States must ensure to comply with international human rights obligations in responses to the outbreak and the vulnerabilities of specific groups – including LGBTI persons – must be taken into account. To achieve this, the design, implementation and evaluation of State responses to this emergency must be done in consultation with civil society and defenders working for the protection of the rights of LGBTI persons.

Read the full statement here

A summary of recommendations

Right to health

In a context where access to health is at the core of a human rights approach to the pandemic, States must uphold their obligations to ensure the accessibility of health care and services to every person, including sexual and reproductive health, without discrimination of any kind.

Rise of stigma and discrimination and scapegoating of LGBTI persons                              

States must comply with international human rights laws and standards when implementing emergency measures, following requirements of legality, necessity, proportionality and non-discrimination, including on the basis of SOGIESC. States must refrain from targeting specific individuals or groups, using measures to roll back existing rights protecting LGBTI persons and combat hate speech aiming to connect the outbreak with the LGBTI community.

Access to housing, water and sanitation, and consequences of social distancing

States should guarantee that shelters are inclusive for all persons regardless of their SOGIESC and implement measures allowing LGBTI persons to report violence and discrimination suffered in a private context, including at homes and shelters.

Right to work and impacts on livelihood                                                                 

States should ensure that emergency measures to address the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic, as well as recovery plans, are inclusive to LGBTI persons – especially to trans, older and homeless LGBTI persons.

Civic space restrictions

It is imperative that as this crisis ensues, governments and multilateral institutions maintain transparency, live up to their obligations, do not side-line genuine civil society participation, and ensure access to national, regional and international systems of accountability. States and stakeholders should implement lines of action designed to sustain and ensure the continuity of the engagement of civil society and human rights defenders in UN bodies and mechanisms.

Organisations signing the statement

  • ILGA World
  • 6Rang (Iranian lesbian and Transgender network)
  • ABGLT – Associação Brasileira de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis, Transexuais e Intersexos
  • Accountability International
  • ADESPROC LIBERTAD LGBTI
  • African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC)
  • Alliance Against Discrimination of LGBT
  • Alliance for Equality and Diversity
  • Amnesty International
  • ARC International
  • Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
  • Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN)
  • Asistencia Legal por los Derechos Humanos Asociación Civil
  • Asociacion Colectivo Alejandria El Salvador
  • Asociacion Diversidad Sexual Nicaragüense
  • Asociacion LGTB Arcoiris de Honduras
  • Asociación MANU
  • Asociación OTD Chile
  • Associação Brasileira de Mulheres Lésbicas, Bissexuais, Travestis e Transexuais
  • Associação ILGA Portugal
  • Association Humanity First Cameroon
  • Associazione Radicale Certi Diritti
  • Balance Promoción para el Desarrollo y Juventud A.C.
  • Bandhu Social Welfare Society
  • Bisexual Alliance Victoria Inc
  • Bisi Alimi Foundation
  • Blue Diamond Society
  • Brazilian Lawyers Order – São Paulo State Bar – Sexual and Gender Diversity Comission
  • Bundesverband Trans*
  • A.N-Myanmar & PFLAG-Myanmar
  • Caribe Afirmativo
  • çavaria
  • Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos – Promsex
  • CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality
  • Clóset de Sor Juana
  • COC Nederland
  • CODISE AC
  • Colectiva Luna Celaya
  • Colectivo Diversa CODIVER
  • Colectivo Michoacán es Diversidad
  • Collectif Arc-En-Ciel
  • Colombia Diversa
  • Comunidad DIVERSIDAD
  • Comunidad Homosexual Argentina (CHA)
  • Conectas Direitos Humanos
  • Conurbanes por la Diversidad
  • Corporación Red de Minorías Sexuales
  • DA Rainbow Network
  • DeGenderation Confederation
  • Digital Broadcast Initiative Equal Access
  • Disidencias Obregonenses
  • Diverlex Diversidad e Igualdad a Través de la Ley
  • Diversidad Democrática
  • Diversity and Solidarity Trust
  • Eastern European Coalition for LGBT+ Equality
  • ECOM – Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
  • Equality Australia
  • Equality Triangle
  • Equidad y Participación Ciudadana A.C.
  • ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey
  • Executive Director
  • F’INE Pasifika Aotearoa
  • FRI – The Norwegian organisation for sexual and gender diversity
  • Fundación AMAL Argentina
  • Fundacion Arcoiris por el respeto a la diversidad sexual
  • Fundación Diversencia
  • Fundacion Ecuatoriana Equidad
  • Fundación Iguales
  • Fundacion Igualitos
  • Fundación Reflejos de Venezuela
  • GALE, Global Alliance for LGBT Education
  • GATE
  • Gender Dynamix
  • GENDERDOC-M Information Centre
  • GIN-SSOGIE
  • Grupo de Advogados pela Diversidade Sexual e de Gênero (GADVS)
  • Grupo Safo
  • Helem
  • Helen Kennedy
  • Human Dignity Trust
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • Human Rights Council of Australia Inc
  • Human Rights Defenders Network-SL
  • Humans hands llc
  • IGLYO — The International LGBTQI Youth & Student Organisation
  • ILGA Asia
  • ILGA-Europe
  • ILGALAC- Asociación Internacional de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersex para América Latina y el Caribe
  • Instituto para el Desarrollo Humano – Bolivia
  • interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth
  • Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa
  • International Bar Association
  • International Family Equality Day
  • International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation, East and South East Asia and Oceania Region (ESEAOR)
  • International Trans Fund (ITF)
  • Intersex Asia Network
  • ISHR
  • ISHTAR
  • ITANZ
  • Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (KHANA)
  • Kimirina
  • Korean Sexual-minority Culture & Rights Center
  • Las Reinas Chulas Cabaret y Derechos Humanos AC
  • LEGABIBO
  • Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany LSVD
  • Lesbianas Independientes Feministas Socialistas-LIFS
  • LGBT Danmark
  • LGBTI POR LA PAZ COLOMBIA
  • Manodiversa
  • Marriage for All Japan
  • Más Igualdad Perú
  • Mawjoudin We Exist for Equality
  • Mitini Nepal
  • Morras Help Morras
  • MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health & Rights
  • MUJER & MUJER
  • Mulabi/Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos
  • Nafas LGBT Azerbaijan Alliance
  • Namibia Diverse Women’s Association (NDWA)
  • National Association of Travestis and Transgender of Brasil (ANTRA)
  • Naz Foundation International
  • NGO Fulcrum UA
  • Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de Personas Trans-ODHPT
  • Observatorio Nacional de Crímenes de Odio a LGBT en México
  • ODRI Intersectional rights
  • OII Chinese (Organization Intersex International-Chinese)
  • Organización de Hombres Gays Men.V. Tarija – Bolivia
  • Organización Ecuatoriana de Mujeres Lesbianas – OEML
  • Our Circle
  • OutRight Action
  • Oxfam South Africa
  • Pacific Human Rights Initiative
  • Pan Africa ILGA
  • Pelangi Campaign
  • PFLAG National
  • Pink Armenia
  • Pioneer FTM
  • Planet Ally
  • Pride House Tokyo
  • Promoting Empowerment Through Awareness For Lesbian and Bisexual Women (PETAL)
  • Queer Hindu Alliance
  • Rainbow Community Kampuchea-RoCK
  • Rainbow Path
  • RDS Nicaragua
  • RED DE JOVENES LGBTI CDMX
  • Red Nacional de Apoyo a Personas Migrantes y Refugiadas LGBT México (REDAPM)
  • Red Nacional de Diversidad Sexual y VIH de Guatemala, REDNADS
  • RHAC
  • RWS {Rajmala Welfare Society}
  • Samoa Family Health Association
  • SEED Malaysia
  • Sex og Poitikk (IPPF Norway)
  • Sexual Minorities Uganda – SMUG
  • Sistema Regional de Información SInViolencia LGBTI
  • Solace Initiative
  • Solidarity Sisters Network of Liberia (SoSNoL)
  • Spectrum
  • Srishti Madurai LGBTQIA+ Student Volunteer Movement
  • STRAP
  • Swedish Association for Sexuality Education – RFSU
  • Swedish Federation of LGBT Rights – RFSL
  • The Alliance of Egyptian Queer Organizations (AQEO)
  • The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
  • The Institute for Studies of Society, Economy & Environment
  • The Leabian and Gay Association(LEGAL)
  • The People’s Matrix
  • TransAction
  • Transcuba
  • Transgender Victoria Inc
  • TRANSSA Trans Siempre Amigas
  • Transsmart Trust
  • Transvanilla Transgender Association
  • Triangle Project
  • UNA MANO AMIGA EN LA LUCHA CONTRA EL SIDA AC
  • UNASSE, A.C.
  • United Belize Advocacy Movement
  • United Democratic Movement Youth Vanguard
  • UPO “Gay Alliance Ukraine”
  • VIHDHA AC
  • Visibles, ONG
  • Participación, Incidencia y Transparencia, A.C.
  • Volt Europa
  • YCSRR
  • Yongama Levertte & Ntando Dogini Foundation
  • Young Queer Alliance