This year, APTN created a campaign for Trans Awareness Week at 15-19 November 2021. APTN also released a joint statement “Together, We Fight!” collaborating with Transgender Europe (TGEU) and its partners & networks. Let’s read our campaigns below:
Trans Day of Remembrance 2021
Read the Joint Statement for Trans Day of Remembrance 2021
As we mark Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), we take a moment to honour those in our communities who were murdered over the past year. Between 1 October 2020 and 30 September 2021, the Trans Murder Monitoring registered 375 reports of trans and gender-diverse people killed worldwide.
Trans Day of Remembrance is a tragic reminder of how far cis-hetero-patriarchal normative and other oppressive systems are willing to go to suppress the existence of trans and gender diverse people. For our communities, it is a day when we pause and mourn the deaths of our beloved siblings, whose lives were cut short by violence and hate.
Read our full joint statement here: https://weareaptn.org/2021/11/20/joint-statement-trans-day-of-remembrance-2021-together-we-fight/
Watch the Trans Day of Remembrance 2021: “Together, We Fight!” Video
(!) Content warning: this video contains descriptions of violence. (!)
Captions available in several languages. Our gratitude to the amazing people who contributed with translations: Alikhan, Amanita, Anwar, AR, Bakhtiar, Douglas, Enea, Erik, Farah, Inna, Lilit, Mameta, Milena, Natia, Newt, Nhuun, Richard, Samet, Sanjar, Sarah, Simran, Sulique, Sundus, Tina, Ugla, and Zariq.
We are grateful to the TvT project team, the ProTrans project partners, TGEU member organisations, and the many groups and people around the world who contributed to this campaign. With many thanks to Theresa Schwierske and the Jojomoto team.
Produced by Jojomoto https://jojomoto.de
This video by TGEU was made possible thanks to the financial support of the European Commission. Sole responsibility for contents lays with TGEU and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission.
Trans Awareness Week 2021
Trans Awareness Week creates an opportunity for the trans and gender diverse community members and allies to promote education, advocacy, activism and bring visibility to the community to help address the challenges that the communities and movements are facing.
For this year’s Transgender Awareness Week, we want to share some of our communities in the region.
How can you help these communities?
Here are some suggestions:
– Learn more about their organization and challenges
– Understand their work and activities
– Connect and support to help increase their impact
DAY 1
INDIA
Basera Samajik Sansthan
Basera Samajik Sansthan is a community-based organization registered number 914 under Uttar Pradesh NGO Registry ACT. Founded in 2006, Basera Samajik Sansthan is a non-governmental organization operating its intervention in Delhi NCR and Noida to support sustained responses to HIV in India that protect rights and improve health.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/BaseraSamajikSansthan
Website: baserasamajiksansthan.org
NEPAL
Unity for Change (UFC)
UFC is the transgender men-led organization in Nepal that works for Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender people, especially for Transgender men. UFC aims to empower LBT youths economically; educate them on SRHR; establish the human rights of LGBTIQ people in Nepal.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/lgbtiqgroup
VIETNAM
It’s T Time (ITT)
ITT is an independent trans-led organization exclusively for transgender persons in Vietnam. ITT aims to assist fellow transgender and gender diverse people to claim their safe spaces to amplify their voices.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/ITSTTIMEVN
Instagram: @itsttimevn
INDONESIA
Sanggar Swara
Sanggar Swara is an organization that empowers young trans women in Indonesia to get a better education. They create community empowerment through various capacity-building events in the perspective of trans rights, gender equality, and gender diversity.
Learn more
Website: sanggarswara.org
Instagram: @transchoolswara
DAY 2
SINGAPORE
Oogachaga
Oogachaga is a community-based, non-profit professional organisation, working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer & gender-diverse (LGBTQ+) individuals, couples & families in Singapore since 1999.
Learn more
Website: oogachaga.com
Facebook: facebook.com/oogachaga
Instagram: @oogachaga
FIJI
Haus of Khameleon
Haus of Khameleon is a movement that is led by young transgender women who are lobbying, campaigning, organizing, researching, training and advocating for trans equality.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/hausofkhameleonofficial
Twitter: @hkhameleon
SRI LANKA
Venasa Transgender
Venasa Transgender is a non-profit organization based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that advocates and works for the rights and betterment of the transgender commiunity in Sri Lanka.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/VENASA.TN
Instagram: @venasa_vtn
PHILIPPINES
LakanBini Advocates Pilipinas, Inc.
LakanBini Advocates Pilipinas, Inc is a community of transgender advocates that serves as a voice for trans led advocacy on equality and access to health and well-being and human rights services.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/lakanbiniadvocatespilipinas
DAY 3
MALAYSIA
SEED Foundation Malaysia
SEED or Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Persekitaran Positif Malaysia is the first Trans-led community based organization in Malaysia. Officially registered in 2014, SEED was created to ensure the availability of support services for marginalized communities, especially the Transgender community.
Learn more
Website: seedfoundation.com.my
Facebook: facebook.com/SEEDFMalaysia
Instagram: @seedmalaysia
THAILAND
SISTERS Foundation
SISTERS Foundation is a center for the transgender community, located in Pattaya. Their main programs include a drop-in center and outreach activities. SISTERS provides on site medical services, one to one counseling and skills development, as well as club activities such as make-up, sports and cooking.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/sistersfoundationTH
MONGOLIA
LGBT Centre Mongolia
LGBT Centre Mongolia works to advocate the rights of LGBTQIA+ in Mongolia, their successful policy advocacy strategy led to the outlawing of discrimination as a criminal offence under the new Criminal Code of 2015, prohibition of discrimination in crucial health sector laws and proposed new Labour Law, with protected grounds including sexual orientation, gender identity and health status.
Learn more
Website: lgbtcentre.mn
Instagram: @lgbtcentre.mongolia
LAOS
CHIAs Laos
Community Health and Inclusion Association ( CHIAs) is community led for Health, Rights and Gender of Key Vulnerable Population and People Living with Diseases in Lao PDR.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/chiaslaoscso.org
Day 4
NEPAL
Blue Diamond Society
The Blue Diamond Society is an LGBT rights organization in Nepal. It was established in 2001 to advocate for change in the existing laws against homosexuality and to advocate for the rights of Nepal’s marginalized gay, transgender and other sexual minority communities.
Learn more
Website: bds.org.np/
TIMOR LESTE
Fundasaun CODIVA
Fundasaun CODIVA is a national network for the MSM and TG CBOs throughout Timor Leste. Their objective is to strengthen and mobilize CBO and community, develop and protect safe space between community with other institution, related to health, law and human rights of sexual orientation, and coordinate communication and advocacy for LGBT community to achieve sustainable health related services
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/Fundasaun-Codiva-1431894963740882/
THE PACIFIC
Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network (PSGDN)
Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network is a regional network of Pacific Islanders of diverse non-heteronormative sexual orientation and gender identity/expression in the Pacific (PIDSOGIE). The PSGDN’s missions includes advocating for resourced and sustainable LGBTI community organisations at country level, increased political commitment to PIDSOGIE, and the reform of discriminatory laws and government policies.
Learn more
Facebook: facebook.com/PSGDN
TONGA
The Tonga Leitis’ Association (TLA)
The Tonga Leitis’ Association is an advocacy and education organisation in Tonga, and is the only organisation in the country dedicated to LGBTQ+ issues. In 2016 the association campaigned for greater legal protections for LGBTQ+ Tongans. The association runs a safe house, called ‘Ofa he Paea’, for members of the LGBTQ+ community in Tonga who have been forced away from their homes by homophobia and transphobia.
Learn more
Website: tongaleiti.org
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/tla.galaxy/
You can refer to this page if you need information about trans communities in the Asia Pacific region. Kindly share to show support. As an organisation, we would like to wish you a happy Trans Awareness Week 2021!