REIMAGINING OUR FUTURE: TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLES CONVENING, SOUTHEAST ASIA
APTN will convene a five day regional convening for trans human rights defenders, healthcare outreach workers, doctors and community based organisations. The convening aims to assess the state of trans movement, programmes and initiatives in-country, and advocacy particularly in areas such as access to health, legal gender recognition, combating hate crimes and conversion therapy practices.
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CELEBRATING WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2022
Celebrating World Humanitarian Day 2022, we realize that #ItTakesAVillage to help people in crisis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, APTN established COVID-19 Community Support Fund. In total 2,313 people received some kind of relief support during the administration of our support fund, facilitated by our partner organisations for the most in need of help, to whom we are eternally grateful
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[SURVEY] NOMINATIONS FOR HERO AWARS 2022 ENDS TODAY
Nominate your hero! Standing for HIV, Equality and Rights, the HERO Awards is an annual gala event set in Bangkok. The award evening shines a light to the region’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) communities, as well as those who made significant contributions to the HIV response in Asia and the Pacific region.
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[OPPORTUNITY] THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE GLOBAL LGBTI GRANTS PROGRAM
Submission deadline: August 31, 2022
The Williams Institute is delighted to announce a new call for proposals to support global LGBTI/SOGIESC research. Please feel free to share widely with your networks.
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[EVENT] TRANSGENDER MASTERCLASS
Submission deadline: To Be Announced
The Transgender Comprehensive Care Masterclass for Australia, Asia and the Pacific will facilitate an inaugural platform for knowledge exchange and sharing of best practice in trans competent care. The training component will arm health workers with the hard and soft skills required to provide high-quality transgender health services. LEARN MORE→
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VIETNAM - Vietnam’s Health Ministry Stresses ‘LGBT Is Not a Disease’ in Response to Rise in ‘Gay Cure’ Clinics
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health recently issued an official dispatch stressing that homosexuality, bisexuality, and ‘transsexuality’ is not a disease, hence urging to eliminate conversion therapy.
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ASIA - ILGA Asia Queer Arts Festival
On the #ILGAAsia2022 Conference, ILGA is holding the first ever ILGA Asia Queer Arts Festival #IAQAF, featuring queer art and culture from across the Asian region!
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SINGAPORE - Singapore to Repeal Ban on Sex Between Consenting Men
Reversing his opposition to decriminalizing gay sex, Lee Hsien Loong said he believed that the conservative nation was willing to accept the idea of sex between consenting men and revoke the law, known as Section 377A.
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INDIA - First Glossary of Tamil LGBTQIA+ Terms Published by Tamil Nadu Government
The Tamil Nadu government has published a glossary of LGBTQIA+ terms in Tamil in the government gazette in a first-of-its-kind move in the country.
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