ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
News
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Advocacy Dialogue on Engaging in U.N. Special Procedures
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Building a Rainbow in Timor-Leste: Initial Insights and Ways Forward
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Bata at Bahaghari
Statements
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Statement on the Occasion of the 7th Cross-Regional Meeting on Violence Against Children
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Indonesia: Public Caning for Consensual Same Sex Acts against International Human Rights Law
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Statement for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017
External News
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Official Statement of His Excellency Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on LGBT Acceptance
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Justice for Sameera – Ensure thorough investigation & hold perpetrators accountable
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Vietnam recognizes transgender rights in breakthrough vote
Videos
Activist
Voices
Activist voices is a section to share insights, critiques and visions to strengthen LGBTIQ activism in Southeast Asia
Being Moro and LGBT
The life of a gay Moro is difficult. The eyes of our family and society are all on us. And the eyes of Islam, the religion of our upbringing, judge us heavily. In their interpretation of Islam, we are "haram": our feelings are dirty and forbidden. Gay Moros and their inner selves have no place in the "ummah", the community of Muslims, because in this society, there are only two genders in the eyes of God. And so we are forced to pretend and hide from their cruel eyes.