ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
The regional crowd is riotous as the APF 2014 begins, with cheers after every shout out to each ASEAN country. The conference this year is in Myanmar for the first time. Celebrating its first public gay marriage in early March, Myanmar seems to be the perfect host for recognition and change.
This year, the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus collaborated with local NGO Colour Rainbow under the Human Rights Education Institute of Burma and met with local activists.
The key to their participation at the APF is visibility. Early portions of the day were spent touching base with the various communities and committees, and making sure we were seen (in order to be heard – refer to video below!)
The ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People's Forum is being held in Yangon, Myanmar from 21 to 24 March. We'll have lots to report from there. Stay tuned! 
More info at their website, http://aseanpeople.org
Last week, from Tuesday 8 October to Thursday 10 October, we had a series of conversations on Twitter about SOGIE issues in Southeast Asia.
Fruitful discussions, too. If you’re interested in reading them in full, go to bit.ly/feed-aseantoo and the @aseansogie feed here: bit.ly/feed-aseansogie. Otherwise, we have a small taste of the dialogues after the jump:
This weekend, ASEAN representatives are meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, to discuss the adoption of the organisation’s Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Children. They should be making their announcement about the declaration on 9 October.
As you know already, SOGIE (sexual orientation and gender identity/expression) was left out of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration. We’re worried that it’ll be left out of this upcoming declaration too.
This is why we’ve started a new social media campaign to highlight the fact that gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people exist within ASEAN, and our rights need to be protected as well. We are ASEAN too!
Help us to spread the word by liking our new Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/aseansogie
Also follow our Twitter account:
@ASEANSOGIE
Please join us in our movement! Spread the word!
Update: We have more photos of some beautiful members of our community below.
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
Legally Registered in the Philippines as Southeast Asia Sexual Orientation,
Gender Identity and Expression Caucus (ASC), Inc. The organization is in
Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC since 2021.
Quezon City, Philippines
Email: communications@aseansogiecaucus.org
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