annual report 2015 Uniting communities and movements Thanks and acknowledgements

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association is grateful for the work and support of its volunteers, staff and executive board. A heartfelt thank you goes to the members of ILGA not only for their financial support, but also for the time and energy they commit to furthering the organisation’s aims and objectives.

Last but not least, our thanks to the following organisations:

02 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 Advancing equality

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) is a worldwide federation of organisations committed to equal human rights for LGBTI people and their liberation from all forms of discrimination. Founded in 1978, it enjoys consultative status at the United Nations, where it speaks and lobbies on behalf of almost 1,200 member organisations from 131 countries.

Vision Strategic plan 2014-2018

ILGA is committed to help shap- become a representative voice rights standards and principles ing a world where the human of LGBTI civil society within without discrimination based on rights of all are respected; where international organisations, par- sexual orientation, gender iden- everyone can live in equality and ticularly the United Nations, tity and/or gender expression, freedom; where global justice through collaboration, engage- and sex (intersex). and equity are assured and es- ment, and support of members and partners. reinforce and develop ILGA’s or- tablished regardless of the peo- ganisational capacity (executive ple’s sexual orientations, gender promote diversity, advance board, staff, regions and mem- identities, gender expressions equality and effective applica- bers) to achieve political, social and bodily diversity. tion and enjoyment of human and institutional change.

Mission act as a leading organisation and a global voice for the rights of those who face discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression and sex (intersex). work towards achieving equality, freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people through advocacy, collaborative action, and by educating and informing relevant international and regional institutions as well as governments, media and civil society. empower our members and other human rights organisations in promoting and protecting human rights, irrespective of people’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression and sex (intersex), and to facilitate cooperation and solidarity among ILGA regions and members. promote the diversity and strengths of LGBTI people around the world.

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 03 ILGA represents networks, In the last year, we developed movements, communities, and new partnerships, embarked ear friends, bodies that continue to challenge on new projects, increased our D oppressive and discriminatory capacity and strengthened our ILGA is built on the energy and systems, practices and norms governance structures, aiming passion of its global membership that exclude, outlaw, mutilate at continuing to strengthen the and this year’s Annual Report and kill LGBTIQ people. Around 38-year-old legacy that ILGA has. the world, LGBTIQ movements captures the interactions and dy- We continue to be encouraged and communities are led by those namics present in every aspect of and inspired by all the positive who fight these injustices. our work. Passionate and restless energy that our movements Their commitment and work help activists, along with partners, represent, and we will contin- strengthen the links between lo- allies and families, continue to ue to ensure that ILGA remains cal, national, regional and interna- have a profound impact on many a global leader for the LGBTIQ tional communities of activists, movement. LGBTIQ lives around the world. and this is what ILGA is about. 2015 was marked with ground- The work carried out at our office In Solidarity, breaking moments around the in Geneva and the regional offic- world, and we take this opportu- es in Bangkok, Brussels, Buenos nity to salute our members and Aires and Johannesburg reflects Ruth Baldacchino, activists who have worked for this complex web that is the glob- years to achieve these. Whilst we al LGBTIQ movement. Helen Kennedy celebrate the successes, we con- Co-Secretaries General tinue to recognise the tireless and This report represents one year unseen work carried out in coun- in the work of this organisation tries and communities facing in- that continues to represent justices, setbacks or backlashes. ever-changing and ever-grow- We also remember the lives taken ing communities and move- away by hate-motivated crimes ments determined to help shap- and continue to celebrate these ing a world where everyone can lives through our work. live safely, equally and free.

04 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 t the end of the second year of its 2014-2018 Stra- Ategic plan, ILGA finds itself in a process of sustained growth, both in terms of membership and activities. While members have grown from 1,112 to 1,167, the number and kind of activities has expanded considerably: ad- vocacy at the UN Human Rights Council is no longer limited to the Universal Periodic Review and to lobbying activities in support of resolutions, but covers also Treaty Bodies; the content of the State Sponsored Homophobia report increases in extension of the issues covered and in the depth of the information provid- ed, while ILGA partners with a Ca- nadian data corporation, RIWI, to launch a global attitudes survey on LGBTI people in 65 countries the case of Pan Africa ILGA, to increased visibility of ILGA and as an innovative tool to acquire provide the members in their re- the relevance of its work will essential data for NGOs and al- gions with more opportunities attract new funders and profes- lies to measure the effectiveness to meet, to share and acquire sionals willing to work for us, of their work on the ground and new knowledge and skills and to while the check and balances of to improve on it. The increasing better coordinate their advocacy our governance will ensure that interest and capacity in dealing in relation to their respective the new activities remain within with LGBTI-related data at the regional human rights bodies, the possibility of the organisa- global level has also led us to while the participation of ILGA tion and centred on our mission. in the consortium of NGOs cooperate on a project about a This process of growth would not behind the EU funded initiative global LGBTI inclusion index pro- be possible without the leader- ProtectDefenders.eu provides us moted by the United Nations De- ship of the co-secretaries gener- for the first time with concrete al and the board, the dedication velopment Programme. tools to help and support LGBTI and professionalism of the staff human rights defenders in diffi- members and – ultimately – the At the same time, the connec- culty or even in danger. tion of ILGA with its Trans mem- support of the whole member- bers and non-member organisa- This process of growth, however, ship: these three elements are tions is revitalised thanks to the does not come without challeng- and will continue to be the key in- launch of the Gender Identity and es: the expansion of activities gredients of ILGA’s success. Gender Expression programme, requires on the one hand both while the newly established In- greater professionalism and in- tersex secretariat confirms its creased funding to implement Renato Sabbadini relevance within the global In- them, while posing the risk of Executive Director tersex movement. The regional stretching the energies of the or- structures of ILGA in the global ganisation too thin. South are successfully build- We like to look at these chal- ing their capacity, especially in lenges as opportunities: the

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 05 2015 in numbers

2015 in numbers

North America 100

Europe 492

Latin America & Caribbean 295

06 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 1,167 member organisations 13 organisations or coalitions assisted in their from 131 countries representing 6 regions advocacy before 7 different Treaty Bodies

2 regional conferences held 3 awareness-raising side events hosted during three sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council 1 region (Pan Africa ILGA) officially registered as a non-profit organisation 6,755 Facebook page likes

2 new staff members joining the ILGA World team 10,412 Twitter followers

27 statements delivered at the United Nations Human Rights Council raising LGBTI issues 38 LinkedIn followers

17 human rights defenders welcomed to Geneva 29 issues of the weekly LGBulleTIn published for the UPR advocacy weeks 10 media releases and statements issued

9 LGBTI human rights defenders interviewed for the ILGA meets… series

1 social media campaign: What Does The UN Say?

Asia 131

Africa 104 Oceania 45

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 07 Our regions

forum on lesbian and bisexual like the writer Pedro Lemebel, ILGALAC health during an international or the murders of trans activists meeting in the Dominican Republic. Francela Méndez from El Sal- In 2015 Latin America and the Ca- We were also involved in a report vador and Diana Sacayán from ribbean took giant leaps forward: on development, sexual orientation Argentina. the Civil union pact was approved and gender identity in Uruguay, in Chile, the ban on blood donations and we contributed to the birth from LGBTI persons was dropped of the Regional Centre for LAC in in Argentina, and Jamaica held the cooperation with Civicus and country’s first Pride parade. The Counterpart International. ILGA Asia regional council of ILGALAC sup- ported initiatives like the adop- Our council members were in- 2014 was a groundbreaking year tion of an employment quota for volved also at the international for ILGA-Asia: its first office trans people by the Province of level: they took part both in the was opened in Hong Kong, and Buenos Aires (Argentina), or the CSW and in the 7th Summit of the later registered with the local project to increase punishments Americas, as well as in the Region- authorities. for aggravated crimes based on al conference on Population and Building on the momentum, 2015 homophobia in El Salvador. development in LAC and in the Eu- marked other important steps ropean Governmental LGBT Focal for the region. ILGA-Asia hired 2015 was a busy year also in Points Network. The Executive its first-ever office coordinator, ILGALAC’s office: our first press Director signed a cooperation Sattara Hattirat, and worked dossier about LGBTI adoptions agreement with INADI in Argen- throughout the year to develop in Colombia was published; we tina, and held meetings with the its organisational structures, revamped our website, issued World Bank, Open Society Foun- looking to make its spaces more weekly regional news bulletins dation, IDB, Human Rights First, democratic and inclusive for both and launched our social media USAID, HRCampaigne and OAS. members and non-members. campaign #SomosILGALAC. We published two books about labour Sadly, this year was marked also These were the guidelines under rights of LGBTI persons, in coop- by terrible losses of activists and which the 6th regional confer- eration with ISP, and organised a key members of our community, ence was organised: the event

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08 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 ph. Tongzhi Hotline took in Taiwan in October, gathering more than 360 activists representatives joined the and human rights defenders ILGA Oceania Pacific UN Free & Equal cam- who took part in three days of paign, and they committed to Despite being the smallest in workshops and roundtables, and audit all of the organisation’s terms of population, ILGA Oceania then joined tens of thousands communications for oppressive people marching in the Taipei is perhaps the most diverse language. Pride parade. among all the organisation’s regions, spanning across a wide The last twelve months saw the A new board was also elected range of time zones, islands and representation of the Oceania during the conference: its mem- cultures. region growing within the ILGA bers immediately carried on the family, and enter more and more work of their predecessors to It should come as no surprise, the field of vision of international implement ILGA-Asia’s strate- then, that ILGA Oceania has funders. An amazing result, that gic and action plan, aiming to worked since its very first mo- could not have happened with- see the region grow more and ments to see the diversity of out the constant commitment more as a relevant advocacy cultural values being more and of grassroots activists: we are member-based LGBTIQ organ- more respected within the hu- grateful to them all, and owe a isation, serving and addressing man rights framework. During special “thank you” to those who the needs and priorities of com- 2015, such efforts were made started working three months in munities in the continent. both towards the organisation advance to make the 2016 ILGA and outwards: as much as region Oceania conference possible.

The whole community has taken the work done by the former ILGA ANZAPI and is building on that momentum, to see the human rights of LGBTI persons advance both in the region and interna- tionally. The fires have indeed been stoked and ILGA Oceania is a region to watch in the future.

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ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 09 Our regions

Pan Africa ILGA

Big news for Pan Africa ILGA broke on a late July day: the application it had filed months before was approved and granted. Starting 2015, Pan Africa ILGA is registered as a non-profit organisation: a tremendous gain benefitting both the organisation and its members, most of which ph. Pan Africa ILGA still face state-imposed restric- tions on their abilities to function While busy preparing its 2016 Our advocacy work reached even as legitimate partners in civil regional conference, Pan Africa further: we intervened at the UN society in their countries. ILGA also launched The personal Human Rights Committee’s review is political, a series of roundtable of Canada’s non-compliance with Such a victory made the organ- forums for human rights defend- the International Covenant on Civil isation as strong as ever: a new ers to explore challenges and op- and Political Rights, we partici- pated in Education International’s coordinator and a communica- portunities in building a powerful world congress and we joined a tions officer were appointed, and and resilient LGBTI movement in meeting on LGBTI human rights in the secretariat began operating the continent. Honduras with the US embassy. in a Johannesburg, South Africa office shared with Iranti-Org. We built relationships with labour organisations, drafting Pan Africa ILGA worked through- a cooperation agreement with out the year to strengthen its ILGA North America the Americas office of Public advocacy initiatives. In June 2015, Services International, and we it conducted its first training 2015 will be remembered as the made our voices heard, working on the UN human rights bodies, year same-sex marriage arrived with civil society organisations bringing together activists from in the United States. While we in the review of the Canadian 14 countries due for their Uni- have all celebrated this victory, government’s obligations under versal Periodic Review. A training we have not forgotten that the the UN’s Treaty on economic and on African human rights mecha- struggle towards equality is still social rights. nisms was also organised, with 25 far from over. LGBTI human rights defenders convening in Abuja, Nigeria to This is why our region repre- learn more on how to engage with sented ILGA at two hemispheric the African Commission on Human human rights meetings of the and Peoples’ Rights. Finally, the Organization of American organisation held a pre-confer- States, where we worked on es- ence at the Changing Faces – tablishing relationships with the Changing Spaces conference in OAS LGBTI coalition, advocated Kenya, exploring how to look at on pro-SOGI resolutions and pres- the struggle to advance the human sed for legislative reform to rights of LGBTI people through a protect the bodily autonomy of pan-African lens. intersex children. ph. ILGA North America

10 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 officials; submitted 43 policy ILGA-Europe papers to different European public consultations, as well as The ever-growing regional LGBTI 6 third-party interventions to movement has to operate in the European Court of Human times of political confusion: in Rights; re-granted 45 grants for 2015, the fact that human rights projects carried out by member defenders struggle to make their and partner organisations, and voices heard was all too evident. created three new programmes Nevertheless, the movement to provide resources to LGBTI scored some important vic- persons and their allies. tories in the bygone year, too. ILGA-Europe created alliances Just to mention a few: Ireland with NGOs working in the areas voted for marriage equality and of women’s rights, sexual and introduced gender recognition reproductive health and faith- legislation based on self-deter- based groups to see how they mination; Malta extended legal can work together to increase protection to trans and intersex support for choice and dignity for After a busy year, a number of people; Cyprus and Greece all in Europe. challenges still lies ahead: we will approved civil unions for same- be producing a guide to navigat- sex couples. ing the Organization of American Among all this, ILGA-Europe al- so found the time to organise States that is conscious of religious Having to deal with such a ever- its first-ever fundraising Gala, to rights strategies, and we commit changing environment, ILGA- hold its annual regional confer- to building stronger partnerships Europe followed in pursuit ence in Athens and to move its with ILGA LAC to better work to- to keep LGBTI equality at the team of 17 persons into a new of- gether not only within the OAS, top of the EU’s agenda, engaging fice space in Brussels. but also for the forthcoming Miami with European Union’s bodies, 2017 OutGames. grassroots civil society organisa- A great body of work, which We will also be advocating new tions and national policy-makers. ILGA-Europe will build upon ILGA World membership guide- Since the 2014 annual confer- throughout 2016: a year that will lines, so that our members - ence in Riga, ILGA-Europe organ- bring new challenges to the LGBTI particularly those in marginalized ised 13 conferences and as much movement in the region, and that communities - find more voice at the training sessions; had meetings will also mark the organisation’s with 10 national governments organisation’s world conference. 20th anniversary. and with several high-level

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ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 11 Regional conferences ILGA-Europe: Athens, 28-31 October 2015

Let the numbers speak for them- more visibility to minority groups selves: with more than 450 regis- within the LGBTI community, and tered participants from 53 coun- the first ILGA-Europe Diversi- tries, dozens of speakers and over ty Awards, bestowed on LGBTI 40 workshops held in just four People With Disabilities, was days, 2015 has seen the biggest presented in an effort to recog- ILGA-Europe conference to date. nise good practices in promoting inclusiveness. Hosted by OLKE in collaboration with a handful of other organi- The four days in Athens, then, sations in Athens, Greece, the also saw Darienne Flemington, conference and its sheer size pro- Dragana Todorovic, Yuri Guaiana, vided a clear illustration of how Vladimir Simonko and Micah strong the European LGBTI move- Grzywnowicz being elected new ment can be, especially when it ILGA-Europe board members. opens conversations with allies. Meanwhile, in an unprecedented show of support for the rights As the goal of equality is fiercely of LGBTI people, representa- threatened by opposition groups, tives from all the main Greek ILGA-Europe recognised the need to work to ensure that the parliamentary parties signed an whole LGBTI movement benefits equality pledge during the con- legal, political and social change: ference, committing to advance no one must be left behind, and registered partnership, family this is why Many voices, one law reform, legal gender recog- movement - Together, mobilised nition and combating discrimi- for a just society was chosen as nation in the country. Less than the theme of the conference. two months after the announce- Workshops and sessions were ment, Greece became the 26th organised to explore intersec- European country to recognise tionality issues and to offer same-sex partnerships.

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12 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 ILGA Asia: Taipei, 28-30 October 2015

In late October, 362 delegates souls and bodies of LGBTI organisation’s strategic plan: of LGBTI organisations from persons who still suffer from ILGA Asia is currently processing around the world - as well as stigma, pathologisation and ma- the raw data records collected representatives of UN agen- ny more human rights violations. during the conference, and hopes cies, governments, the ASEAN During the conference, member to obtain results that will lead to SOGIE caucus, the European organisations adopted a plan to producing comprehensive mate- Union and national human rights hold sub-regional consultations rials for advocacy.

and activities around advocacy and awareness campaigns, and also delivered statements on the issues of inclusivity of intersex persons, inclusion and diversity – particularly of diverse women – and gender incongruence of childhood.

New regional board members from South Korea, Taiwan, Ban- gladesh, Nepal, Thailand and Indo- nesia, offering a broad represen- tation of the SOGIESC spectrum, were elected from a list of eleven nominees: Minhee Ryu, Hiker Chiu, Shakhawat Hossain, Manisha commissions – gathered in Taipei Dhakal, Kritipat Chotidhanitsakul for the sixth ILGA Asia regional (Jimmy), and Lia Vica will remain conference. in office for the next two years. The event, preceded by a Trans and an Intersex pre-conference, The conference gave ILGA-Asia was hosted by the Taiwan the chance to gain further insight Tongzhi Hotline Association, about what LGBTIQ communities and came as a precious occasion ask the organisation in terms for human rights defenders to of contributing to grassroots discuss networked initiatives activism and regional advocacy and advance equality in Asia, strategies. Their requests will reclaiming independence for now be integrated into the

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ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 13 Secretariats

This happened first and fore- most on the international level: Intersex the secretariat engaged with secretariat governments and civil society representatives at the 59th ses- MULABI - Espacio Latinoamericano sion of the Commission of the de Sexualidades y Derechos Women’s Status of Women, and was con- (Costa Rica) sulted during the works that will represented by secretariat eventually lead to the adoption Natasha Jiménez Mata of the UNDP LGBTI Inclusion In- United and Strong INC (Saint Lucia) dex. It also took part in the inau- One of 2015’s groundbreaking represented by Kenita Placide moments saw Malta becoming gural Commonwealth Women’s the first country in the world to Forum, and participated in the A just society cannot be developed approve a law prohibiting nor- without the empowerment of first People’s Forum to ever host malizing genital surgeries on all women. And yet, even today, sessions on LGBTI perspectives, intersex infants. Much more work women and girls are still experi- held a few days ahead of the still lies ahead, though, and ILGA’s encing inequality and harsh real- Commonwealth Heads of Gov- first-ever Intersex secretariat ities throughout the world. LBTI ernment Meeting in Malta. committed tirelessly throughout women face even higher risks of 2015 to raising awareness and being subject to violence and dis- The secretariat was also involved advancing the human rights of crimination on various levels, and in organising the third Caribbean intersex persons. this - as the Women’s secretariat Women and Sexual Diversity Con- The secretariat took part in the of ILGA highlighted in a state- ference: hosted together with Forum on Civil Society at the ment delivered during the 29th CariFLAGS Eastern Caribbean pre-Summit of the Americas and session of the UN Human Rights Hub and Womantra, with the sup- Council - is something that in June, soon before delivering port of the Women’s Caucus of “neither cultural diversity nor a statement at the UN Human Trinidad and Tobago, the confer- freedom of religion” can justify. Rights Council in response to ence allowed more than 50 LBT the High Commissioner’s report The Women’s secretariat worked women and straight allies from on female genital mutilation, it throughout 2015 to bring to the all over Latin America and the Ca- joined a meeting with the Special fore how multiple forms of vio- ribbean to come together, share Rapporteur on the right to health. lence and discrimination affect their experiences in advocating These efforts paved the way for the lives of lesbian, bisexual, trans human rights, join forces and the unprecedented events that and intersex women, and to raise strategize on how to pursue the followed: during his opening statement at the 30th session awareness of the specific strug- freedom and liberty of all women. gles facing them. of the Human Rights Council, the

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14 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 issued a statement – consistent with the Cape Town declaration - to support the ban of gender identity diagnoses in the In- ternational Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). It was a truly defining moment, marking the High Commissioner for Human commitment of the secretariat to Rights specifically talked about Trans secretariat supporting the global movement intersex persons. Two days later, fighting against gender incongru- STRAP – Society of Transsexual the first UN-convened expert ence in childhood. Women Philippines (Philippines) meeting on intersex was held. While continuing to work at a represented by Mikee Inton and In 2015, the secretariat also gave a United Nations’ level, the secre- Brenda Alegre talk on a panel at the Commission tariat also supported the Intersex of the Status of Women, and took European Forum that gathered In essence, the Trans secretariat part in meetings with UNDP, UN dozens of activists in the French had a good year. Good, as it got Women and Unicef; it was repre- city of Douarnenez, and took part exposed to current issues faced sented at the ILGA-Europe confer- in a meeting of LGBTI political by trans people worldwide; and ence, and it joined the conversation leaders in Latin America and the good, as it was able to connect about the fight against fundamen- Caribbean. human rights defenders and talism at the Outsummit. All these organisations from around the occasions allowed the secretariat An Intersex workshop, then, took world, and helped them network. to highlight best practices in advo- place during the ILGA Asia Intersex cacy, and also to connect with hu- pre-conference: the event marked The overarching theme of inter- man rights defenders committed an unprecedented chance for com- sectionality as an approach to to advancing equality. This network munity members in the region to human rights advocacy, a guiding will surely of help in furthering the share stories and resources, and principle for all of the organisa- secretariat’s new project on Trans culminated in an Intersex Asia tion’s work, surfaced many times Terminologies, a collection of Coming Out Day, when six activists during the year also for the sec- write-ups from around the world were invited to the stage of the big- retariat, and especially during the about local terms that refer to gest Pride parade in the region and ILGA-Asia Trans pre-conference. trans or trans-like identities. were introduced to nearly 80,000 The event was attended by Currently in the works, it will hope- people marching for equality. more than 40 human rights fully be launched at the 2016 ILGA defenders and activists, who World Conference in Bangkok.

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ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 15 ILGA AT THE UNITED NATIONS

16 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 As the only global federation of LGBTI organisations, ILGA uses its access at the UN to raise the visibility and protection of LGBTI persons at various United Nations fora. The last twelve months proved crucial for the organisation to gain even greater strength.

In May 2015, ILGA appointed The ILGA UN team also reached a new UN Programme officer, out beyond these mainstream UN Helen Nolan, and has launched spaces. In 2015, it took part in var- a programme to better engage ious advocacy weeks, conducted with the UN Treaty Bodies – the trainings, worked to establish independent organs that monitor a coalition of NGOs supporting State compliance with interna- tional human rights law treaties. diverse family inclusion in UN spaces, and engaged in platforms With an expanded team, to which addressing HIV/AIDS response three interns also gave an invalu- and the intersectionality of faith able contribution throughout the and LGBTI human rights. year, ILGA could start to focus on UN Special Procedures, while Thanks to the hard work of many, continuing to conduct advoca- ILGA is giving voice to grassroots, cy at the Human Rights Council, national and regional LGBTI civil or help member organizations society at the international level to question their governments’ with ever-growing efficacy. 2016 record on LGBTI human rights will see the association building on within the Universal Periodic Review, or raise LBTI visibility that momentum, and continuing at the Commission on the Status its call for positive change for of Women. LGBTI persons worldwide.

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 17 ILGA engages three times a year For the first time in the organisa- Historically, ILGA has engaged in with the UN Human Rights Council, tion’s history, in May 2015, ILGA the UN Special Procedures on an and 2015 was no exception: launched a new programme ad hoc basis only. much had to be done to build on to better engage with the UN the energy Council’s successful Treaty Bodies. The early days of Starting 2015, though, thanks to approval in 2014 of its second the programme centred on con- its newly expanded team, the SOGI resolution. sultations with organisations organisation began to interact already contributing to commit- more often with this system During the 28th session, ILGA tees, and to establish a working of independent human rights followed-up on statements de- group to share strategies. experts. ILGA met and connected livered by States commenting on LGBTI human rights defenders that resolution, and responded Later in the year, ILGA briefed with a wide range of Special Pro- to the report by the Special experts in the annual joint meet- cedures. The organisation also Rapporteur on freedom of reli- ing of the Committee against notified its members of upcom- Torture and the Subcommittee gion or belief. ing country visits by Special Pro- for the Prevention of Torture re- cedures so that they could share garding torture risks to LGBTI The pace picked up dramatically information on SOGIESC issues. in the 29th session. In fact, SOGI persons; it assisted in a briefing of the Human Rights Committee issues took centre stage again ILGA began to make submissions after the new OHCHR report on intersex persons, and also made a submission in consul- to Special Procedures in order to on Discrimination and violence ensure that their thematic reports against individuals based on tation with Kaleidoscope, ICJ and ISHR to the Human Rights made SOGIESC references where their sexual orientation and relevant. Submissions were made gender identity was released. Committee on its draft Gen- eral Comment on the Right to to shape the reports of the ILGA led, joined and delivered Special Rapporteur on health on fifteen SOGIESC-specific state- Life. Throughout the year, ILGA maintained its core work of sup- mental health and on adoles- ments. It also coordinated a joint cents, the Working Group on statement made by over 400 civil porting LGBTI organisations in engaging with the committees, Discrimination against Women’s society organizations, calling on assisting 13 NGOs and coalitions report on health and security, governments to take further ac- in preparing reports and/or their and the Special Rapporteur on tion at the Human Rights Coun- advocacy in Geneva before seven housing’s report on homelessness. cil. Two side events – organised different Treaty Bodies. The organisation also provided with ISHR and Civicus, and with the governments of the USA and Brazil respectively – were also “ILGA was greatly helpful not only logistically convened. but also emotionally because lobbying at the The 30th session began with the UN sometimes can make one feel helpless and historic mention of human rights intimidated in front of experts.” violations facing intersex per- (Azusa Yamashita, Gay Japan News) sons by the High Commissioner for Human Rights during his The Committees have shown opening remarks, and continued substantial comments for the some sensitivity to a wide va- report of the Special Rapporteur with ILGA delivering eight SOGI- riety of important issues for ESC-related statements. on health on sports and healthy LGBTI human rights defenders. lifestyles, as wells as for the The organisation also convened Encouragingly, between 2014 and a side event with intersex human report of the Special Rappor- 2015, there was an increase from teur on torture’s report on de- rights defenders. 34% to 46% of country reviews tention. All of the published that resulted in Concluding Ob- reports above contain in-depth New challenges and opportunities servations containing SOGIESC discussion of SOGIESC issues. await in 2016: the year will issues. Further engagement with probably see a third SOGI resolu- the UN Treaty Bodies will be cru- tion, and ILGA has already begun cial for the advancement of the consulting with both civil society human rights of LGBTI persons in and government representatives. the years ahead.

18 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 In 2015 ILGA assisted LGBTI hu- This strategy is leading to import- man rights defenders from 16 ant results. During the second of the countries being reviewed cycle of the Universal Periodic under the Universal Periodic Review, due to end in 2016, there Review mechanism. The team has been an increase in recom- has variously supported both mendations on issues of sexual their presence in Geneva and orientation, gender identity and their preparation of reports and expression, and sex character- ILGA supported the Women’s statements to be delivered, while istics both being made and ac- secretariat in its engagement also monitoring recommenda- cepted: an indication that more at the 59th session of the tions made at the working group and more LGBTI human rights Commission on the Status of sessions. defenders are being heard in the Women held in March 2015 in New York, which focused on the Beijing Declaration and Platform “ILGA provided us with tools and guidelines for Action twenty years after its on the process both on the ground in Bolivia adoption, at the Fourth World and in Geneva. Without their support, our Conference on Women. participation would have been something During the session, ILGA worked impossible to achieve.” in coalition with other NGOs to (Frank Evelio Arteaga. MANODIVERSA. Bolivia) hold an awareness-raising side event, monitored developments As civil society is involved in UPR process, and that the sensi- of the debate and met with every step of the lengthy and tivity of several governments on government representatives, often complicated reviews of SOGIESC issues is increasing. encouraging them to include ref- their countries, ILGA puts special erences to sexual orientation, effort to help them navigate the The work on the Universal Peri- gender identity and expression, process. Three weeks of advoca- odic Review was led for the best and sex characteristics in the cy around the Universal Periodic part of 2015 by UN Programme language endorsed by the CSW. Review were organised in 2015 officer Alberto Ulises Quero in Geneva, during which human García, who left the team in Oc- As a crucial occasion for net- rights defenders were trained on tober after nearly two years. working and discussing common advocacy, made presentations The UPR work was then run by strategies, ILGA also maintained to States, exchanged views with Kara DeMilio until a new UN Pro- an email group to facilitate dis- each other and held many meet- gramme officer, Diana Carolina cussion on LBTI issues during the ings with diplomatic missions, all Prado Mosquera, was appointed session. organized by ILGA. in early 2016.

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 19 GENDER IDENTITY AND GENDER EXPRESSION PROGRAMME

20 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 In 2015, ILGA developed its Gender Identity and Gender Expression strategy, solidifying and giving direction both to the programme and the work of the programme officer.

It aims to achieve a number of Through supporting civil society things, all of which are in some engage the Treaty Bodies, Uni- form of partnership – with ILGA’s versal Periodic Review and the Trans secretariat, trans-led Human Rights Council, and rais- organisations and experts around ing issues before Special Proce- the world, ILGA’s United Nations dures, ILGA brings issues to the programme, other human rights fore in the advancement of trans organisations and UN agencies. rights. With community input, It is well known that the strength ILGA contributed to two reports of ILGA lies in its membership. by the Special Rapporteur on the However, for the Gender Identity right to health, participated in and Gender Expression programme expert consultations at the UN, the strength also lies in the contributed to public events, con- knowledge and strategic think- ferences and trainings and made ing of those who have laid the strategic statements at Human groundwork in trans movements, Rights Council sessions. A Trans and of those who continue to do pre-conference was also held at so today. While the organisation the ILGA-Asia conference. aims at supporting the work of local, regional and global trans-led In 2016, we plan to release guides organisations and programmes, it recognises first of all that the ex- on utilising the Treaty Bodies and pertise lies in the trans communi- an advocacy tool on legal rights, ties themselves. in addition to building on lon- ger term strategic and capacity ILGA also contributes through its building work already started in work at the United Nations and 2015. We are looking forward to a on location in Geneva. fruitful year ahead.

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 21 LOOKING OUTWARDS

22 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 LOOKING OUTWARDS

An integral element of ILGA’s raison d’être is to assist activists in achieving their self-identified aims through work with international human rights mechanisms, organizational capacity development and dissemination of credible information.

State Sponsored Homophobia and Map of Sexual Orientation Laws in the World

The tenth edition of ILGA’s flag- ship annual publication, State “This comprehensive Sponsored Homophobia and its analysis should be used attendant map, was launched at the United Nations’ Palais de as an eye-opener to Nations on 13 May 2015. Mona those oblivious to the Rishmawi from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Hu- fact that 76 countries man Rights, Ambassador Regina in the world still crimi- Maria Cordeiro Dunlop of Brazil, nalise same-sex sexual Nigerian human rights defender Joseph Sewedo Akoro and co-au- acts, and more coun- thor Aengus Carroll addressed tries that criminalise the gathering. Representatives ‘homosexuality’ in oth- of the diplomatic missions of Uru- guay, Chile and Colombia, among er ways, subjecting in- the initiators of the second-ever dividuals to dangers, SOGI resolution at the Human risks, abuses, harass- Rights Council in 2014, were also in attendance. ment and violations on the basis of their gender Researched and written by Aen- gus Carroll and Lucas Paoli Itab- and sexuality.” orahy, the 2015 edition lists laws source: International Lesbian, Gay, Bi- that criminalise us (activity), pro- sexual, Trans and Intersex Association: tect us (discrimination or hate) Carroll, A. & Itaborahy, L.P. State Spon- or recognise us (relationships), sored Homophobia 2015: A world survey and provides a credible reference of laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition of same-sex love (Geneva; source for human rights defend- ILGA, May 2015) ers, activists, researchers, organ- isations and institutions.

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 23 This 10th edition carried more in- The UNDP LGBTI Inclusion Index should flow from them in areas formation on States’ engagement such as economic life, socio-po- with international mechanisms The Global LGBTI Inclusion Index litical engagement, safety and than previously, in light of the hu- is an initiative that seeks, violence, education and health. man rights work being carried out amongst other objectives, to The report on the findings from by LGBTI human rights defenders create or enhance the tools to fill this survey will be available in 2016. in criminalising States. As well as empirical data gaps and address In December 2015, a three-day ac- an essay on intersectionality in key areas of LGBTI life around the tivist meeting was facilitated by LGBT advocacy written by the world. Following a multi-sectorial Outright Action International to Sexual Rights Initiative, the 10th experts’ meeting in September discuss the findings and concepts edition featured an overview of 2015, convened by the UNDP and – again, a report on this will be SOGI work at the UN and ILGA’s the Office of the High Commis- distributed by the UNDP in 2016. part in that, as well five socio- sioner for Human Rights, it was legal regional overviews on each agreed that ILGA and OutRight The ILGA-RIWI Global Attitudes continent. Action International (formerly Survey on LGBTI IGLHRC) would oversee a global Throughout the year, in line with consultation process on a num- At the launch of State Spon- rising institutional and corporate ber of proposals put forward. sored Homophobia 2015, ILGA consciousness around LGBTI also delivered the results of a issues, we have seen State ILGA designed (with UNDP) and 52-country survey on public atti- disseminated a survey on what tudes to same-sex marriage that Sponsored Homophobia cited in should comprise the central had been carried out in 2014 by a numerous impactful forums and themes of focus, or dimensions, Canadian data research compa- documents (UN, EU, IACHR, US and the sets of indicators that ny, RIWI. Although same-sex mar- Supreme Court, World Bank, UNAIDS, OHCHR, World Eco- nomic Forum, and many more). “LGBTI economic, political and social exclusion remains pervasive, resulting in a lack of access to things like adequate education and health services. If LGBTI people continue to face exclusion, the Sustainable Development Goals will remain out of our reach. We must quickly sort out what it will take to ensure LGBTI inclusion.”

Source: CORTEZ C., When People Are Counted, No One Is Left Behind, undp.org

24 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 LOGOTYPE HEADLINE

riage as an advocacy objective exists for only a part of ILGA’s International civil society implementing membership, it was the effective- the EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism ness of the technology to garner information on SOGI issues, and expression, and about ProtectDefenders.eu particularly Internationalfrom civilLGBT-hostile society implementing the EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism intersex, while others are more states, that was of great interest. generic - about ‘LGBTI’. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Through targeting digital de- It is expected that when finances And yet, working to defend LGBTI vices (phonesInternational and civil societycomputers) implementing the EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism allow us to stay in the field in any human rights often renders LGBTI that try to access non exist- of these countries to amass a activists as target of hate. ing web addresses (i.e. typed large respondent base, we may It is crucial to offer them means in the address bar by mistake), PROTECTDEFENDERS.EU VISUAL IDENTITY GUIDELINES & BEST PRACTICES PROTECTDEFENDERS.EU be able to © 2016 make very real LGBTI to break the isolation they are the RIWI technology sends 6 population estimates. The man- forced to work into, and this is a survey in the appropriate ner in which data is returned why ILGA chose to become part world language to potential re- allowed researchers to analyse of ProtectDefenders.eu, the first spondents in any city, prov- it (‘cut’) by age, gender identity comprehensive EU Human Rights ince, country or territory in the (male/female/other), sexual ori- Defenders mechanism. world. This means comparative entation, sex characteristic sta- SOGI-related data from hard- tus, and geography. This is the Funded by the European Union, to-reach places (for example, first study of this scale and reach ProtectDefenders.eu was laun- Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan) can for in the world. ched in Brussels in December the first time ever be collated. 2015. It offers human rights de- For the first phase of this study, fenders at risk a platform to re- As such, in July 2015 ILGA began formally titled ILGA-RIWI Global ceive practical support, apply for to engage with RIWI to deter- Attitudes Survey on LGBTI Peo- emergency grants, ask for tem- mine the viability of creating a ple 2016, in partnership with Logo, porary relocation or join trainings longitudinal study on public atti- 65 countries were targeted. ILGA to meet their long-term securi- tudes to LGBTI people and our is- decided that to be able to speak ty needs. In case of immediate sues, so that attitudinal changes definitively on these figures and threats, human rights defenders to sexual orientation and gender so they can be relied on in advo- can also call the 24/7 emergen- identity can be tracked annually, cacy, a minimum cut-off figure cy hotline, where LGBTI-friendly and reliable empirical data can of 700 respondents per country operators speak Arabic, English, be triangulated and deployed by would suffice. As will be reported French, Russian and Spanish. activists in their advocacy work by ILGA, this figure was surpassed nationally and internationally. in 53 countries. ILGA (which will begin working in During 2015, 31 survey questions the Consortium in 2016) is part of were identified: many of which This ILGA/RIWI survey data and the mechanism along with elev- ask specifically about LGB-iden- the on-going work in State Spon- en other international civil so- tified subjects, gender identity sored Homophobia are expect- ciety organisations, committed ed to be utilised in the United to working together for human Nations Development Pro- rights defenders worldwide. gramme (UNDP) LGBTI Inclusion Index, which ILGA and others were involved in the seminal stages of designing and negotiating in 2015.

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 25 Executive board members Co-secretaries general Alternate Intersex secretariat Ruth Baldacchino OII Australia Malta Gay Rights Movement Australia Malta represented by Morgan Carpenter

Helen Kennedy Pan Africa ILGA Egale Canada Canada Monica Tabengwa Botswana Human Rights Watch Alternate co-secretary general Richard Lusimbo Yahia Zaidi Sexual Minorities Uganda Algeria / Belgium Uganda MantiQitna Network

Tamara Adrián Diverlex Venezuela Pan Africa ILGA alternates until September 2015 Akudo Oguaghamba Nigeria Women’s secretariat Women’s Health and Equal Right United and Strong INC (WHER) Initiative Saint Lucia represented by Kenita Placide Richard Lusimbo Uganda Sexual Minorities Uganda Alternate Women’s secretariat CHOUF Minorities ILGA Asia Tunisia Hiker Chiu represented by Khouloud Mahdhaoui Taiwan OII Chinese Trans secretariat Manisha Dhakal STRAP – Society of Transsexual Nepal Women Philippines Blue Diamond Society Philippines represented by Mikee Inton and Brenda Alegre ILGA Asia alternates Minhee Ryu South Korea Alternate Trans secretariat The Korean Society of Law and Policy on Movimiento Antidiscriminatorio de Liberación Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Argentina Kritipat Chotidhanitsakul (Jimmy) Intersex secretariat Thailand MULABI - Espacio Latinoamericano Transmen Alliance Thailand de Sexualidades y Derechos Costa Rica represented by Natasha Jiménez Mata

26 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 ILGA-Europe ILGA North America Anastasia Danilova Haven Herrin Moldova United States of America Information Center GENDERDOC-M Soulforce

Martin Iversen Christensen Stephen Seaborn Denmark Canada LGBT Denmark Solidarity Pride Committee – Ontario Federation of Labour

ILGA-Europe alternates ILGA North America alternates Krister Karttnunen Finland Jose Alegria SETA United States of America El Centro Hispano

In ILGA-Europe, the co-chairs (Joyce Hamilton of COC Nederland and Brian Sheehan of GLEN - the Gay and Lesbian Dominique Dubuc Equality Network) are not the same as the representatives on Canada ILGA World’s board

ILGA LAC Josefina Valencia Toledano ILGA Oceania Mexico Ymania Brown El Closet de Sor Juana Samoa Samoa Fa’afafine Association

Beto de Jesús Brasil Corey Irlam Instituto Edson Neris Australia Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby ILGA LAC alternates Natasha Jimenéz Mata ILGA Oceania alternates Costa Rica Anna Brown MULABI - Espacio Latinoamericano Australia de Sexualidades y Derechos Human Rights Law Center

Sandra Alvarez Mosalve Ecuador Morgan Carpenter Organización Ecuatoriana Australia de Mujeres Lesbianas OII Australia

Executive board members as per 31 December 2015. ILGA Asia was represented on the executive board by Kaona “Toto” Saowakun (Thailand) and Dan-Dan ”Dana” Zhang (Chinese Movimiento Antidiscriminatorio de Liberación, the alternate Lala Association, China/Hong Kong) from March 2013 to October Trans secretariat, has been represented on the ILGA executive 2015. Their alternates were Toen King Oey (Arus Pelangi, board by Diana Sacayán. She was killed in October 2015. Indonesia) and Poedijati Fen Siang (Gaya Nusatara, Indonesia).

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 27 Our member organisations

PAN AFRICA ILGA • Good Hope Metropolitan Community Church Iran Uzbekistan • Inclusive & Affirming Ministries – IAM • Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees • Vertae Full members • International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights • JoopeA Vietnam Commission (Africa) Israel • Institute for Studies of Society Economy and • Iranti-Org • Aguda - The Israeli national LGBT task force Environment MENA region • ISSA - Intersex South Africa • Al-Qaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in • MantiQitna Network • Joburg Pride Palestinian Society Associate members Algeria • Kaleidoscope Youth Network • Aswat (Palestinian Gay Women) • Abu Nawas Algerie • OUT - LGBT Well – Being • AKHAM-Algeria • Haifa LGBT Forum Bangladesh • SHE social health and empowerment feminist • Havruta - Religious Gays • Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation • Alouen collective of transgender and intersex women • Khomsa • Hoshen Hong Kong of Africa • Unitarian Ministries International Botswana Japan • South African Youth Liberation Organization • G-Front Kansai India • LEGABIBO Lesbians Gays and Bisexuals of • The Inner Circle Botswana • GayJapanNews • Rajasthan Network for People living with HIV/AIDS • The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project • Japan Association for the Lesbian and Gay Malaysia Burundi • Triangle Project movement – OCCUR • Sunduvan Refuge Community • Association pour la Protection et la Promotion • UJ Liberati - University of Johannesburg des Droits a l› Education des Indigents (APDEI) • Space allies Myanmar Sudan • TOKYO Pride • Tin Aung Win (Burnet Institute) • Jeunes Actifs Pour le Développement des lgbt au • Freedom Sudan Burundi (jad lgbt) Kazakhstan Thailand • Mouvement pour les Libertes Individuelles – MOLI Tunisia • Alliance-Asia • Thai Youth Action Program • Mawjoudin (we exist) • Public Organization Amulet • MUCO • 2 anonymous members • Rainbow Candle Light • 1 anonymous member Anonymous associate members • URUMURI Uganda Kurdistan • Fem Alliance • 1 anonymous member • Bangladesh (1) Cameroon • FEMME OF VARLOUR – FOV Kyrgystan • Malaysia (1) • AC HREDHO-CAMEROUN • Freedom and Roam Uganda • Pakistan (1) • ACODES -Cameroun - Sex Workers • Kyrgyz Indigo • i freedom Uganda Network • LGBT Organization Labrys • ADEFHO • Icebreakersuganda • Alternatives-Cameroun • Spectrum Uganda Initiatives Inc Lebanon ILGA-EUROPE • Association de defense des droits des lesbiennes • Meem • Sexual Minorities Uganda • HeLeM Full members • Association de Lutte contre les violences faites • Support Initiative for People with atypical Sex aux Femmes Malaysia Development • PT Foundation • Association Espoir Plus • Trans Support Initiative-Uganda Albania • Cameroonian Foundation For AIDS – CAMFAIDS Maldives • Aleanca Kunder Diskriminimit LGBT (Alliance • Uganda Q. Y. U. • Rainbow Maldives against LGBT discrimination) • Colibri • 3 anonymous members • Humanity First Cameroon Myanmar • Pink Embassy/LGBT Pro Albania • Singaboud • Colors of Rainbow Armenia Associate members • LGBT Centre • Guarantee Center of Civil Society Democratic Republic of Congo • Association communautaire de defense et de • Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbian and • Public Information and Need of Knowledge South Africa Gay - Myanmar (PFLAG-Myanmar) protection de la vie au Congo - AC /DPV – CONGO • Zakheni Training and Development Centre • Society Without Violence NGO • MOPREDS - Mouvement pour la Promotion • Youth for Health • We For Civil Equality Nepal du respect et egalité des droits des minorités Anonymous associate members Austria sexuelles • Blue Diamond Society • Austrian Gay Professionals • Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko RSM Pakistan • Austrian Queer Families • Gambia (1) • LG.Motivators Egypt • Uganda (1) • Chat/Grape • Bedayaa Organization • Naz Male Health Alliance Pakistan (aka. NMHA) • Green Party LGBT Group (Austria) • 1 anonymous member Philippines • Homosexual Initiative (HOSI) Salzburg ILGA–ASIA • Association of Transgenders in the Philippines Ghana • Homosexual Initiative (HOSI) Vienna • Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights Full members • Can-t Live in the Closet Inc. • Homosexuelle Initiative Linz (HOSI Linz) - The of Ghana • CebuPride Lesbian and Gay Movement in Upper Austria • Priorities On Rights and Sexual Health • GALANG Philippines • Homosexuelle und Glaube Wien Bangladesh • Isis International Ivory Coast • Badhan Hijra Sangha • QWIEN - Zentrum fur schwul/lesbische Kultur • Arc En Ciel Plus • Bandhu Social Welfare Society • Katlo und Geschichte • Metropolitan Community Church of Metro Baguio Kenya • Bangladesh Association for Gays – BAG • Rechtskomitee LA MBDA • Changing Attitude Kenya • Boys of Bangladesh • Miss Maanyag Gay Organization of Butuan / • Rosa Lila Tipp – RLT • Gay Activists Alliance International Africa Kenya • Roopbaan Ladlad Caraga • SoHo - Sozialdemokratie & Homosexualitat • Outrage Magazine • Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya - GALC K • Shawprova • VEPO Austria • Gay Kenya Trust • Philippine Forum on Sports Culture Sexuality and Cambodia Human Rights Azerbaijan • HIV/AIDS PEOPLE ALLIANCE OF KENYA • Rainbow Community Kampuchea • Gender and Development • Let Good Be Told In us (LGBTI) Nyanza & Western • Silaka Organization • PLM PRIDE Coalition - Nyawek Coalition • Progressive Alliance of Lesbians on the Philip- Belarus China pines (Prolesb) • GayBelarus • Minority Women in Action • AIBAI culture & education center • Gay.by - Gay Alliance Belarus • Persons Marginalized and Aggrieved Kenya • Beijing Aizhixing Institute • Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philip- pines ProGay Belgium • Queer Talk • Beijing Gender Health Education Institute • Arc-en-Ciel Wallonie - Fédération wallonne des • SDA Kinship • Chi Heng Foundation • Society of the Transsexual Women of the Philippines • The Order of Saint Aelred associations LGBT • Tamba Pwani • China Queer Independent Films • Belgian Business Association • Women Working with Women - 3W • Chinese Lala Alliance • Tumba Lata-Davao Inc. • University of the Philippines Babaylan • Belgian Pride Liberia • Civil Rights for Sexual Diversities • Brussels Gay Sports • Stop AIDs in Liberia • Common Language (Tongyu) • UPLB Babaylan • Women Media Circle Foundation Inc. • Casa Rosa Mauritius • Qingdao Sunshine Group • çavaria • Collectif Arc-en-Ciel Republic of Korea • Shanghai Nvai Lesbian Group • EGALITE - Equality for Gays And Lesbians In The • Young Queer Alliance • The Rainbow Sky Working Group • Korean Gay Men’s Human Rights Group Chingusai European Institutions Morocco • Tongzhi Community Joint Meeting – TCJM • English-speaking Gay Group • 1 anonymous member • Trans China (Alliance of Chinese Transgenders) • Korean Sexual-minority Culture and Rights Center • Ex Aequo Mozambique • Women Coalition of HKSAR • Lambda Association Mozambique • KSLP - Korean Society of Law and Policy on • Federation Arc-en-ciel India Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity • Genres Pluriels Namibia • Bharosa Trust • Sister Namibia • Bombay Dost (The newsmagazine of Pride Singapore • Goudou • Out-Right Namibia Publications Pvt Ltd) • Oogachaga Counselling and Support • HAGAR • People Like Us - PLU Singapore • Het Roze Huis ? çavaria Antwerpen Nigeria • Equal India Alliance • African Focus For Youth Development • G.H.A.R. - Gay Housing Assistance Resource • Sayoni • Holebihuis Leuven • Alliance Rights Nigeria • Gay Bombay Group • SGRainbow • IGLYO - International Lesbian Gay Bisexual • House of Rainbow • Gaybombay.org Sri Lanka Transgender and Queer Youth and Student • International centre for reproductive health and • Humsafar Trust • Diversity And Solidarity Trust Organisation sexual rights • Ibteda-e-anees • Equal Ground • Mikpunt (aiming point) • Male Attitude Network • Lakshya Trust • Women Support Group • NELFA Network of European LGBT Families • Queer Alliance Nigeria • Maan AIDS Foundation Taiwan Association • Women’s Health and Equal Rights Initiative • SAKHI • Organisation Intersex International-Chinese • Polaris- West-Vlaams Regenbooghuis vzw • Youths 2gether Network • Sangini Trust • Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership • Rainbowhouse Brussels (Maison arc-en-ciel / • 1 anonymous member • Sappho for Equality Rights Regenbooghuis Bruxelles/Brussels) Rwanda • Swabhava • Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy • RoSa Documentation Centre and Activities on • Horizon Community Association • VELVET- a support group for LBT women • Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association Equal Opportunity • Human Rights First Rwanda Association • Vikalp Women Group / Parma • Transgender Punk Activist Taiwan • Tels Quels asbl Senegal • 2 anonymous members Tajikistan • Wel Jong niet Hetero • AIDES Sénégal Indonesia • Equal opportunities • Why me South Africa • Arus Pelangi Thailand • WISH Werkgroep Internationale Solidariteit met • ACTIVATE (University of Witwatersrand) • Gaya Nusantara Foundation • Anjaree Group Holebi’s • Gays Without Borders • Behind the Mask • IGAMA Foundation Bosnia and Herzegovina • Coalition of African Lesbians • Institut Pelangi Perempuan - Women Rainbow • MPLUS FOUNDATION • Fondacija CURE • Durban Lesbian & Gay Community & Health Centre Institute • Purple Sky Network • Organisation Q • Engender • Komunitas Sehati Makassar • Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand (RSAT) • Sarajevo Open Centre • Forum for the Empowerment of Women – FEW • People Like Us - PLU Indonesia • Transmen Alliance (Thailand) Bulgaria • Gay Umbrella • Violet Grey United Arab Emirates • Bilitis Resource Center Foundation • Gender DynamiX – GDX • Youth Interfaith Forum on Sexuality • 1 anonymous member • Sofia Pride Foundation

28 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 Croatia Germany • Ireos - Centro Servizi Autogestito Comunita Queer • Drustvo DIH - Association for integration of • ISKORAK - Sexual and gender minorities rights • AG Lesben und Schwule in der Berliner SPD • Lambda - Associazione Amici della Fondazione homosexuality centre • Akademie Waldschloesschen Sandro Penna • Lesbian Group SKUC-LL • Lesbian Group Kontra • Aktionsbuendnis gegen Homophobie e.V. • Lieviti - Bisessuali, Pansessuali e Queer Italiani • Roza Klub • Lesbian organization / Lezbijska organizacija • BAG (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft) - Die Linke. • Omphalos Gay and Lesbian Life • SKUC-MAGNUS Rijeka - LOR I queer • PLUS Onlus Spain • Rispet - LGBT association Split • BiNe German Bisexual Network • Rete Genitori Rainbow • ASECAL • Trans Aid - Association for promoting and • Bundesarbeitskreis Lesben Schwule Bisexuelle Kosovo • Asociación Catalana para la Integración de protecting the rights of trans, inter and gender und Transgender in ver.di • Centre for Equality and Liberty for the LGBT Homosexuales Bisexuales y Transexuales variant persons • Bundnis 90/Die Grunen Landesverband Berlin community in Kosova Inmigrantes – ACATHI • Women s Room - Zenska Soba • Fliederlich e.V. • Libertas • Asociación Española de Transexuales • Zagreb Pride Organization • Homosexuelle und Kirche Germany • Qendra për Emancipim Shoqëror (Center for - AET-Transexualia Social Emancipation) - QESh Cyprus • Initiative Queer Nations e.V. • Asociacion Internacional de Familias por la • Accept - LGBT Cyprus • International Support Group for Information Latvia Diversidad Sexual – FDS • Feminist Atölye Transfer and Networking ISGITN • Alliance of lesbian gay bisexual transpersons and • Asociación Reacciona! • Gay Liberation Movement of Cyprus • IVIM / Organisation Intersex International – their friends - Mozaika • Associacio de Families Lesbianes i Gais • Queer Cyprus Association German Chapter - IVIM / OII-Germany Lithuania • Barcelona International Lesbian and Gay Film • Lithuanian Gay League Czech Republic • Lesben und Schwule in der Union Festival • Charlie o. s. • Lesbenring e.V. • Tolerant Youth Association • Casal Lambda • PROUD Platform for equality recognition and • Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany • ZEPHIRO: Progressive Platform for Human Rights • Chrysallis Asociación de Familias de Menores diversity • LiSL Deutschland e.V. - Liberal Gays and Luxemburg Transexuales Denmark Lesbians Germany • Rosa Letzebuerg ASBL • Col-lectiu Lambda de Valencia • BLUS • LGBTI-WCI - Website Certification Institute Macedonia • Colectivo de Lesbianas y Gays de Madrid CO GAM • Lambda - Bosser og Lesbiske pa Fyn • LUSK UNI-Köln • LGBT United Macedonia • COLEGAS Confederación Española Asociaciones • LGBT Asylum • Mann-O-Meter e.V. • LGBTI Support Centre de lesbianas gays bisexuales y transexuales • LGBT Denmark: Danish National Association for • Municipal Working Group Tolerantly Brandenburg • Subversive Front - association for critical • Coordinadora de Lesbianes Gais Transsexuals i Gays and Lesbians • Nefes (Breath) LGBT Azerbaijan Alliance approach to gender and sexuality Bisexuals de Catalunya • LGBT Ungdom • OII Europe • Women’s Alliance • FELGTB - Federacion Estatal de Lesbianas Gays • Pangea International LGBTIQA+ • PROUT AT WORK-Foundation Malta Transexuales y Bisexuales • Sabaah • Referat fur Lesben Schwule Bi & Transsexuelle • Malta Gay Rights Movement • Fundación Daniela Estonia der ASTA TU Moldova • Fundación Triangulo por la Igualdad Social de • AIDS-i Tugikeskus (AIDS Information & Support • RollenWechsel in Oldenburg • GenderDoc-M Information Centre Gays y Lesbianas Center) • Schwulenreferat der Montenegro • GEHITU Asociación de gays lesbianas transex- • Eesti Nahkmeeste Klub Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universitat • LGBT Forum Progress uales y bisexuales del País Vasco. Euskal Herriko • Estonian AIDS Prevention Centre • Sonntags-Club e.V. • Juventas lesbiana gay transexual eta bisexualen elkartea. • Estonian LGBT Association • Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv & Bibliothek e.V. Norway • G.L.A.Y. - Gay Lesbian Association Yumbo, Gran • Gei ja lesbi infokeskus (Estonian Gay League) • Sub - Schwules Kommunikations- und Kulturz- • LLH - The Norwegian Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Canaria, Spain Finland entrum München e.V. (Sub e.V.) Transgender Organisation • Grupo Lesbianas Gays Transexuales y Bisexuales • Helsingin seudun SETA ry • Transgender Europe e.V. • LLH - The Norwegian LGBT Association - Bergen del PSOE • Oulun SETA ry • TransInterQueer e.V and Hordaland • It Gets Better Espana • Pirkanmaan SETA ry • Völklinger Kreis e.V. • LLH - The Norwegian LGBT Association – • Orgullo LGTB Madrid • Rainbow Families Finland Greece Nordland Region • Plataforma Popular Gay • SETA - LGBTI Rights in Finland • Co-operation Against Homophobia • LLH - The Norwegian LGBT Association - Oslo • SOM COM SOM Collectiu per l Alliberament • Trasek ry • Lesb.Equal - Lesbians for Equality og Akershus Sexual del Valles • OLKE - Lesbian and Gay Community of Greece • LLH - The Norwegian LGBT Association • Turun seudun SETA ry Sweden France Hungary – Rogaland • Arab Initiative • Actions Concrètes Conciliant Education • Habeas Corpus Working Group • Skeiv Ungdom - Queer Youth • Association of Nordic and Pol-Balt LGBTQ Prévention Travail Equité Santé et Sport pour les • Háttér Support Society for LGBT People in • Skeiv Verden - Queer World Student Organizations Transgenres - ACCE PTESS –T Hungary (Hatter Tarsasag a Melegekert) • The National organization for transsexuals in • C-Gay The National Network of HBT persons • An Nou Alle ! • Hungarian LGBT Alliance Norway (LFTS) - local group in Bergen within the Centre Party • Arc-en-ciel Toulouse • Transvanilla Transgender Association Poland • Fin Hope Organization • ARDHIS Iceland • A.W.R. Softpress • HBT-liberaler (LGBT liberals) • Association de Lutte Internationales pour L • Intersex Iceland • Campaign Against Homophobia • Hbt-socialdemokrater Sverige Identite des Femmes Transgenres Travestis • Samtokin • Fundacja Rownosci (Equality Foundation) • OII (Organization Intersex International) Scandinavia transsexuelles et Sida Ireland • KdT Fundacja Kultura dla Tolerancji - Culture for • Posithiva Gruppen (HIV/AIDS Group Sweden) • Association des Familles Homoparentales • BeLonG To Youth Services tolerance Foundation • RFSL Forbundet (National) • Association des Parents et Futurs Parents Gays • Cork Gay Community Development Ltd. • Lambda Szczecin Association • RFSL Fyrbodal et Lesbiens • GLEN Gay and Lesbian Equality Network • Lambda Warszawa Association (Warsaw) • RFSL Gavleborg • Association Gayttitude Psychologie • Labour LGBT Ireland • LGBT Business Forum • RFSL Goteborg • Association nationale transgenre -Trans Aide • LGBT NOISE • Trans-Fuzja Foundation • RFSL Kronoberg • Association Professionnelle des Personnels • LGBT Society University College Cork Portugal • RFSL Linkoping Educatifs LGBT – APPEL • LGBT Synergy • Associação Tudo Vai Melhorar • RFSL Malmo • Association Psy Gay • Marriage Equality • Beja Diversidades • RFSL Nord • Association The Warning • National Lesbian and Gay Federation – Ireland • ILGA Portugal • RFSL Norrkoping • CARITIG • Outhouse LGBT Community Resource Centre • Obra Gay Associacao • RFSL Orebro • CENTR’ÉGAUX - Association des Centristes Italy Romania • RFSL Ostersund et Democrates Lesbiennes Gays Bi Trans et • Anddos - Associazione Nazionale contro le • ACT -Q ROMANIA • RFSL Skaraborg GayFriendly Discriminazioni da Orientamento Sessuale • Asociatia ACCEPT • RFSL Stockholm • Centre LGBT Paris Ile de France • Arcigay Catania • Association Equal from Romania • RFSL Sundsvall • Eu sunt! Tu? part of Population Services Interna- • Chéries-Chéris - Festival du Films Gay Lesbiens • Arcigay Frida Byron Ravenna • RFSL Umea Trans et de Paris – FFGLP tional in Romania • Arcigay Gioconda Reggio Emilia • RFSL Ungdom The Swedish Youth Federation for • Comité pour la reconnaissance sociale des • Arcigay Il Cassero Russia homosexuel/ les CRSH • Coming Out Russia St. Petersburg Public LGBT rights • Arcigay la Fenice • Rikstorbundet Ekumeniska grupporna for kristna • Contact Paris/Ile-de-France • Arcigay Marcella di Folco Salerno Organization • Coordination Lesbienne en France – CLF • Gay Youth Right Defence Organization homooch bisexuella (EKHO) • Arcigay Nazionale • ROHS - National Swedish LGBT Solidarity • CQFD Fierte Lesbienne • Arcigay Piacenza • Moscow Public Association “STIMUL” • David & Jonathan • Murmansk regional public organization Organization • Arcigay Pisa • ROHS - Riksorganisationen Homosexuella • Europe Ecologie - Les Verts • Arcigay Roma Gruppo Ora • Raduzhny Dom • Federation Francaise des Centres LGBT • ArciLesbica • Rainbow Association Moscow Socialister • Fondation de France - Rainbow Solidarité • ArciLesbica Bologna • Rakurs - Arkhangelsk regional non-governmental • Swedish Federation of LGBTQ student • Gaipar • Associazione Genitori di Omosessuali AGEDO LGBT organization organisations • GayLib • Associazione InformaGay • Russian LGBT Network • Transföreningen FPES • HM2F - Homosexuels Musulmans 2 France • Associazione Omosessuale Articolo Tre di • Russian LGBT Sport Federation Switzerland • Homosexualites et Socialisme Palermo • Russian National GLBT Center TO GETHER • Association 360 • Inter-LGBT • Associazione Quore • Samara LGBT right movement Averse (Obverse) • DIALOGAI • L Autre Cercle • Associazione Radicale Certi Diritti • The St.Petersburg LGBT Human Rights “Krilija” • Fédération genevoise des associations LGBT • L Egide maison régionale des associations • Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI - Rete Lenford Center • Homosexual Working Groups Zurich • Homosexuelle Arbeitsgruppen Basel – HABS Lesbiennes Gays Bi Trans • Centro Risorse LGBTI Serbia • Rainbow Banquass • Circolo di Cultura Omosessuale Mario Mieli • Belgrade Pride Parade • Homosexuelle Arbeitsgruppen Bern • Réseau d assistance aux victimes d agréssion et • Circomassimo - Associazione gay e lesbica / • Gay Lesbian Info Centre • Juragai de discriminations – RAVAD Arcigay Ferrara • Gay Straight Alliance • Lesbenorganisation Schweiz – LOS • RHIF et Les Juristes Gais • Comitato provinciale Arcigay Alan Mathison • Gayten - Center for Promotion of LGBT Human • Lestime • SOS homophobie - Association nationale de lutte Turing - Arcigay Rimini Rights • ORAM Organization for Refuge Asylum and contre la lesbophobie la gayphobie la biphobie • Comitato Provinciale Arcigay Bergamo Cives • Labris Migration et la transphobie • Comitato provinciale Arcigay CIG – Milano • Novi Sad Lesbian Organization • Pink Apple Lesbian & Gay Film Festival • Txy - Communauté des Travestis Transgenres & • Comitato Provinciale Matthew Shepard - Arcigay • Queeria - Center for Promoting Culture of • PINK CROSS Organisation Suisse des Gais Transidentitaires Modena Non-Violence and Equality • The Swiss Rainbow Families Association • Verein Network • Universites d’Ete Euro-mediterraneennes des • Coordinamento Torino Pride LGBT Slovakia Homosexualites • CUBE - Centro Universitario Bolognese di • Dúhové srdce • Verein Zurich Pride Festival Georgia Etnosemiotica • Hnutie Ganymedes • VoGay - Association vaudoise des Personnes • Identoba • D.E.L.O.S. • Iniciativa Inakost concernées par l’Homosexualité • Inclusive Foundation • Di Gay Project • Queer Leaders Forum • WyberNet - gay business women • LGBT Georgia • Famiglie Arcobaleno Slovenia The Netherlands • Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group • Fondazione FUORI • Association informational centre LEGEBITRA • African Gay Youth Foundation

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 29 Our member organisations

• AOb Algemene Onderwijsbond (General Union for • UNISON - South East - LGBT Group • Centro Cristiano de la Comunidad GLTTB • Grupo Iguais de Conscientizacao Contra o Education of the Netherlands) • UNISON - South West - LGBT Group Asociacion Civil Preconceito e Inclusao Social - G.I.C.P.I.S • Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond - Onderwijsbond • UNISON - Stockport Local Government Branch • Colectivo por la Igualdad • Grupo Livre-Mente: Conscientização e Direitos – Homowerkgroep – LGBT Group • Comunidad Homosexual Argentina Humanos de GLT • COC – Amsterdam • UNISON - West Midlands - LGBT group • Deportistas Argentinos Gays - DOGOS • Grupo Pluralidade e Diversidade de Duque de • COC – Nederland • UNISON - Wolverhampton branch LGBT group • Escrita en el Cuerpo - Archivo y biblioteca de Caxias • COC – Rotterdam • UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Region - LGBT lesbianas mujeres bisexuales y diferentes • Grupo Primavera • COC – Tilburg group • Facultad de Medicina GLB • Inpar 28 de Junho- Instituto Paranaense 28 • Dutch Bisexual Network • Wise Thoughts/Gaywise • Federacion Argentina de Lesbianas Gays de Junho • EduDivers Ukraine Bisexuales y Trans – FALGBT • Instituto Edson Neris • Embrace Pink Foundation • All Ukrainian Public Organization Gay Forum • Futuro Transgenerico • Lesbicas Organizadas da Baixada Santista • European Forum of LGBT Christian Groups of Ukraine • Grupo de mujeres de la Argentina Foro de VIH • Libertos Comunicacao • European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation • Gay Alliance Ukraine mujeres y familia • Movimento de Lésbicas e Mulheres Bissexuais • European Gay Police Association • Informational-educational Center ?Women • Grupo de Sida por la Vida da Bahia • Foundation Transman Network? • Grupo Isis - Investigacion en Subjetividad e • Movimento do Espírito Lilás - MEL • Global Alliance for LGBT Education • Insight public organization Imaginarios Sociales • Movimento Gay Leões do Norte • HomoVisie • Mykolayiv Association for Gays, Lesbians and • Iglesia de la Comunidad Metropolitana de • Movimento Homossexual de Belem - MHB • ILGA Support Group Utrecht Bisexuals ‘LIGA’ Buenos Aires • ONG Grupo 7 Cores • Internationaal Homo/Lesbisch Informatiecentrum • Nash Mir (Our World) Gay and Lesbian Center • IGLHRC - Comisión Internacional de Derechos • ONG Reintegrando Vidas en Archief IHLIA-Homodok • NGO Democratic Society Humanos para Gays y Lesbianas - Programa • ONG Visibilidade LGBT - Sao Carlos • Landelijk Homonetwerk Politie • Public organization Informational-Educational para América Latina • Rede de Informacao Um Outro Olhar • Meer dan Gewenst Center “For Equal Rights” • Jóvenes x la Diversidad • Satyricon - Grupo de Apoio e Defesa da • Netwerk Roze FNV • Stable Reference Group of Odessa Region • Las Safinas Acción Lesbica Orientação Sexual • RozeLinks • Movimiento Antidiscriminatorio de Liberación • Somos - Comunicacao Saude e Sexualidade • Stichting De Kringen Utrecht • Nexo Asociacion Civil (Grupo Nexo) Associate members • TAB IRAH - Associação de Homossexuais • Stichting FLL • Puerta Abierta Lésbicas Travestis...de Tabira • Stichting Homosexualiteit En Krijgsmacht • RedTrans MaV • 1 anonymous member • Stichting Roze Zaterdagen Nederland Belgium • Secretaria de Diversidad Sexual del Partido • Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique - Section du Chile • Transgender Netwerk Nederland – TNN Depot Legal Socialista • Corporación Chilena de Prevención del Sida • Transman.nl • European AIDS Treatment Group • Sociedad de Integración Gay-Lesbica Argentina - ACCIONGAY • Workplace Pride • Omaniae - SIGLA • FADISE CHILE (Falange por la Diversidad Sexual)

Turkey Bulgaria Bolivia • Fundación Iguales • Ayı Sözlük • Bulgarian Helsinki Committee - BHC • Asociacion civil de desarollo social y promoción • GAHT - Grupo de Apoyo a Hombres Trans • Black Pink Triangle Izmir Association - Siyah cultural - ADESPROC Libertad GLBT Cyprus • HOD Chile - Judios por la diversidad Pembe Üçgen Izmir • Gender and Minorities Institute • Colectivo TLGB de Bolivia • Ideas Sin Genero - ISIG • Gay & Lesbian to socialize and Rehabilitation • Colectivo Trans Las Divas Estonia • Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosex- – GLSRS • NGO Estonian Network PLWHIV • Comite Diversidades Sexuales y Genericas ual - MOVILH • Kaos GL Cochabamba France • Movimiento Deportivo de Integración GLTB • Lambdaistanbul LGBT Solidarity Association • Neuromedia • EQUIDAD - Movdeinchile • LISTAG (Families of LGBT in Istanbul) • Public Services International • Espacio de Estudios de la Diversidad Sexual y • Movimiento por la Diversidad Sexual – MUMS • Pink Life Association LGBTT Solidarity (Pembe Generica Familia Galan Germany • Organización de Transexuales por la Dignidad de Hayat) • AStA Universitat zu Koln • Fundación Diversencia la Diversidad OTD • Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights • Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH • Fundación Igualdad LGBT • Sindicato de Trabajadoras Independientes Association • Manodiversa Travestis Italy • Organización de Travestis, Transgéneros y • Social Policies Gender Identity and Sexual • Human Rights Awareness • Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores y Trabajado- Orientation Studies Association – SPOD Transexuales Femeninas de Bolivia • Municipality of Venice - LGBT Cultural Policies Dept. • Plataforma por la Diversidad ras Luis Gauthier United Kingdom • Transgéneras por el cambio • ALEGRI Serbia Brazil • Birmingham LGBT • AS - Center for the Empowerment Youth of • ABGLT Associação Brasileira de Lésbicas Gays • Traveschile • Broken Rainbow UK people who are living with HIV and AIDS Bissexuais Travestis e Transexuais Colombia • Campaign for Homosexual Equality Spain • ADEH-Nostro Mundo - Grupo de trabalho LGBTI • Asociación Lideres en Acción • Cara-Friend • Govern de Catalunya Programa per al collectiu • APOLO - Grupo Pela Livre Orientação Sexual • Asociacion por el Derecho a la Identidad Cultural • Coalition on Sexual Orientation gai lesbià i transsexual • Articulação e Movimento Homossexual de y Sexual de los y las Transgeneristas en Colom- • Consortium of LGB Voluntary & Community • InOut Post Recife - AMHOR bia Transcolombia Organisations Switzerland • Associaçao das Travestis da Paraba • Caribe afirmativo • Croydon Area Gay Society • Department for International Development DFID • Associação das Travestis de Salvador ? ATRÁS • Colectivo Leon Zuleta • Equality Network • London Councils • Associação de Travestis do Piauí - ATRA PI • Colombia Diversa • GALHA the LGBT section of the BHA • Osmosoft • Associacao Goiana de Gays Lesbicas e Trans- • Corporación El Otro • Gay Activists Alliance international • T&G - Unite the Union generos - AGLT • Corporación Femm • Gay Christian Europe • United Kingdom • Associação Grupo Ipê Amarelo pela Livre • CORPORACION RED SOMOS • Gay Men’s Health • University and College Union UCU Orientação Sexual - GIAMA • Fundación Chaina • HERE • Visages du Monde Organisation de Voyages Sarl • ATOBÁ - Movimento de Afirmação Homossexual • Fundacion Proyecto ARCO IRIS LGBTI • Imaan The Netherlands • CDG Brasil - Comite Desportivo GLS Brasileiro • Junio Unicidad • Intersex UK • Gay care Amsterdam • Centro de Estudios Homoeroticos da Universi- • Mujeres al Borde • Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang) • Gemeente Utrecht dienst welzijn dade de Sao Paulo • Red de Apoyo a Transgeneristas • Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group • Groenlinks • Centro de Luta pela Livre Orientacao Sexual de • Siete Colores Bucaramanga • Kaleidoscope Diversity Trust • HIV/Aids education for Surinamese Antilleans Minas Gerais Costa Rica • Labour Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Bisexual and Arubans. Care and Prevention • Coletivo de Feministas Lesbicas • Asociación Comunidad Arco Iris and Transgender Rights - LGBT Labour • Landelijk Expertise Centrum Diversiteit • Coletivo de Gays Mirindiba • Centro de Investigación Y promoción para Améri- • Lesbian gay & Bisexual Anti-Violence and • Universiteit Utrecht Department of Clinical • Coletivo Feminista Marias ca Central de Derechos Humanos - CIPAC Policing Group Psychology • CORSA - Cidadania Orgulho Respeito Solidarie- • Movimiento Diversidad Pro Derechos Humanos • LGBT History Month - United Kingdom Poland dade e Amor y Salud • LGBT Youth North West • Federation for People Living with HIV/AIDS • Diversidade Paraiba • Mujer y Mujer • LGBT Youth Scotland “Pozytywni w Teczy” • Eros - Grupo de Apoio e Luta pela Livre Orien- • Mulabi • London Bisexual Group • Pink Press Warsaw tação Sexual do Sul da Bahia Cuba • London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard Portugal • Estruturação - Grupo de Lésbicas Gays Bissexu- • Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual - CENESEX • Metro Centre Ltd. • PortugalGay.pt ais Travestis e Trans de Brasília • Proyecto Arcoiris de Cuba • Micro Rainbow International Sweden • Fundação e Associação de Ação Social e DH • Sociedad Cubana Multidisciplinaria para el • Mosaic LGBT Youth Centre • RFSU - Riksförbundet för sexuell upplysning GLBT de Canavieiras e Região Estudio de la Sexualidad (SOCUMES) • National Union of Students Lesbian Gay Bisexual Turkey • GRADELOS - Grupo Afro-descendente de livre • TransCuba and Trans Campaign • Turk Gay Club orientacao sexual Curacao • Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association United Kingdom • Grupo 28 de junho - pela cidadania • FOKO Curacao Pride Foundation • OutRage! • RMT Homossexual • Pink Orange Alliance • Pink Therapy • Grupo Arco-Íris de Cidadania LGBT Dominica • Press for Change ILGA - LAC • Grupo Arco-Iris do Delta • Caribbean HIV Aids Partnership / CHAP Dominica • Rainbow Jews/Liberal Judaism • Grupo Beija-flor Organização em Defesa da Livre Dominican Republic • Stonewall Equality Full members Orientação e Expressão Sexual • Alianza Nacional de Hombres Gay Trans y • Stonewall Scotland • Grupo Cabo Free de Conscientizacao otros HSH • Swansea Pride Region Homossexual • Transsa - Trans Siempre Amigas • The Fire Brigades Union LGBT Committee • Todo mejora • Grupo de Acao Pela Cidadania de Lesbicas Gays Ecuador • The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement LGCM Argentina Travestis Transexuais e Bissexuais • Asociación Mujer & Mujer - Colectivo LGBTI • The Lesbian and Gay Foundation – LGF • A.C.I.D.S. (Acción Ciudadana para la Integración • Grupo de Gays & Lesbiacas de Partido Socialista • FEDAEPS • Transcend Support Group de la Diversidad Sexual) dos Trabalhadores Unificado (PSTU) • Fundación Amigos por la Vida – FAMIVIDA • TransLondon • Acción Politica Lesbica Gay Trans Bisexual • Grupo de Resistencia Asa Branca • Fundación de Desarrollo Humano Integral • UK Black Pride • Agrupacion de Profesionales Universitarias y • Grupo Dignidade Causana • UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group Empresarias Lesbianas - APUEL • Grupo Eles Por Eles • Fundación Ecuatoriana Por Una Diversidad • UNISON - Cymru Wales - LGBT group • Area de Estudios Queer • Grupo Expressao Incluyente (FEDI) • UNISON - East Midlands - LGBT Group • Area de la Diversidad Sexual • Grupo Fênix - Movimento em Defesa da Cidada- • Fundación Transgeneros Peninsular – FUTPEN • UNISON - Greater London - LGBT group • Area Queer nia LGBT de Pojuca • Organización Ecuatoriana de Mujeres Lesbianas • UNISON - National LGBT Committee • Asociación De La Diversidad Sexual De Tartagal • Grupo Gay da Bahia OEML • UNISON - North West - LGBT Group (ADISTAR) • Grupo Habeas Corpus Potiguar • Organización Ecuatoriana Lesbianas Desafiando • UNISON - Northern - LGBT Group • Asociación de lucha por la Identidad Travesti • Grupo Homossexual da Periferia Mitos • UNISON - Nottinghamshire Healthcare LGBT group Transexual A.L.I.T.T • Grupo Homossexual do Cabo • Red Trans de el Oro • UNISON - Scotland - LGBT group • Buenos Aires Leather Club • Grupo Humanus - Grupo LGBT de Itabuna • Silueta X Cuenca

30 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 El Salvador • Asociación Civil Diversidad San Martinense • Centro Comunitario de Investigacion y Recursos • San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender • Asociacion Comunicando y Capacitando a • Asociación de Gays Feministas El Club de Toby en Sexualidad y Derechos Humanos Pride Celebration Committee mujeres TRANS con VIH en El Salvador - • Asociacion de Travestis con VIH Y SIDA Las Mil • K anchay Killa S.A.C. • SEIU Lavender Caucus COMCAVIS TRANS Manos de la Solidaridad • Machete Gay Tours • Soulforce Inc. • Asociacion Salvadorena de Derechos Humanos • Asociacion DESPERTAR • Red de Comunicacion e Informacion para Grupos • Southerners on New Ground – Entre Amigos • Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos de Ayuda Mutua del Peru - REDECOMS • St. Paul’s Foundation for International • El SalvadorG Sexuales y Reproductivos - PROMSEX Trinidad and Tobago Reconciliation Guatemala • ciudadaniasx • REd Initiatives • The Council for Global Equality • Organización de Apoyo a una Sexualidad Integral • Colectivo Claveles Rojos Venezuela • The Honolulu Pride Festival Foundation frente al Sida • Colectivo ContraNaturas • Acción Zuliana por la Vida • The Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender • Red Multicultural de Mujeres Trans de Guatemala • Colectivo Uniones Peru • Asesoria en educación y salud de Venezuela Community Center - NYC - REDMMUTRANS • Diario de Lima Gay – ASES • The Loft • Red Nacional de Diversidad Sexual y VIH de • Elisa Natalia • The National LGBT Bar Association Guatemala • Epicentro ILGA–NORTH AMERICA • The World Congress of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and • Trabastidores • Grupo de Mujeres Diversas Transgender Jews Inc. – WCGLBTJ • 1 anonymous member • Instituto Runa de Desarrollo y Estudios sobre Full members • USC Lambda LGBT Alumni Association Guyana Genero • UFCW OUTreach • Guyana RainBow Foundation Inc. – GuyBow • Kolektiva Rebeldías Lésbicas Canada • Youth Transgender & Intersex Educational • Altern-Art de Quebec - GLBT Quebec inc. Haiti • Lesbianas independientes feministas socialistas Services - Youth TIES • Ma liberté • Lesbianas Unidas Activistas de Piura • ARC International • Association Gai-Cote-Sud • Organisation Arc-en-ciel d’Haïti (ORAH) • LGBT Legal Peru Associate members • Movimiento Homosexual de Lima • Canadian Labour Congress - Solidarity and Pride Honduras Working Group • Asociacion Lesbica Gay ARCOIRIS de Honduras • Mujeres de Otra Indole Canada • 1 anonymous member • Plural Peru • Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives • ETFO - Elementary teachers’ Federation of • Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition Jamaica • Programa de Soporte a la Auto Ayuda de perso- Ontario • Jamaica Forum of Lesbians All-sexuals and • Canadian Union of Public Employees - CUPE/ • Maxcen-Math nas con VIH - PROSA - sección LGBTI LGBT group Gays- J-FLAG • Radio Mujeres • Xtra / Pink Triangle Press • Canadian Union of Public Employees Toronto • United food and commercial workers of Canada Mexico • Raiz 2.0 District Council - CUPE Toronto/LGBT group • Acción Ciudadana de Construcción Nacional AC • Red Das Con Equidad (LGBT) United States of America • Agencia de Noticias sobre Diversidad Sexual • Capital Pride • City of Oakland • Vida-Integración-Desarrollo-Amor • Coalition Gaie et Lesbienne du Quebec - CGLQ • Agenda LGBT A.C. • 1 anonymous member • Cornell University Library • Almas Cautivas • Conseil Quebecois des Gais et Lesbiennes • dotgay.com Puerto Rico • December 9th Coalition • Asistencial Tiempo Nuevo AC - ATNAC • Coaì • Harrington Park Press LLC • BALANCE - Promoción para el Desarrollo y • EGALE Canada • Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Saint Lucia • Fierte Montreal Pride Juventud A.C. • CARIFLAGS Caribbean Forum for Liberation and Rights • Fondation Émergence • Labadie Collection • Colectivo Binni Laanu A.C. Acceptance of Genders and Sexualities • GAI Ecoute • Colectivo Seres A.C. • Leather Archives & Museum Suriname • Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association • Colectivo Sol - CIDHOM • Suriname Men United • NAGLREP - The National Association of Gay and - GLISA Lesbian Real Estate Professionals • Colega O. A.C. Colectivo Gay de Occidente A.C. • Women S Way Foundation - WSW • Gay Persons of Color: An Eye on the Gay Worlds • Comisión Nacional de Diversidad Sexual del Par- • San Diego State University Trinidad and Tobago of Color and Their Allies • United Church of Christ US tido de la Revolución Democrática - CNDSPRD • FreePride Foundation Project • Groupe regional d intervention social de Quebec • Comité Estatal de Diversidad Sexual de Colima Uruguay -GRIS (CEDISE) • Asociación de Minorias Sexuales del Uruguay • Immigration and Refugee BoardResource Centre ILGA–OCEANIA • Comité Orgullo Puebla - COP - A.MI.SE.U. - Vancouver • Comunidad metropolitana A.C. nzex COMAC • Campesinas rebeldes • Iranian Queer Organization Full members • Comunidad Orgullo GLBTI Tijuana Mexico • LGBT Family Coalition Coalition des familles • Centro de Estudios DE Genero y diversidad • Condomóvil AC SEXual - CEDEGSEX homoparentales Australia • El Closet de Sor Juana • Pink Dot MTL • {also} Foundation • Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Interdisciplin- • ACON - Community Health Action • Frente Ciudadano Pro Derechos de Transexuales arios en Sexualidad del Uruguay- CIEI-SU • Pink Triangle Committee ? Ontario Division of the y Transgeneros • Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International • Durazno Diverso Canadian Union of Public Employees • Fundación Arcoiris por el respeto a la diversidad • Qmunity • Australia Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task sexual - FUNDARDS Venezuela Force • Alianza Lambda de Venezuela • Rainbow Health Ontario • Genero Etica y Salud Sexual AC • Rainbow Railroad • Australian Bisexual Network • Grupo de acción información y reflexión • Bloque Socialista Unido de Liberación • Australian Greens LGBTI members homosexual • Solidarity & Pride Committee S & P Ontario Ambiente Texcoco Federation of Labour • Brimbank Community Initiatives INC • Colectivo Almas • Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) • Grupo Gayente A.C. grupo de la Diversidad United States of America sexual de la Riviera Maya • Diversidad e Igualdad a través de la Ley - Marrickville DIVERLEX • Advocates for Informed Choice • Grupo Lesbico Universitario • Asian and Pacific Islander Family Pride • Freedom 2 b[e] • Grupo Opción Bisexual • FESTDIVQ- Festival Venezolano de Cine de la • Gay & Lesbian Community Services of South Diversidad • Atlanta Pride Committee Inc. • Guadalajara Gay Radio • Bisexual Network of the USA Australia • Humana Nacion Trans • Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral - FUDEIN • Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies / Internation- • Gay & Lesbian International Sports Association • I LOVE CANCUN PRIDE PARADE - ILC PP • Fundación Reflejos de Venezuela – FRV al Resource Network Asia Pacfic • Letra S sida cultura y vida cotidiana A.C. • Fundación Venezolana de Apoyo a la Diversidad • Christopher Street West/Los Angeles Pride • Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby • Morelos Sin Discriminación Sexual - FUVADIS • DESIDYKES South Asian LBT women • Gay Free Thinkers • MujerxMujer... Tu Espacio • Maturin es Diversidad • Equality Illinois • Harbour City Bears • Musas de Metal Grupo de Mujeres Gay A.C. • Movimiento la cultura es Diversa • Federation of Gay Games • Human Rights Law Centre (LGBTI rights unit) • No Dejarse es Incluirse AC • Union Afirmativa de Venezuela • Fundación Lorena Borjas • It Gets Better Australia • RDfine Colima • Venezuela Diversa Asociacion Civil • GALA Choruses • Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation • Sociedad y Cultura Derechos Humanos y • 1 anonymous member • Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington DC • Metropolitan Community Church Brisbane Desarrollo Social • Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) • National LGBTI Health Alliance • Teatro Cabaret Las Reinas Chulas AC Associate members • Georgia Equality • PFLAG-Perth Inc • Transformarte 2.0 A.C • GetaVision • Queer Noise • 2 anonymous members Argentina • Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) • Sydney Star Observer • Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Nicaragua • Agrupacion XANGO • Greater Palm Springs Pride • Centro Nicaragüense para el Desarrollo Humano • GayDatos.com • Heritage of Pride Inc. Association CNPEDH Bolivia • Human Rights Campaign • Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group • Centro para la Educación y Prevención del • Asociación Vivo en Positivo • IGLHRC • University of Technology Sydney Queer Collective SIDA - CEPRESI • Comunidad de Investigación Acción en Derechos • Immigration Equality • Victorian AIDS COUNCIL/Gay Men-s Health Centre • Comunidad Homosexual de Nicaragua (CHN) y Ciudadanías • Interface Project • Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby • Wear it Purple • Fundación Xochiquetzal Brazil • International Association of Gay and Lesbian • Grupo Lesbico Nicaraguense Safo • Associacao Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS - ABIA Martial Artists Fiji • Iglesia de la Comunidad Metropolitana de • Movimento Salvador Pela Paz • International MI CASA Foundation • Drodrolagi Movement Nicaragua • Núcleo de Desenvolvimento Social e Cultural da • Interpride • Males Empowerment Network Fiji • Iniciativa desde la Diversidad Sexual por los Bahia – NUDESC • It Gets Better Project • Oceania Pride • Kentucky Equality Federation • Rainbow Pride Foundation (Fiji) Limited DDHH Chile • 2 anonymous members • Asociacion Pro Famila Aprofa • Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc. • Survival Advocacy Network • Latin@s En Acción • WAC - Fiji Women s Action For Change Panama Colombia • Lavender Seniors of the East Bay • Asociacion Hombre y Mujeres Nuevos de • Asociación para la divulgación promoción y Kiribati Panama • LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland • Tungaru LGBT defensa de los derechos humanos e indigenas - • Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Inc • Asociación Nuevos Horizontes GLBTIO Akuaipa Waimakat New Zealand • Lutherans Concerned/North America • Agender New Zealand Inc. Paraguay • Fundación Para el Desarrollo en Salud • Marriage Equality USA • ITANZ - Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand • Grupo Ñepyrú - Centro de Investigación y FUNDESALUD Educación Sexual • More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns • Organisation Intersex International Aotearoa • Fundación Social Gualanday – MIAU • Multicultural Ministry with Sexual Minorities/ • Pacific Islands Safety & Prevention Project Inc. • Paragay • SOMOSGAY Mexico Otras Ovejas (Other Sheep) • Rainbow Wellington • Calmecac Alianza Ciudadana A.C. • National Gay & Lesbian Task Force • Wellington Gay & Lesbian Christian Community Peru • Mr Gay World Mexico • Asociación Amigas por Siempre Promoviendo • NESsT - Galeforce Capital Samoa

Tus derechos Nicaragua • Old Lesbians Organizing for Change • Faafafine Association Inc. • Asociación Civil Amistad y Respeto • Procuraduria para la Defensa de los Derechos • Organization Intersex International USA - OII USA • Society of Faafaafine in American Samoa • Asociación Civil Angel Azul Humanos • OutFront Minnesota - S.O.F.I.A.S. • Asociacion Civil de Diversidad Sexual de la Panama • Pride at Work - P@W Tonga Region Callao «Alma chalaca» • Grupo Génesis Panamá Positivo • Research Institute Without Walls Inc. • Pacific Sexual Diversity Network Peru • San Diego LGBT Pride • Tonga Leiti s Association - TLA

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 31 Staff

Natalia Voltchkova André du Plessis Finance manager UN Programme and Renato Sabbadini advocacy manager Executive director

Alessia Valenza Helen Nolan Zhan Chiam Membership UN Programme officer Gender identity and gender and communication officer expression Programme officer

Aengus Carroll Researcher on SOGIESC-related socio-legal subjects

Daniele Paletta Social media consultant

Staff members as per 31 December 2015

32 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 The year saw quite a few changes in the staff. After six years as a finance and administration officer for ILGA, Espérance Kana left the team in October 2015. Around the same period, also Alberto Ulises Quero García resigned from his position as UN Pro- gramme officer, after having lead the work on the Universal Periodic Review after almost two years. Three more persons have joined us in our office during 2015: Annelise Kannenberg-Canavarro, Paula Olaz and KaraDeMilio have all interned with ILGA, giving an invaluable support to the work of ILGA’s United Nations team.

Zhan Chiam Gender identity and gender expression Programme officer

ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 33 Financial information

This summary is based on ILGA audited accounts for 2015, which are presented without comparison to 2014. The financial accounts for 2015 and 2014 are not directly comparable as they have been prepared according to two different legislations following the move of ILGA headquarters from Belgium to Switzerland.

The total operating expenditures in 2015 was 1,235,240 EUR (1,348,400 CHF), while the total income in 2015 was 1,242,360 EUR (1,356,173 CHF). ILGA ended 2015 with a positive operating results of 7,120 EUR (7,772 CHF). Balance Sheet For year ending December 31, 2015 (in presentation and functional currencies)

2015, EUR 2015, CHF Assets Current assets 398,807 435,342 Non-current assets 58,803 64,190 Total Assets 457,610 499,532 Liabilities Current liabilities 87,372 95,377 Non-current liabilities 263,669 287,824 Total Liabilities 351,041 383,201 Equity Legal Reserves 156,120 170,422 Results for the year (49,551) (54,091) Total Liabilities & Reserves 457,610 499,532

Statement of Revenues and Expenses For year ending December 31, 2015 (in presentation and functional currencies)

2015, EUR 2015, CHF Income Core income 771,766 842,468 Project income 470,594 513,705 Total Income 1,242,360 1,356,173 Operating Expenses Operational capacity 678’875 741’067 Direct project costs 548’818 599’094 Amortization 7,547 8,239 Total Operating Expenses 1,235,240 1,348,400 Operating Results 7,120 7,772 Financial Results Financial Results 56,671 61,863 Total Results (49,551) (54,091)

34 | ILGA Annual Report 2015 ILGA’s 2015 Annual Report was coordinated and edited by Daniele Paletta. Spanish translation: Paul Caballero, ILGALAC Graphic Design: Luca Palermo for EdLine ADV

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ILGA Annual Report 2015 | 35 ILGA mourns the loss of all the human rights defenders and members of the LGBTI community who have left us in 2015.

Xolile Sane Mabuza “Malume”, Mirka Negroni, Joel Gustave Nana and Diana Sacayán - who was serving as an alternate representative of the Trans secretariat on the board of ILGA when she was killed - are only a few of those who are no longer with us, after having spent the best part of their lives working to advance the human rights of LGBTI persons in their countries, and worldwide.

We remember them all, with enormous gratitude.