2019 WORLD CONFERENCE REPORT How do we measure success? To us, it is partly about connecting our communities, giving them a space where their energy can be renewed before they return home to do the hard work. We can be proud to call the 2019 ILGA World Conference a resounding success, then: the overwhelming take- away was that our scholars and attend- ees left Wellington inspired by the ex- change of ideas and experiences, and propelled by seeing that often-slow, We needed a space like this yet unstoppable progress is happen- World Conference – our first one to ing. ever be held in Oceania, with a strong We are a diverse global move- Pacific indigenous influence, and our ment: we do not always agree on first to ever host pre-conferences on everything, and far too often we can indigenous and sex workers’ rights feel isolated in our struggle. Gather- – to learn from each other, explore, ing together is how we remind our- be inspired to push forward. And we selves that what unites us is far stron- needed this global stage to let the ger, and powerful, than those forces world know that we cannot accept any trying to break us apart. The confer- lip service anymore: people of diverse ence theme was “Celebrating the past sexual orientations, gender identities to liberate the future.” If 40 years of and expressions and sex characteris- ILGA history can teach our move- tics have always existed, and leaving ment anything, let it be this: united we us behind deprives the whole human stand, divided we fall. family of equitable development. 2 ph.: Ben Buckland for ILGA World The conference was marked by the tragic attacks in Christchurch that took place just three days before the start, and shook us all to the core. We stand in solidarity and sorrow with the victims and their families, and we re-commit ourselves to a world where all people can live free of the fear of violence and hate. During the conference, we were honoured to be elected by the mem- bership to serve as ILGA World’s Co-Secretaries General until 2021 in Los Angeles. We want to thank Ruth Baldacchino and Helen Kennedy for their tremendous work in this role for the past four years: we look forward to honouring their legacy, and to make ILGA World even stronger, more in- clusive, and serving even better our membership and communities. Tuisina Ymania Brown - Luz Elena Aranda ILGA World Co-Secretaries General 3 It is our member organisations who shape ILGA World by indicating the direction of our work, and what a transformative conference it has been! We left Wellington with a re- newed Constitution and Standing Or- ders, a governance structure that is as strong as ever in its capacity to repre- sent our diversity, and a strategic plan to build upon until 2023, firmly root- ed in the priorities that our movement has outlined. We now have new tools to serve our members, and we are ready to combine them with the energy and wisdom that you all at the conference have gifted us with. With 120 sessions in six days – some of them marking an absolute first at ILGA World, such as the Indigenous and the Sex Workers pre-conferences – together we took a deep dive into our common struggle to power progress for all. It is truly inspiring to know that you are work- ing to give back to your communities on the ground, sharing what you have learnt from our global family during our days together! This conference would not have been possible without the work of many, but I do want to specifically mention our three local host mem- ber organisations: Intersex Trust Aotearoa New Zealand, Tīwhanawha- na Trust and RainbowYOUTH (to- gether the “Host Rōpū”) who wel- comed us to Wellington in a way that we will never forget. To them, and to everyone who made this conference possible, we simply say: thank you. We look forward to reuniting our global family again, and we are al- ready working to make it happen: see you in Los Angeles in 2021! André du Plessis ILGA World Executive Director 4 5 A DIVERSE WORLD CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS 594 100 VOLUNTEERS + 494 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING 108 SCHOLARS 37% OF WHOM AT AN ILGA WORLD CONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME! FROM 93 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ASIA EUROPE and AFRICA NORTH LATIN AMERICA OCEANIA CENTRAL ASIA AMERICA and CARIBBEAN 13.1% 20.6% 11.8% 15.3% 7.7% 31.5% 6 WHO IDENTIFY AS gay 25.5% lesbian 17.7% heterosexual 13.6% 17 queer 11 bisexual queer 12.9% 10 pansexual 8 lesbian bisexual 6.8% 8 gay 5 asexual pansexual 4.2% 5 heterosexual Among those 2 takatāpui asexual 1.1% indicating more than 2 do not know 1.3% other one identifier: 1 androphilic 1.1% 1 other prefer not to say / do not know 1 fluid 15.8% in more than one way 1 aka tutu tane female 23 non-binary 25.5% 15 genderqueer 14 genderfluid cisgender female 14 female male 19.7% 9.5% 11 male 10 trans trans female 10 trans female 3.8% 6 cisgender female cisgender male 9% 5 trans male 4 fa’afafine trans male 3.9% 4 two-spirit 4 other non-binary 4.4% Among those 4 cisgender male genderqueer 2% indicating 2 trans femme genderfluid0.7% more than 2 travesti two-spirit 0.7% one identifier: 1 takatāpui agender 0.2% 3.9% other 1 demiboi 0.9% 1 bakla prefer not to say / do not know 1 fakaleiti 1 agender 15.8% 1 gender-nonconforming identify in more than one way 7 ARE INTERSEX ARE INDIGENOUS/ HAVE A TRADITIONAL IDENTITY NO NO PREFER NOT TO SAY PREFER NOT TO SAY 7.2 % YES 14% YES Māori Bakgatla Herero Leiti Samoan Bantou Hijra/Khawaja Sara Maori - Ngati Maru (Hauraki), Ngati Paoa Amazigh Bundjalung Igbo Nama Melanesian Campesino Indian Ndebele (Zimbabwe) Rongowhakaata (Māori) Hijra Comanche and Cherokee Itaukei/Fijian Nsenga Scheduled Tribes in India Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) Dumagat Kabyle/Amazigh Nubian Shona Asian/Vietnamese Eastern Band T’Salagi Kalabari Pasifika Rainbow / Takatāpui South African Aymara Fa’afafine of Samoa Lakota Quilombola Sudanese Nubian HAVE A DISABILITY NO PREFER NOT TO SAY 8.3% YES ARE LIVING WITH HIV ARE SEX WORKERS 4.8% YES YES 6.1% NO NO YES + YES 1,5% 8 SCHOLARS 108 72% OF WHOM AT AN ILGA WORLD CONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME! FROM 75 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES RECEIVED FUNDING TO ATTEND UNDER THE ILGA WORLD CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME ASIA EUROPE and AFRICA NORTH LATIN AMERICA OCEANIA CENTRAL ASIA AMERICA and CARIBBEAN 18.5% 14.8% 31.5% 4.6% 19.4% 11.2% 9 IDENTIFY AS lesbian 17.6% queer 14.8% gay 14.8% heterosexual 13% bisexual 7.4% pansexual 5.6% 19 queer asexual 0.9% Among those 13 pansexual indicating other 7 gay 0.9% 2.8% more than 6 bisexual prefer not to say / do not know one identifier: 3 lesbian 3 heterosexual 22.2% 2 asexual in more than one way 2 do not know female 11.1% cisgender female 9.3% trans female 10.2% male 8.3% cisgender male 9.2% trans male 7.4% 13 non-binary 11 genderfluid non-binary 6.5% 10 genderqueer genderqueer 2.8% 8 female genderfluid0.9% 8 trans female Among those two-spirit 2.8% 5 cisgender female indicating more than 5 other 4.6% other one identifier: 3 cisgender male 2 male 2 travestis 26.9% 1 fa’afafine identify in more than one way 1 two-spirit 10 ARE INTERSEX ARE INDIGENOUS/HAVE A TRADITIONAL IDENTITY NO NO PREFER NOT TO SAY PREFER NOT TO SAY 16.7% YES 22.2% YES Amazigh Bundjalung Itaukei/Fijian Ndebele from Zimbabwe Samoan Dumagat Kalabari Nsenga Asian/Vietnamese Herero Leiti Quilombola Aymara Hijra Melanesian Shona Bantou Igbo Nama Yaoer HAVE A DISABILITY NO PREFER NOT TO SAY 13% YES ARE LIVING WITH HIV ARE SEX WORKERS 13.9% YES YES 18.5% NO NO YES + YES 5.6% 11 WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS, PRE-CONFERENCES 1 6 9 PŌWHIRI (OPENING) PLENARIES ILGA WORLD PRE-CONFERENCES 8 32 4 OTHER CONFERENCE ILGA CONSTITUTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCES WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS 2 17 8 PANEL DISCUSSIONS MINI-PANELS RAINBOW TALKS 7 2 1 ROUNDTABLE FILM SCREENINGS NEWBIE SESSION DISCUSSIONS 11 11 1 POPULATION AND SELF-ORGANISED POROPOROAKI REGIONAL CAUCUSES SPACES (CLOSING) 1% other 18% activist safety and well-being 2% fundraising workplace 18% 4% legal reforms 5% faith advocacy training 17% 13% 10% culture health 12% education 12 MEDIA COVERAGE MEDIA ARTICLES COVERING 50 POTENTIAL AUDIENCE THE CONFERENCE 35,942,185 #ILGA2019NZ 17,873,181 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS REACHED 149 3,310 343 POST TWEETS POSTS APP 418 SPENT 429 HOURS OPENED THE APP VIEWED SENT 361 ACTIVE USERS AND 22 MINUTES 22,325 TIMES 146,031 PAG E S MESSAGES 13 FRIDAY 15 / SUNDAY 17 MARCH After months of preparation, the journey is over: the 2019 ILGA World Conference is ready to start! While we set up beautiful rainbow lights on the stage of the Michael Fowler Cen- tre - our home for the next few days - we release our latest Annual Report. Pre-conferences begin this weekend: communities from Oceania and the Pacific gather together for their rainbow human rights forum; francophone LGBTI activists discuss specific issues for them; LGBTI groups in trade unions meet up, as well as those who are working to fos- ter interfaith dialogue. Meanwhile, we welcome all those who join an ILGA World Conference for the first time in our first-ever “newbie” session: tips and pointers to help navigate this huge World Conference! 14 Our global family is reunited at last, and yet our hearts are heavy.