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8Th ILGA ASIA CONFERENCE REPORT 8th ILGA ASIA CONFERENCE REPORT Building Alliances to Strengthen the Movement together4change 2019 8th ILGA ASIA CONFERENCE REPORT Proposed Citation: ILGA Asia. 8th ILGA Asia Conference Report. 2019. 2020. Bangkok, Thailand. Copyright © ILGA Asia 2020 Asian Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) Spring Tower, Floor 11, Suite 132 Phayathai Road, Phayathai Ratchathewi Bangkok 10400 Thailand Enail: [email protected] Website: https://www.ilgaasia.org Facebook: ILGA Asia Twitter: @ilgaasia Instagram: @ilgaasia Design: ILGA Asia Photos: Reve, Jo-Sae Kang, Jo Ah-Ra Building Alliances to Strengthen the Movement 성소수자차별반대 무지개행동 against Sexual-Minority Discrimination_S. Korea together4change 8th ILGA Asia Regional Conference Report 2019 CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................8 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................................10 THE CHAIRING POOL ................................................................................................................................................... 12 WORKSHOPS AT THE MAIN CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY .......................................................................................................................................... 15 PLENARY 1: BUILDING ALLIANCES TO STRENGTHEN THE MOVEMENT ..................................16 CHEMSEX IN ASIA: DISCUSSIONS ON DRUG USERS’ HUMAN RIGHT AND EXPERIENCES SURROUNDING GAY/QUEER COMMUNITY .............................................................. 17 LET’S TALK ABOUT THE CONVERSION THERAPY IN ASIA .................................................................18 MAPPING YOUR DESIRE: HOW LIVING INTO OUR AUTHENTIC SEXUALITIES CAN FUEL OUR JUSTICE WORK ......................................................................................................................... 19 STORIES OF RESILIENCE: RESPONDING TO OPPOSITION AND CONSERVATISM TO ADVANCE SOGIE ................................................................................................................................................ 20 CRIMINALIZATION OF CONSENSUAL SAME SEX ACTIVITY IN THE MILITARY .................... 21 together4change INTERSEX ASIA AND INTERSEX MOVEMENT IN ASIA ........................................................................23 MARRIAGE EQUALITY CAMPAIGNS IN TAIWAN AND JAPAN .........................................................24 MONITORING VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANS AND GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ............................................................................................................................................25 CREATING SAFE SPACE FOR DIALOGUES; MAKING ALLIANCES WITH RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES AND MEDIA ...............................................................................................................................26 PLENARY 2 ......................................................................................................................................................................27 INCLUSION OF LGBTQ PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE AND BUILDING A QUEER–LABOR ALLIANCE ....................................................................................................................................28 MAPPING AND MOBILISING: STRENGTHENING SUPPORT FOR SOGIESC ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES .................................................................................................................29 WHAT CAN WE DO COLLECTIVITY FOR SAFETY AND CARE OF TRANS PEOPLE? ............... 30 SHOW ME THE MONEY! SELLING HIV TEST KITS, CONDOMS AND HEALTHCARE: A NEW MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE FUNDING OF HIV AND NGO WORK ................................... 31 PLENARY 3: RE/DEFINING LEADERSHIP IN ASIAN LGBTIQ ADVOCACIES ...............................32 COMING OUT STORY-PARENTS OF LGBTI+ PEOPLE ..............................................................................34 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBT PERSONS IN ASIA .......................................................................................................................................................35 8th ILGA Asia Regional Conference Report INTEGRATING RIGHTS BASED APPROACHES IN LGBTQI ADVOCACY: FOCUS ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS ...........................................................................................37 MIND THE GAP: BRIDGING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND LGBTAIQ COMMUNITY ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING ......................................................................38 QUEER MUSLIMS MOVEMENT BUILDING IN ASIA - OUR STORIES & NARRATIVES ............................................................................................................................................................39 SPORT, LGBTI PEOPLE AND HUMAN RIGHTS / CHALLENGE TO GENDER BINARY IN SPORT SPACE ......................................................................................................................................40 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW IN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN ........................................................41 STRATEGIES AND PROSPECTS OF HIV ACTIVISM IN ASIA: WHAT WILL THE ROLE OF U=U CAMPAIGN IN ASIA BE? ................................................................................................42 PLENARY 4: BUILDING LGBTIQ-INCLUSIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES .......................................43 2019 ILGA ASIA CONSTITUTION ....................................................................................................................................... 44 ILGA ASIA PROGRAMS AND FINANCE ................................................................................................................45 ELECTIONS RESULT ...................................................................................................................................................... 46 STATEMENTS BISEXUAL PRECONFERENCE STATEMENT ............................................................................................... 49 WOMEN’S STATEMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 50 LESBIAN CAUCUS STATEMENT .........................................................................................................................52 ILGA-ASIA INTERSEX PRE-CONFERENCE RESOLUTION ...................................................................55 YOUTH STATEMENT ................................................................................................................................................56 FEEDBACKS FROM PARTICIPANTS .......................................................................................................................58 MEDIA COVERAGE.........................................................................................................................................................60 PHOTOWALL - together4change .................................................................................................................................62 PARTNERS AND SPONSORS ..................................................................................................................................... 64 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY “welcomed From 19-23 August 2019, ILGA Asia and the host organization Rainbow Action against Sexual Minority Discrimination welcomed 310 LGBTI ac- 310 LGBTI tivists and allies from 46 countries around the world to the 8th ILGA Asia activists and Conference in Seoul, South Korea. The 5-day conference was divided into 2 days of pre-conference and 3 days of main conference. Of the 310 participants allies from coming, 8 of them identified as intersex. 32% of all participants are cisgender 46 countries female, 29% cisgender male, 11% trans female, 10% trans male, among other non-binary identities. Regarding their sexual orientation, 16% participants around the identified as bisexual, 53% with same-sex attraction, 20% heterosexual, and world” 12% pansexual. There was a notable increase in the number of people who identified as agender and asexual at this conference compared to the previous year. There were 104 participants coming from ILGA member organizations from all the regions, while there were 34 member organizations coming from Asia. Out of almost 400 scholarship applications received, a total number of 118 participants were awarded with a scholarship to attend the conference, cov- ering from only the conference fee, to the whole package of transportation, accommodation and other expenses. These scholars were selected by the ILGA Asia Executive Board on the basis of their engagement at the confer- together4change ence, either through organizing, facilitating or speaking at a workshop, or volunteering for various tasks; the community they represented; and the region they came from. Applications that were incomplete or submitted after the deadline were not being considered. Most participants came from Asian countries, with the majority of them from South Korea and its neighbors: China, Japan and Taiwan. 9% of them are from South Asian countries, 16% from Southeast Asia, and 3% from West Asia. A fifth of participants were coming from other regions. From 19-20 August, there were a total of 9 pre-conference events on differ- ent topics: women, lesbian, intersex, trans, bisexual,
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