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Accessible & accurate trans news and information from around Asia Pacific
HIGHLIGHTS FROM APTN
APTN ON ASIA PACIFIC TRANSGENDER MASTERCLASS
APTN presented in Transgender Masterclass on 27-28 October 2022. We delivered a keynote presentation about the lived experiences of trans people in Asia Pacific, presented our works, and held interactive discussion sessions for trans health care to be more accessible in this region.
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REGIONAL KEY POPULATIONS JOINT MEETING: GIVE AND TAKE: ALIGN, LEARN, AND ACT 
APTN supported by consortium partners APN+, APNSW, APCOM, ICWAP, NAPUD, and Youth Lead including UNAIDS RST as observers have come together in a regional meeting titled “Give and Take: Align, Learn, and Act”. At this event, we explore intersectionalities across the populations we serve and collaborations on reinstating a regional network consortium and identifying key indicators and intentions for a regional community-led monitoring framework. READ MORE→
APCRG PARTNERS MEETING 2022
The APCRG 2022 Partners Meeting took place from 4th to 7th October in Hanoi, Viet Nam. This meeting aims to gather our civil society and community partners, technical experts, and development partner and their representatives. APTN attended this meeting as one of the partner organisation. READ MORE→
APTN PACIFIC PARTNERS HEALTH VISITS
On 24-27 October 2022, APTN held the “Pacific Partners Health Visits”, and invited our pacific partners from Hetura PNG Association Inc. from Papua New Guinea, The Haus from Fiji, and My Girls Club from Samoa. This is a workshop that will feature a mix of opportunities to learn from practitioners outside of the cohort, reflect on the work that’s been done both in the country and regionally, and strategize how to move this work forward. READ MORE→
OPPORTUNITIES
[CALL FOR APPLICATIONS] 2023 DATA FUTURES LAB COHORT GRANT
Submission deadline: 11th of November 2022

The Data Futures Lab is interested in supporting organizations building technology platforms that mobilize communities to contribute their data for a shared benefit. They’re seeking organizations applying this idea in any domain (health, transportation, labor rights, gig-work, research, consumer advocacy, and beyond). They’re specifically interested in projects committed to implementing ethical and fair data collection, storage, and use towards solving a public interest problem. LEARN MORE→

NEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY
GLOBAL - ASEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK 2022
The theme for #AceWeek 2021 is "Beyond Awareness". While educating people about #asexuality is always going to be a part of the work we do every Ace Week, Ace Week have come a long way since Ace Week was founded as #AsexualAwarenessWeek in 2010.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA - ASEAN SOGIE CAUCUS 2021 REPORT
ASEAN SOGIE Caucus is extremely pleased to share their 2021 Annual Report. The report provides a summaries of the ASC's collective actions undertook in 2021 to advance the promotion of the protection of the human rights of LGBTQIA+ persons in Southeast Asia.
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ASIA - QUEER EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2023
Submissions for Queer East 2023 are now open! We welcome all types of films and artists’ moving images made by, or about, #LGBTQ+ people in East or Southeast Asia, or diaspora communities. Earlybird deadline on 27 November. Find out more via link in bio.

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ASIA - ILGA Asia Queer Arts Festival
On the #ILGAAsia2022 Conference, ILGA is holding the first ever ILGA Asia Queer Arts Festival #IAQAF, featuring queer art and culture from across the Asian region!

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