Young Queer Alliance

08/11/2026

🪔✨ This Diwali, let every colour of the rainbow shine brighter

May the festival of lights remind us that every person deserves to shine in their own light, love without fear, and embrace every shade of who they are.💖

Just as every diya adds its own glow to the celebration, every identity, every story and every expression makes our world more beautiful. ! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

May we continue to illuminate the world with acceptance, challenge the darkness of discrimination, and celebrate a future where no one has to hide their light to belong. ❤️✨

Young Q***r Alliance wishes everyone a joyful, colourful and love-filled Happy Diwali! 🪔

Because the world shines brighter when everyone is free to be themselves.

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28/10/2026

🇲🇺🇪🇺 Young voices, shared visions, and a future built together! 🌍🤝🏳️‍🌈

Young Q***r Alliance is happy to be part of the 3rd EU Youth Sounding Board (YSB)! 💛

We believe that young people should have a meaningful place in shaping the decisions that affect our communities, our rights, and our future. From human rights, equality and dignity to environmental protection and social justice, we envision a world where every young person can participate, be heard, and thrive without discrimination. 🌱✊🏽

We’re excited to join forces with passionate, enthusiastic young people from diverse backgrounds, bringing our experiences, ideas, and perspectives together. By learning from one another and working collaboratively, we hope to contribute to meaningful change, build stronger partnerships, and advance a future rooted in dignity, inclusion, equality, and respect for both people and our planet. 💛🌈

Here’s to new connections, collective action, and making young voices count! 🤝✨

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✨We are proud to launch the third cohort of the EU-Mauritius Youth Sounding Board

Bringing together passionate and committed young people, the Youth Sounding Board (YSB) creates a space for dialogue, collaboration and meaningful participation in the conversations that shape our societies.

As we welcome this new cohort, we look forward to the ideas, perspectives, and energy they will bring in helping to promote inclusive, representative and youth-responsive engagement.

Congratulations to all members of YSB 3, we look forward to seeing the impact you will make.

26/10/2026

💛💜 Intersex Voices Matter! 💜💛

What does it mean to be intersex, and why is visibility so important? 🌈💬

For Intersex Awareness Day, Yan sat down with an intersex person to learn more about intersex experiences, challenge common misconceptions, and highlight the importance of respect, dignity and inclusion. 🫶🏽✨

🎥 Watch the interview, listen with an open mind, and help us create a world where intersex people are recognised, respected and celebrated for who they are. 💛💜

📲 Share this video to help raise awareness and amplify intersex voices!

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26/10/2026

💛💜 Intersex Awareness Day: Celebrating Intersex Visibility! 💜💛

Intersex people are part of the beautiful diversity of human bodies and experiences. 🌈✨ Yet, intersex people continue to face stigma, misconceptions and discrimination.

Today, let’s raise awareness, challenge stereotypes, and stand for the dignity, rights and bodily autonomy of intersex people. 💛🫶🏽

🎥 Stay tuned! Join us later today at 17h45 for an interview with an intersex person, sharing insights and experiences to help us learn, understand and celebrate intersex diversity. 💬💜

🎨 Poster by Yan

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22/10/2026

21/10/2026

Today, Young Q***r Alliance (YQA) attended the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the entry into force of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, held at Middlesex University 🇲🇺✊🏽

The event brought together key human rights institutions and stakeholders to reflect on the relevance of the African Charter in Mauritius today, particularly amid ongoing social and economic challenges. An institutional panel discussion featuring representatives from the University of Mauritius, the National Human Rights Commission, the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children explored the importance of upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms.

For Young Q***r Alliance, such engagements are essential to strengthening dialogue, accountability and collective action towards a society where everyone can enjoy their human rights without discrimination, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. 🏳️‍🌈

We reaffirm our commitment to advocating for equality, dignity and inclusion for all.

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20/10/2026

𝟎𝟕 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝟔𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥

France delivered a joint statement at the 𝟔𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 calling for the universal decriminalisation of consensual same-sex act. The declaration was ratified by 52 countries. 🇫🇷

𝟐𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 🇲🇺

The statement reiterated that human rights belong to everyone. and no one should be arrested, punished, or imprisoned because of consensual same-sex conduct. The statement further called for the universal decriminalization of consensual same-sex conduct as an imperative of equality, freedom and dignity.🌈

The Joint Statement can be accessed at: https://onu.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/joint-statement-universal-decriminalization-consensual-same-sex-conduct 🇫🇷

The 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 welcomes the declaration, and takes note that Mauritius has reaffirmed the principle of non-discrimination for the LGBTQIA+ community in the different human rights instruments that Mauritius is party to, including the ICCPR, the ICESCR and the CEDAW. ✊🏼

Along the same line, the YQA encourages Mauritius to build on the Supreme Court judgments by 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟓𝟎(𝟏) 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟖 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 and applying the principles of non-discrimination by 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 issued by the National Human Rights Commission published on 𝟎𝟑 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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18/10/2026

Sexual Health Day – In collaboration with UNFPA, PILS and Ennoia, Grand Baie

A day dedicated to promoting sexual health and body awareness through discussions on sports and libido, healthy relationships, breast cancer prevention, and early detection. Participants also benefited from free medical screenings and prevention counselling provided by PILS.

The YQA team was present to provide HIV self-testing services, promoting accessible, stigma-free sexual healthcare.

17/10/2026

🌈💛 Your voice matters! We want to hear from you! 🫶🏽

Did you attend a Young Q***r Alliance (YQA) event between September 2025 and September 2026? We’d love to hear about your experience! 💜

Your feedback will help us understand how our activities have contributed to your knowledge of LGBTQIA+ rights and issues. It will also help us report on the work we do together as a community. 🏳️‍🌈

📝 The questionnaire takes just 5–15 minutes to complete.

🔗 Fill it in here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQfgkStYBzQaF62Gh2zDGycHZTj7HwZ_d83se6-qxvbfLr4w/viewform

📅 Deadline: Monday, 19 October 2026

Your contribution really does matter! Thank you for being part of the YQA community. 💛

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