ASEAN SOGIE Caucus

15/06/2026

We were honored to present "Pride and Solidarity: Q***r Artivism and Collective Survival" at the Digital Rights Asia and Pacific Conference (DRAPAC) 2026 in Manila. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Through a diverse range of artworks, the exhibition celebrated the resilience, creativity, and authentic existence of q***r communities across Southeast Asia. Engaging with more than 500 participants, we highlighted q***r artivism as a powerful tool for collective survival, resistance, and community-building.

One of the exhibition’s most moving aspects was the interactive message board, where participants shared messages of hope, pride, and solidarity: from “Happy Pride!” and “Love Laban!” to “Baklaan Na!” and “Masaya Kapag May Bakla!” reflecting the power of collective imagination and community across the region.

We extend our deepest gratitude to EngageMedia, DAKILA, and the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) for creating a platform that amplifies q***r voices and stories. We are also deeply thankful to the artists whose beautiful works made this exhibition possible: Wet Paint Dreams, Shirin Bhandari, Ron de Vera, Lance Reblando, and Gelo Zarsuelo.

Special thanks to our exhibition team—Solimar, Lini Zurlia, and Monica—for bringing this vision to life, and to everyone who visited, engaged, and shared in this collective space of pride, solidarity, and imagination.

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12/06/2026

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Proud to have the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus as one of our Bronze Sponsors. Thank for supporting Pride Fest and helping us celebrate love, diversity, and community through the best experiences.

ASEAN SOGIE CAUCUS (ASC) is a regional civil society organization that advances the human rights of le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, q***r, intersex, asexual, non-binary, and gender diverse (LGBTQIA+) persons in Southeast Asia. They advocate, do research, build capacities of human rights defenders, and coalesce with allies in making the ASEAN region truly diverse and inclusive. They innovate approaches to movement building in order to inspire, and to build leadership within LGBTQIA+ communities in the region.

ASC is legally registered as a non-stock and non-profit organization in the Philippines under the name Southeast Asia Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Caucus (ASC), Inc.

Learn more about ASEAN SOGIE Caucus:
www. aseansogiecaucus.org
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09/06/2026

⚖️🏳️‍🌈 Visibility is a milestone, but legal protection is a necessity.

We are grateful for the Inquirer coverage of our recent statement calling on President Marcos Jr. to turn Pride Month greetings into concrete policy by backing the SOGIE Equality Bill. As we highlighted, true equality means having national anti-discrimination laws that protect marginalized LGBTQIA+ communities.

🔗Read about our push for the SOGIE Equality Bill here: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/326322/asean-sogie-caucus-urges-marcos-to-back-anti-discrimination-law

08/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Film Screenings at “Q***r Thabin” Exile Pride 2026 🏳️‍⚧️
As part of “Q***r Thabin” Exile Pride 2026, we invite everyone to join two special film screenings that celebrate q***r stories, identity, and resilience.
✨ “He Is She” – A film by A Yit
✨ “Believe in You” – A film by May Thyn Kyi
These films offer powerful reflections on love, self-discovery, and the diverse experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community.

📅 10 June 2026
🕐 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Mae Sot, Thailand
Come and experience these moving stories together as we celebrate pride, community, and the power of q***r voices. 🌈
This film screening program is supported by the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus (ASC), whose solidarity and commitment continue to strengthen q***r movements and amplify LGBTQIA+ voices across the region. 💜
See you at “Q***r Thabin” Exile Pride 2026 organized by Q***rs of Burma Alternative.

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07/06/2026

A quick history lesson for Pride Month: Pride wasn’t always a party, it started as a riot for human rights. 🏳️‍🌈✊ Let’s honor the history while celebrating the love! Happy Pride!
What is your Pride story? Share it in the comments section. 🌈 ✨

07/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 ASEAN SOGIE Caucus (ASC) is proud to stand with Q***rs of Burma Alternative for EXILE PRIDE 2026!

"Thabin" represents a collective, and this vital two-day event creates a much-needed space for Myanmar’s displaced LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies residing far from home. Through art, debate, and performance, they are keeping the revolutionary spirit alive and shaping a future rooted in democracy and equality.

✊Join us in solidarity to embrace art, advocacy, and celebration!
🗓 Dates: June 9 – 10, 2026
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Mae Sot, Thailand

✨ Highlights: Panel Discussions, Community Debates, Q***r Art Exhibition, Documentary Screenings, and Cultural Performances.

07/06/2026

We are proud to announce our support for Q***r Thabin EXILE PRIDE 2026 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (Translation of the event details below)

"Thabin" means a collective or gathering. This is a collective space for the displaced q***r community and our allies who are residing far from home.

Q***r Thabin is a two-day event in celebration of Pride Month that will bring together LGBTQIA+ communities, artists, activists, youth leaders, partner organizations, and supporters.

Through discussions, art exhibitions, documentary screenings, and performances, the voices, experiences, and hopes of LGBTQIA+ individuals will be expressed and shared.

Event Highlights:
- Panel Discussions & Community Debate
- Q***r Art Exhibition
- Documentary & Short Film Screenings
- Cultural Performances & Celebration

We invite you to join us in celebrating diversity, human dignity, revolutionary spirit, and hope. Let us come together to shape a future rooted in equality, inclusivity, and democracy!

Event Details:
Date: June 9 – 10, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Mae Sot, Thailand
We warmly invite everyone to join us.

Proudly organized by Q***rs of Burma Alternative (QBA) in collaboration with Kings N Queens, Myanmar Rainbow Political Community (MRPC), Than Lwin Khet, and Gar Studio.

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🌈ကွီးရားသဘင်_EXILE PRIDE 2026 🏳️‍🌈

သဘင်ဆိုတာ အစုအဝေး။ ရပ်ဝေးဒေသအဝေးမှာ ရွေ့ပြောင်းနေကြတဲ့ ကွီးရားအသိုက်အဝန်းနဲ့ မဟာမိတ်များရဲ့ အစုအဝေးရပ်ဝန်းတစ်ခု။

ကွီးရားသဘင် သည် LGBTQIA+ အသိုက်အဝန်းများ၊ အနုပညာရှင်များ၊ တက်ကြွလှုပ်ရှားသူများ၊ လူငယ်ခေါင်းဆောင်များ၊ မိတ်ဖက်အဖွဲ့အစည်းများနှင့် ဝန်းရံသူများကို အတူတကွ စုစည်းပေးမည့် Pride Month အထိမ်းအမှတ် နှစ်ရက်တာ ရပ်ဝန်းတစ်ခု ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

ဆွေးနွေးပွဲများ၊ အနုပညာပြပွဲများ၊ မှတ်တမ်းရုပ်ရှင်ပြသခြင်းများနှင့် ဖျော်ဖြေတင်ဆက်မှုမှတစ်ဆင့် LGBTQIA+ များ၏ အသံများ၊ အတွေ့အကြုံများနှင့် မျှော်လင့်ချက်များကို ထုတ်ဖော်မျှဝေသွားမည် ဖြစ်ပါသည်။
✨ Panel Discussion✨ Community Debate
✨ Q***r Art Exhibition✨ Documentary & Short film screening
✨ Cultural Performances & Celebration
မတူကွဲပြားမှု၊ လူ့ ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာ၊ တော်လှန်ရေးစိတ်ဓာတ်နှင့် မျှော်လင့်ချက်များကို အတူတကွ ဂုဏ်ပြုရင်း တန်းတူညီမျှမှု၊ အားလုံးပါဝင်နိုင်မှုနှင့် ဒီမိုကရေစီအခြေပြုတဲ့ အနာဂတ်ကို အတူတကွ ပုံဖော်ကြပါစို့လို့ တိုက်တွန်းရင်း ကြွရောက်ပေးပါရန် ဖိတ်ကြားအပ်ပါသည်။
📅 ၉ – ၁၀ ဇွန်လ ၂၀၂၆
🕓 ညနေ ၄:၀၀ နာရီ မှ ၈:၀၀ နာရီအထိ
📍 မဲဆောက်မြို့ ၊ ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံ
အားလုံးကို နွေးထွေးစွာ ဖိတ်ခေါ်အပ်ပါသည်။

Q***rs of Burma Alternative(QBA)
နှင့်အတူ Kings N Queens၊၊ Myanmar Rainbow Political Community(MRPC)၊ သံလွင်ခက်၊ Gar studio ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်သွားမည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

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06/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ASEAN SOGIE Caucus (ASC) at DRAPAC 2026 bringing Southeast Asia Q***r Arts and Exhibition titiled Pride & Solidarity: Q***r Artivism and Collective Survival

Join us at 🖼️The Gallery Walk, exploring a powerful, interactive arts exhibition that recontextualizes existing Southeast Asian q***r survival in artivism.

📍 DRAPAC 2026, Manila, Philippines
🗓️ 8- 10 June 2026

04/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ This is a key moment for visibility and recognition of our movement.

We welcome the Philippine President's statement. It serves as a beacon of hope, demonstrating that decades of advocacy and organizing have not gone unheard. At the same time, Pride is not only a celebration rather it is also a reminder of the work that remains unfinished. The President's statement rightly notes that inclusion cannot remain only in words and must be reflected in policies, institutions, and everyday actions.

We encourage the Philippine government to build upon this historic affirmation through concrete measures that guarantee equality and protection within the Philippines and across the ASEAN region. This includes strengthening mechanisms to address discrimination, ensuring access to healthcare, education, employment, and justice, protecting human rights defenders, and creating environments where LGBTQIA+ people can live openly and safely.

We remain hopeful and vigilant. We welcome the words of solidarity while continuing to advocate for policies and programs that make equality and inclusion a reality in people's everyday lives. Mabuhay and LGBTQIA+ Community!

Photo Credit: Office of the President



DSWD Special Committee on Lgbtqia+ Affairs

03/06/2026

📢We call on government and state officials, public institutions, cultural bodies, civil society, and communities across Southeast Asia to act now: uphold q***r people’s right to exist, create, and thrive with dignity, safety, freedom, and recognition.

🌈 The Southeast Asia Q***r Artivist Manifesto is the culmination of years of q***r artistic and cultural advocacy across the region. Shaped through research, dialogue, shared learning, art exhibits, film screenings, and the Southeast Asia Q***r Arts and Justice Summit, it carries a collective call: protect q***r people’s right to exist and create, end censorship, sustain q***r creatives, and embed SOGIESC inclusion in policies and cultural frameworks.

Please share and circulate the Southeast Asia Q***r Artivist Manifesto. Bring this collective call to your networks, institutions, policymakers, communities, and friends. The time to act is now.

✒️Sign the Manifesto: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxpJWYfnuqFhsYbOTCglfcInq1RipTHt5EXcly2RyskBUZ5g/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=116586899007283903325

🔗 Read the Manifesto: https://aseansogiecaucus.org/latest/asc-statements/339-the-southeast-asia-q***r-artivist-manifesto

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