Manushya Foundation

𝗛𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 🌏, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 #𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗛𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗧! 🏳️‍🌈

As Southeast Asians, why do we need to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia?

Because LGBTIQ+ people across the region are still punished for existing.

In 🇧🇳 Brunei, homosexuality can carry the death penalty.
In 🇮🇩 Aceh, Indonesia, same-sex relations are punished by caning.
In 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 🇲🇲 Myanmar, homosexuality can mean prison.
In 🇵🇭 the Philippines, transphobia reigns with discrimination and killings of trans-activists.
And in 🇹🇭 Thailand, a trans woman was recently forced to shave her head and publicly humiliated by a mob.

What we call “Asian traditional values” is actually a mask for: patriarchy, religious extremism, and state control, policing our bodies and lives.

Hence, IDAHOBIT must go beyond rainbow visibility. For true q***r liberation, we must resist the very systems that make LGBTIQ+ people unsafe: at home, online, in public, and before the law.

✊🏽 As decolonial and intersectional feminists, we at Manushya stand in fierce solidarity with LGBTIQ+ communities across Southeast Asia fighting for safety, dignity, bodily autonomy, legal recognition, and liberation.

Thank you, , for the beautiful artwork. 🩷

♾️ Equal Human Beings