The Asia Pacific Transgender Network Foundation
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Mission Statement
Trans and gender diverse people in the Asia Pacific region are being denied fundamental human rights, from legal recognition to employment, housing and health services. This puts severe roadblocks on their ability to live a fulfilling, healthy, and dignified life. APTN - together with a range of partners - supports, organises, and advocates for the advancement and protection of the rights of trans and gender diverse people so that they can live an authentic, safe, and good quality life. Imagine a world that understands and respects the fundamental human rights of trans and gender diverse people. A world that upholds and protects their diversity, safety, equality, and dignity. A world where trans and gender diverse people can feel strong and thrive. At Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN), we are relentlessly taking steps to realise this vision.
About This Cause
The Asia and Pacific Transgender Network was launched in December 2009, when 15 transgender women from 10 Asia and Pacific countries and regions came together to champion the health, legal and social rights of transgender women. A milestone in the history of transgender people in the region, they demanded recognition as a distinct demographic group with their unique needs, separate from the MSM umbrella. Since it was founded in 2009, APTN has grown to become a credible platform and voice for transgender people in Asia and the Pacific, working to ensure that their needs and rights are represented politically, socially, culturally and economically. The network serves as a platform for transgender people to advocate for access to health, legal gender recognition, legislative reform, social justice and human rights and to exchange information and strategies with each other. APTN addresses transgender-specific issues including vulnerability to gender-based violence, stigma and discrimination, risks for HIV infection, and physical and mental health issues stemming from lack of access to appropriate gender-affirming health and medical care. APTN recognises the issue of transphobic discrimination and violence affecting the lives of transgender people and advocates for improved quality of life of transgender people. The network has published several key reports, policy and technical briefs in partnership with other groups and multilateral organisations highlighting key issues affecting transgender people and has developed a set of recommendations to protect and promote transgender rights. APTN envision a society that upholds, respects, and protects the diversity, safety, equality, and dignity of trans /transgender people, the mission of APTN is to mobilize and advocate for the human rights of trans/transgender people in the Pacific and Asia Region.