Network

Since our founding in 2013, the Salzburg Global LGBT Forum has brought together over 226 Fellows, partners and guests representing 76 countries on six continents to sessions in Austria, Germany, Thailand and Nepal to engage in a truly global conversation on advancing LGBT human rights.

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Please note that for security reasons, not all Fellows are listed in this directory.

AFRICA

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

EUROPE

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

AFRICA

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Asfin Ajub

Advocacy, Religious Freedom & Belief Alliance, Indonesia

Brenda Alegre

Board Member, The Society of Transsexual Women Advocates of the Philippines, Philippines

Lola Amaria

Filmmaker, Indonesia

Kaoru Aoyama

Professor, Contemporary Culture and Society, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, University of Kobe, Japan

Pooja Badarinath

Program Coordinator, Advocacy and Research, CREA, India

Abha Bhaiya

Executive Director, Jagori Rural Charitable Trust, India

Justin Bionat

Vice Chairman for the Visayas, Philippine BAHAGHARI National LGBT Organization, Philippines

Madan Chhetri

Member of Parliament, Bhutan

Tashi Choedup

National Coordinator (India), Foundation for Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, India

Pearl Daruwalla

Humsafar Trust, India

Aruna Desai

Founding Member of Sweekar - The Rainbow Parents of India, India

Tharindi Devasurendra

Activist, Sri Lanka

Manisha Dhakal

Executive Director, Blue Diamond Society, Nepal

Passang Dorji

Phsiotherapy Asistant, Bhutan Health and Medical Council, Bhutan

Pema Dorji

Outreach Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Bhutan

Minoo Eslami

Human Rights defender and Advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, Australia

Popo Fan

Filmaker, Writer, Activit, China

Laurindo Garcia

Founder, B-Change, Philippines

Dharini Priscilla

Program Manager, Grassrooted Trust, Sri Lanka

Chinzorig Gochoo

Manager of "Through Democracy" Project, "Wind of Change", Mongolia

Cheyleaphy Heng

Communication Officer, Rainbow Community Kampuchea (RoCK), Cambodia

Yuko Higashi

Co-Chair, World Association for Sexual Health; Professor, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

Su Su Hlaing

Creative Filmmaker and Screenwriter, Myanmar

Palitha Vijaya Bandara

Human Rights Activist, Sri Lanka

Nursyahbani Katjasungkana

Chair, Board of Directors, APIK, Indonesia

Hyun Kyung Kim

Researcher, Korean Society of Law and Policy on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Republic of Korea

Michael Kirby

former Judge, High Court of Australia; Vice-President of Vice-Chair of the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association, Australia

Rainbow Kistiyanti

Executive Director, Talita Kum, Indonesia

Travis Kong

Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

VK Larasati

National Coordinator, Youth Interfaith Forum on Sexuality (YIFoS), Indonesia

Jong Geol Lee

General Director, Korea Gay Men's Human Rights Group 'Chingusai', Republic of Korea

Nara Lee

Chief Officer and Steering Committee Member, Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (HaengSungIn), Republic of Korea

Rooi Teve

Human Rights Activist & Writer, Russia

Yinhe Li

Sociologist, Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS); Activist for LGBT Rights in The People's Republic of China

Vu Lieu

Executive Director, ILGA ASIA, Thailand

Borah Lim

Senior Pastor, Sumdol Presbyterian Church, Republic of Korea

Hiroko Masuhara

President, Trois Couleurs Co., Ltd., Japan

Daniel Mendonca

Project Associate at Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA), India

Geetanjali Misra

Co-Founder and Executive Director, CREA, India

Saira Mujtaba

Broadcaster, India

Amir Mukambetov

Head of the Community Liaison Department, Kyrgyz Indigo, Kyrgyzstan

Aung Myo Min

Executive Director, Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB), Burma

Bao-Chau Nguyen

Founder and Director, LumiQueer, Vietnam

Thomas Ninan

General Coordinator, ESHA Project of the Christian Service Agency, India

Yoojin Oh

Deputy Director, Ministry of Justice, Korea

Nakhornphet Pasomsouk

Technical Specialist, Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) Project, Care International, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Tunggal Pawestri

Consultant of Sexual Rights and Diversity Programme - Hivos, Indonesia

Niluka Perera

Human Rights Activist, Sri Lanka

Matcha Phornin

Directer, Sangsan Anakot Yawachon, Thailand

Jay Pongruengphant

National Project Officer on Governance, Human Rights and LGBT, UNDP, Thailand

Anuj Rai

Hotline Operator, Blue Diamond Society, Nepal

Sridhar Rangayan

Filmmaker/ Festival Director, Solaris Pictures, India

Esan Regmi

Intersex Human Rights Activist, Nepal

Cha Roque

Filmmaker, Philippines

Yulita Rustinawati

Chairperson, Arus Pelangi,Indonesia

Marianne Faith Sadicon

Lawyer, Philippines

Arham Bhaji

Editor and Founder of Outcast Magazine, Pakistan

Sanjay Sharma

Program Director and Board Member, Blue Diamond Society and Global Interfaith Network, Nepal

Danish Sheikh

Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, India

Nilu Sherpa

Film Director, Nepal

Ki Yong Shim

Activist, Republic of Korea

Jaewon Shin

Steering Committee Member, Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea, Republic of Korea

Joya Sikder

President and Founder, Somporker Noya Setu (SNS), Bangladesh

Sukhdeep Singh

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Galaxy Magazine, India

Annie Singhal

Community Worker, Support Group Facilitator & Online and Digital Facilitator, Sangini (India) Trust, India

Fumino Sugiyama

Transgender Activist, Japan

Thilaga Sulathireh

Co-Founder, Justice for Sisters, Malaysia

Giti Thadani

Writer, Sakhi, India

Durga Thapa

Activist, Researcher and Human Rights Defender, Nepal

Pranee Threekul

Programme Associate, HIV, Health and Development (HHD) Unit, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub, Thailand

Andrey Tran

Network Support Officer, YouthVoicesCount (YVC), Vietnam

Watsamon "June" Tri-yasakda

Photojournalist and Documentary Photographer, Thailand

Ugyen Tshering

Activist, Lakh-San-Bhutan, Bhutan

Lyno Vuth

Artist, Curator and Artistic Director of Sa Sa Art Projects, Cambodia

Ugyen Wangdi

Member of Parliament, National Assembly, Bhutan

Wei Wei

Associate Professor of Sociology, East China Normal University, China

Joe Wong

Program Manager, Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN), Thailand

Ying Xin

Executive Director, Beijing LGBT Center, China

Jie Ybo

President, United Filipino Organization (UFO), Philippines

Namgay Zam

Journalist, Bhutan

Hui Zhang

Assistant Professor, East China Normal University, China

Dan Zhou

Lawyer and LGBT Human Rights Activist, China

EUROPE

Lena Ahrens

Advisor, Sector Programme Human Rights, GIZ, Germany

Bisi Alimi

Executive Director, Bisi Alimi Foundation, United Kingdom

Paola Amadei

(Italy), EU Head of Delegation in Jamaica, European Union

Milan Antonijevic

Fellow, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), Serbia

Joel Bedos

Joel Bedos is one of the main driving forces behind the sexual orientation and gender identities (SOGI) campaign resource hub on public campaigning in Strasbourg. He currently sits on the board of the IDAHOTB Committee, the organization that established t

Anton Macintosh

Coordinator of Initiative Group, T-Action Initiative Group/CS II Action, Russia

Benjamin Cantu

Film Director, Writer, Germany & Hungary

Victor Ciobotaru

Member, ACCEPT Association, Romania

Olga Daitche

Program Manager, Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future, Germany

Brian Davidson

British Ambassador to Thailand

Irene Fedorovych

Projects Coordinator, Social Action Center/No Borders Project, Ukraine

Benjamin Glahn

Deputy CEO and Managing Director, Programs, Salzburg Global, Austria / United States of America

Louise Hallman

Communications Consultant, Austria

Silvia Heer

Policy Advisor, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Staffan Herrström

The Ambassador of Sweden to the Kingdom of Thailand, Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar since 2015, Thailand

Paul Jansen

International Consultant, Paul Jansen Consulting Services, Spain

Marko Karadzic

Former State Secretary for Human and Minority Rights (2008 - 2010), Serbia

Wanja Kilber

Chairman of the Board, Quarteera, Russia/Germany

Katri Kivioja

Programme Specialist, HIV, Health and Development unit, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub, Thailand

Ralf Kleindiek

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany

Dominik Koehler

Social Development Consultant, World Bank Group, Germany

Maria Kozlovskaya

Program Manager, Russian LGBT Network, Russia

Vasilika Laci

Program Officer, Civil Rights Defenders, Albania

Carla LaGata

Resource Specialist, Senior Researcher, Transgender Europe, Germany

Alvaro Laiz Garcia

Photographer; Co-Founder, ANHUA, Spain

Amy Lamé

Performer/ Writer/ Broadcaster, United Kingdom

Miriam Leidinger

Advisor, GIZ, Germany

John Lotherington

Director, 21st Century Trust, United Kingdom

Andriy Maymulakhin

Coordinator, Nash Mir (Our World) Gay & Lesbian Center, Ukraine

Rostyslav Milevskyi

Director, Gender Z, Ukraine

Edward Mortimer

Senior Program Advisor and former Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar; Former Chief Speechwriter and Director of Communications to the Secretary General of the United Nations

Klaus Mueller

Founder and Chair, Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum

Arber Nuhiu

Executive Director, Center for Social Group Development (CSGD), Kosovo

Joanna Ostrowska

Doctoral Student, University of Warsaw-Gender Studies, Poland

Jayne Ozanne

Director and Founder, Ozanne Foundation, United Kingdom

Simon Petitjean

Senior Advocacy Manager, The Global Interfaith Network (GIN), For People of All Sexes, Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Expressions, SSOGIE, France

Monika Pisankaneva

Chairperson, Bilitis Resource Center Foundation, Bulgaria

Serhiy Ponomaryov

Head of the Non-Discrimination Division, Secretariat of the Ukrainian Ombudsperson, Ukraine

Andrea Rocca

Head of Protection, Front Line Defenders, Ireland

Ieva Ruzgyte

Association LGL Member Association LGL, Lithuania

Nanoo Sandhu

Director of Programmes, ILGA World, Switzerland

Romana Schlesinger

Executive Director, Queer Leaders Forum, Slovak Republic

Stefan Scholz

Ambassado, Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs, Austria

Bradley Secker

Photographer, United Kingdom

Todd Sekuler

Rapporteur, USA/Germany

Josephine Shaw

Co-founder Trans Media Watch;Trans Rights Activist, United Kingdom

Clare Shine

Non-Executive Director, The Crown Estate, United Kingdom

Rajmonda Sylbije

Executive Director, Centre for Equality and Liberty, Kosovo

Lousewies van der Laan

Resource Specialist; former chef de cabinet of the president of the International Criminal Court; former Member of the Netherlands Parliament and the European Parliament; The Netherlands

Teyo van der Schoot

Program Specialist, HIVOS, The Netherlands

Dennis van der Veur

Resource Specialist; Head of Sector Equality, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Austria

Saskia Wieringa

Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

Nazeeha Ali

Journalist, Bahrain

Georges Azzi

Executive Director, Arab Foundation for Freedom and Equality, Beirut, Lebanon

Shereen El Feki

Author, "Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World"; Egypt/ United Kingdom/ Canada

Ahmed El Hady

Research Scientist, Princeton University, Egypt / USA

Elle Fersan

LGBTQ Activist, Middle East & North Africa, Lebanon

Sahar Mandour

Cultural Reporter and Columnist, As-Safir Newspaper, Egypt

Arsham Parsi

Executive Director, Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees, Iran/Canada

Danny Ramadan

Author, Storyteller and LGBTQ-Refugees Activist, Syria/Canada

Fadi Saleh

Gender and Sexuality Studies Lecturer, Germany/ Syria

Nader Turkmani

Member, Skive Verden, Syria / Norway

Fadi Zaghmout

Media Specialist, Blogger and Author, Jordan

NORTH AMERICA

M. V. Lee Badgett

Director, Center for Public Policy & Administration, University of Massachusetts Amherst Gordon Hall; Williams Distinguished Scholar, Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law & Public Policy UCLA School of Law; Professor of Economics, University of Ma

Karen Beale

Associate Professor of Psychology, Maryville College, USA

Nicole Bogart

Rapporteur; Freelance Journalist and Professional Writer, Toronto, Canada

Cindy Burack

Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University, USA

Ty Cobb

Senior Legislative Counsel, Human Rights Campaign, USA

Phil Crehan

Grant Coordinator/Researcher, World Bank Group, USA

Debanuj DasGupta

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Connecticut, USA

Glyn Davies

Former United States Ambassador to Thailand

Patricia Davis

Director for Global Programs, Human Rights & Labor, US Department of State, USA

Rangita de Silva de Alwis

Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Erin Doss

Office of Economic Growth and Vulnerable Populations at U.S. Agency for International Development, USA

Lisa Edwards

Jewish lesbian activist, USA

Shawn Friele

Second Secretary (Political and Economic) at Embassy of Canada to Thailand

Estela González

Associate Professor, Department of Spanish Director, Latin American Studies Program, Middlebury College, USA

Robert Greenan

Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy, USA

Michael Heflin

Director of Equality, Open Society Foundations, USA

Tim Hubler

Composer, Pianist and Conductor, USA

Joy Ladin

Gottesman Professor of English, Yeshiva University, USA

Todd Larson

Senior Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Coordinator, USAID, USA

Amanda Martinez

Assistant Professor, Davidson College, USA

Robert Moeller

Assistant Professor, Middlebury College, USA

Ian Mungall

Programme Analyst, HIV, Health and Development team at UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub, Thailand

Marc Pachter

Director Emeritus, National Portrait Gallery, USA

Donica Pottie

Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Kingdom of Thailand and Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand

Brandan Robertson

Executive Director, Metanoia, USA

Jonathan Sauvé

Counselor and program manager, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Service, Embassy of Canada to Austria.

Edmund Settle

Policy Advisor United Nations Development Programme, Bangkok

Scot Sherman

Executive Director, Newbigin House of Studies, USA

Matthew Weinert

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Delaware, USA

Tobias Wolff

Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, USA

Victor Yang

Community Organizer (Canada) & Doctoral Student, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Tamara Adrián

Chair, World Committee for IDAHOT, Venezuela

Ivan Capriles

Session Rapporteur, Venezuela

Ana Helena Chacón

Consultant, Costa Rica Medical Holding, Costa Rica

Angeline Jackson

Co-Founder & Executive Director, Quality of Citizenship Jamaica, Jamaica

Mónica Leonardo

Consultant, United Nations Agencies, International NGOs, Guatemala

Maria Luz Melon

Counsellor, Embassy of Argentine, Austria

Fernanda Milán

PR, Trans-Project, Guatemala/ Denmark

Maria Samira Montiel

Special Prosecutor Sexual Diversity, Procuraduria Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Nicaragua

Paola Paredes

Photographer and Activist, Ecuador

Juan Pigot

Chairman, PAREA, Suriname

Laia Ribera

Member, Lesbian Feminist Theater Company Siluetas, El Salvador

Mariano Ruiz

Latin America and Caribbean Outreach and Communications Officer, IDAHO Committee, Arentina

Jose Enrique Torre Molina

Activist

Martin Vidaurre Vaca

National Chief, Iguales ante la Ley (Equal before the Law), Bolivia

Countries represented at the Salzburg Global LGBT Forum

Albania
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
China
Costa Rica
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Guatemala
Hong Kong, China SAR

Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Lithuania
Malawi
Malaysia
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands

Nicaragua
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Republic of Korea
Romania
Russian Federation
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tunisia
Uganda
Ukraine
UK
USA
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zimbabwe

AFRICA

Mary Chard

Danilo Da Silva

Ecclesia de Lange

Faris Cuchi Gezahegn

Noel Iglessias

Harold Kachepatsonga

Jacque Kasoma

Elizabeth Khaxas

Nana King

Olumide Femi Makanjuola

Lebohang Matela

Dennis Mseu

Zanele Muholi

Stella Murungi

Kasha Nabagesera

Sibongile Ndashe

Sudesh Reddy

Ian Southey-Swartz

Lesego Tlhwale

Dennis Wamala

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Asfin Ajub

Brenda Alegre

Lola Amaria

Kaoru Aoyama

Pooja Badarinath

Abha Bhaiya

Justin Bionat

Madan Chhetri

Tashi Choedup

Pearl Daruwalla

Aruna Desai

Tharindi Devasurendra

Manisha Dhakal

Passang Dorji

Pema Dorji

Minoo Eslami

Popo Fan

Laurindo Garcia

Dharini Priscilla

Chinzorig Gochoo

Cheyleaphy Heng

Yuko Higashi

Su Su Hlaing

Palitha Vijaya Bandara

Nursyahbani Katjasungkana

Hyun Kyung Kim

Michael Kirby

Rainbow Kistiyanti

Travis Kong

VK Larasati

Jong Geol Lee

Nara Lee

Rooi Teve

Yinhe Li

Vu Lieu

Borah Lim

Hiroko Masuhara

Daniel Mendonca

Geetanjali Misra

Saira Mujtaba

Amir Mukambetov

Aung Myo Min

Bao-Chau Nguyen

Thomas Ninan

Yoojin Oh

Nakhornphet Pasomsouk

Tunggal Pawestri

Niluka Perera

Matcha Phornin

Jay Pongruengphant

Anuj Rai

Sridhar Rangayan

Esan Regmi

Cha Roque

Yulita Rustinawati

Marianne Faith Sadicon

Arham Bhaji

Sanjay Sharma