Africa & West Asia

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Anonymous (Africa)

This organization’s name and identifying details are withheld due to safety and security concerns.

Enigma PRIDE (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Enigma PRIDE is a trans feminist organization founded in March 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 crisis. Its creation emerged from a critical reality: during the lockdown, violence against LGBTQ+ people—especially transgender individuals—rose sharply across the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Escalating social rejection, discrimination, physical and psychological assaults, and even deaths underscored the urgent need for a dedicated space to defend the dignity, safety, and well-being of gender minorities.

Envisioning a society where every person, regardless of gender identity or expression, fully enjoys their rights and participates freely in social life, Enigma PRIDE works to transform sociocultural perceptions and foster a more just, inclusive, and human-rights-respecting Congolese society. The organization centers its mission on promoting the visibility, well-being, and rights of trans and non-binary people—who are too often excluded from existing protection and care systems—through awareness-raising, advocacy, psychosocial support, and documentation.

ENVOL-ASSOCIATION Action Santé Trans* Bénin (Bénin)

ENVOL-AASTB is a feminist, youth-led organization that works to advance health, well-being, and human rights in Benin, with a particular focus on issues affecting trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people. Adopting an inclusive and community-centered approach, ENVOL supports, accompanies, and empowers these populations to foster their safety, autonomy, and ability to flourish. ENVOL actively combats gender-based violence and inequalities while promoting human rights and solidarity.

Its areas of intervention include leadership and mentorship, mental health, sexual and reproductive health, education, awareness-raising, sports, artivism, advocacy, support for sex workers, self-defense training, access to technology, housing, and the creation of safe shelters. ENVOL also supports environmental, creative, and innovative initiatives that contribute to sustainable development. Today, the organization is recognized as a key actor in driving social change in Benin, working toward a more just, equal, and inclusive society.

KITUMAINI ASBL (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Kitumaini ASBL is a transfeminist organization founded in 2019, by Patrick Maliani in Kinshasa, DRC. Led by and for transgender people, the organization works toward the legal recognition of gender identity and the meaningful inclusion of trans people within Congolese society. Its mission is to promote human rights by upholding diversity and inclusion, while strengthening the leadership of transgender individuals across all sectors of social life.

Kitumaini ASBL intervenes in several key areas: the protection and promotion of human rights and sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) without discrimination; social, psychological, and legal support for trans people who are survivors of violence; awareness-raising and advocacy for a more inclusive and equitable society; and professional training and economic empowerment to support the social integration of trans people.

Through these efforts, Kitumaini ASBL combats transphobia, stigma, and inequality, while creating safe, supportive spaces where transgender people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo can live with dignity and safety.

Le Réseau Indépendant des Trans d’Afrique Centrale [RITAC] (Central Africa)

Le Réseau Indépendant des Trans d’Afrique Centrale (The Independent Network of Trans People of Central Africa) brings together independent trans* and intersex organizations and activists from across Central Africa. Born in Cameroon, the network expanded in 2022 during its first General Assembly. RITAC works to protect, dignify, and enhance the visibility of trans* people through sustained advocacy, capacity building, and rigorous documentation of violence. It supports the structuring and strengthening of local organizations and offers innovative tools, such as a secure reporting application designed to improve safety and accountability.

Through training programs, mini-grants, and psychological, legal, and organizational support, the network fosters the empowerment of trans* leaders and the creation of safe, community-centered spaces. RITAC also facilitates access to funding and international platforms, solidifying its role as a major and growing regional actor in the trans* movement in Central Africa.

Nakshy House (Kenya)

Based in the coastal city of Mombasa, home to thousands of trans individuals, Nakshy House is dedicated to ensuring that all transgender and gender-diverse people have access to safe and stable housing. In Mombasa, an estimated seven in ten transgender and gender-diverse people face unsafe or unstable living conditions. Nakshy House addresses this by providing emergency shelter for trans people in crisis.

In addition to direct housing support, Nakshy House leads housing rights advocacy within broader social justice movements in Kenya, centering the needs and experiences of trans people. The organization also conducts educational workshops that equip the trans community with the knowledge and tools needed to find, secure, and maintain safe housing. These workshops engage both community members and key stakeholders, raising awareness and building pathways to long-term safety and dignity for trans residents across Mombasa.

Roche Hopes Association (Cameroon)

Roche Hopes Association is a Cameroonian community-based organization founded in 2018 by young transgender and queer individuals committed to promoting human rights, health, and the well-being of queer youth—particularly transgender people. The association works to ensure equitable access to sexual, reproductive, and mental health while defending the fundamental rights and social inclusion of trans people in Cameroon.

Its work is structured around four key pillars: organizational strengthening and community leadership; human rights and advocacy; gender and empowerment; and health and well-being. Led and predominantly composed of transgender individuals, the organization draws its strength from the lived experiences and resilience of its community. Although its structure is still emerging, Roche Hopes provides a safe space for listening, support, and solidarity, fostering empowerment, collective healing, and community cohesion.

Guided by values of dynamism, professionalism, and solidarity, the association continues to work toward a more just, inclusive, and gender-diverse society in Cameroon.

Rural Voices for Amplified Change (Namibia)

Rural Voices Amplified for Change (RVAC) is a trans-led, trans-specific non-governmental organization working nationally in Namibia to advocate for the acknowledgment, inclusion, and advancement of trans and gender-diverse communities, with a particular focus on rural areas. Its work prioritizes improving the safety and socio-economic conditions of trans and gender-diverse people who are often excluded from essential services, employment opportunities, and protection.

RVAC’s efforts center on access to employment, economic justice and empowerment, housing and homelessness, and community safety. The organization addresses barriers that limit economic opportunity by supporting job training and pathways to stable housing, while promoting safer environments where individuals can live with dignity. Through community-driven initiatives, Rural Voices Amplified for Change strengthens economic stability and long-term well-being for trans and gender-diverse communities across Namibia.

She Can / قادرة (Lebanon)

She Can is a community-led initiative founded and directed by refugee trans women to restore power to those most marginalized. The organization provides a safe space for community leadership, artistic expression, psychosocial wellbeing, and economic empowerment. Rooted in lived experiences of violence, displacement, and exclusion, it has grown into a solidarity-based model focused on healing, reclaiming identity, and building pathways to dignity.

Its interconnected programs include gender-justice work, lived-experience-informed mental-health support, arts-based community building, and skills development that strengthens autonomy. She Can offers inclusive spaces for trans women, migrant women, survivors, youth, and LGBTQI+ individuals in under-resourced environments.

Led entirely by refugee trans women, the organization centers collective knowledge rooted in personal and communal stories, and transforms community experience into tools for advocacy, healing, and leadership. Its core vision is a world where every person can live safely, access opportunity, and express themselves freely, supported by a powerful network of cross-border womanhood and solidarity.

South Trans Voice (Morocco)

South Trans Voice is an unregistered non-profit organization founded by and for trans individuals to champion the rights, dignity, and equality of the trans community. Its core mission is to foster a society where trans people can live free from discrimination and violence.

The organization advances its mission through empowerment, capacity building, and collective action. Key initiatives include raising awareness on sexual and reproductive rights, hosting monthly safe-space gatherings, and training members in digital safety to counter online anti-gender campaigns.

Advocacy and narrative change are central to its work, notably through projects like the “Trans Muggar Project,” which equips individuals with storytelling skills to reshape public perception. It also produces dedicated trans-focused media, including the magazine عبوري and podcast أشكيد اتسفلت, to amplify authentic trans voices. South Trans Voice aims to build a strong, informed trans network actively driving social and legal progress for both trans and the wider LGBTQI community in Morocco.

Talay’an MENA Organization (Morocco/MENA Region)

Talay’an is the first and only advocacy organization focusing on the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community, especially those of trans sex workers in Morocco and the broader MENA region. Founded in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it began as a closed mutual-aid network through which sex workers supported one another. It has since grown into a public, trans- and sex-worker-led organization committed to advancing self-determination, agency, and leadership within the sex worker community.

Talay’an’s structure reflects this commitment. All strategic decisions are made exclusively by members who are sex workers, and its core staff must always remain composed of a sex worker majority. The organization works to strengthen community support, create safer spaces for learning and gathering, and ensure that members have access to essential information, resources, and guidance. Through these efforts, Talay’an has helped build a more resilient and connected movement to advocate for rights and shape its own narratives.

Trans Advocacy Organization Africa (Kenya)

Trans Advocacy Organisation Africa (TAOA) is a community-based organization dedicated to advancing the rights and wellbeing of transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced individuals. Founded in response to violence, discrimination, and exclusion, TAOA provides vital support through legal aid, advocacy, mental health care, and emergency assistance.

TAOA offers safe housing for TGNC individuals experiencing homelessness, along with essential services (food, medical care, inclusive healthcare—including sexual and reproductive health services and hormone treatment). It also facilitates mental health and peer support circles to reduce isolation and strengthen emotional wellbeing.

TAOA runs leadership development, advocacy training, and vocational programs to promote self-reliance, empowerment, and active participation in social and policy spaces. Through sustained advocacy, TAOA amplifies TGNC voices in decision-making and works toward legal recognition, equality, and inclusion. TAOA envisions a future free from stigma, discrimination, and violence, where TGNC people can live safely, equally, and with dignity.

Transigeance Action Féministe (Cameroon)

Founded in 2017, Transigeance Action Féministe is a feminist organization that works with and for trans people with a strong focus on advocacy, awareness-raising, and social inclusion. The organization promotes, protects, and advances the human rights of transgender individuals, particularly young trans people, while fostering leadership, personal growth, and economic and professional development.

Its work centers on combating discrimination, exclusion, and gender-based violence linked to gender identity and expression. It provides social support through education, information, and peer-led initiatives, while building the capacity of staff and community members in areas such as human rights, advocacy, administrative and financial management, female leadership, resource mobilization, and self-employment.

Transigeance Action Féministe also engages in cultural and artistic activities—including drawing, painting, music, singing, and community fairs—particularly during Trans Visibility Month, amplifying the visibility, creativity, and resilience of trans communities. Through these combined efforts, the organization strives to foster empowerment, solidarity, and equitable participation of trans people in society.

Anonymous (Africa)

This grassroots initiative is dedicated to protecting and uplifting transgender individuals seeking asylum. Founded on lived experience and community trust, the organization recognizes that transgender asylum seekers face significant challenges, including homelessness, discrimination, violence, legal uncertainty, and barriers to employment and healthcare. Its mission is to provide a comprehensive support system that ensures safety, dignity, and long-term empowerment for those escaping persecution.

The organization provides safe-house accommodation for homeless transgender asylum seekers, offering a secure environment where individuals can stabilize, access basic needs, and begin rebuilding their lives without fear. Legal guidance is a core pillar, supporting asylum processes, securing fundamental rights, and connecting beneficiaries with appropriate legal resources, including pathways to official recognition and refugee status. Mental health and sexual-health support are also central, with counseling, trauma-informed care, and access to inclusive healthcare helping ensure overall well-being.

Trans Nigerian Support (Nigeria)

Trans Nigerian Support (TNS) is a transgender and intersex youth-led feminist organization dedicated to advancing access to basic needs, transition-related resources, and human rights for LGBT+ people in Nigeria. Founded in 2020 through two community groups—Share Circle and Super Trans Bros—TNS began as a grassroots effort focused on community building, online education, and raising awareness.

Formalized in 2022, TNS expanded its reach with a community-centered website, continuing to provide support, information, and resources to trans and intersex people across Nigeria. Today, TNS serves as a vital platform for both binary and non-binary trans individuals to access community, share experiences, and receive guidance on social and medical transition.

Central to TNS’s work is challenging the myth that trans people do not exist in Nigeria. Through visibility, connection, and empowerment, TNS creates a safer, more affirming environment where trans and intersex people can thrive, find representation, and build community.

Anonymous (West Asia)

Founded in 2009, this organization is a grassroots, volunteer-run, trans-led collective. It emerged from the need for autonomous trans organizing in a context of systemic state violence and criminalization. The organization held its first Trans Pride March in 2010. The collective operates without legal registration, following a horizontal, anti-hierarchical, and community-accountable model. Due to increasing government pressure, some organizational details are not shared publicly for security reasons.

After years of interruption caused by pride bans, police violence, and judicial harassment, the collective has been publicly active again since late 2022, while still facing ongoing surveillance, censorship, and the targeting of trans visibility. It is active throughout the year as a political and community-based formation, centering trans lived experience, collective memory, and resistance. In this context, the organization views trans pride as an act of resistance rather than celebration. It continues to work to sustain trans autonomy, visibility, and collective care under conditions of constant risk.

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Twilight Support Initiative (East Africa)

Twilight Support Initiative (TSI) is a rural, intersectional, youth-led organization founded in 2018 in East Africa. Established in response to the systemic marginalization of vulnerable youth—including sexual and gender minorities, sex workers, and drug users—TSI focuses on addressing the social determinants of health, economic rights, and social wellness. The organization works specifically to support those with intersecting identities facing compounded forms of discrimination.

TSI enhances access to sexual and reproductive health, HIV information, capacity building, livelihoods, and justice while creating safe spaces for marginalized groups. As a registered community-based organization, TSI empowers rural marginalized individuals to advocate for their rights, achieve economic independence, and access essential services. With a vision of a society that respects the rights of all, TSI strives to ensure these communities have access to health, economic empowerment, and protection.

UNTF (East Africa)

UNTF is a national coordinating body uniting transgender and gender-diverse people to amplify their voices, strengthen their movements, and ensure their perspectives are represented in national conversations on rights and justice. Operating in an environment marked by stigma, discrimination, and systemic exclusion, UNTF works to advance dignity, safety, and inclusion for all trans people through coordinated advocacy, leadership development, capacity building, and public education initiatives.

UNTF empowers trans-led organizations to collaborate, build resilience, and actively participate in policy and legal reform processes that directly affect their communities. By fostering solidarity and mutual understanding, and by forming strategic alliances with human rights organizations, legal experts, and regional partners, UNTF strengthens the visibility and influence of the trans movement within broader social justice spaces.

The West African Trans Forum [WATF] (West Africa)

The West African Trans Forum (WATF) is a network of trans* organizations founded in 2017 in Cotonou, Benin, working across West Africa to strengthen trans-led organizations and advance trans rights regionally. WATF promotes coordination, visibility, and capacity building while addressing critical issues such as access to healthcare, combating discrimination, HIV/AIDS, and the mental health and well-being of trans* communities.

The Forum conducts research and documentation to generate evidence that supports advocacy efforts, strengthens the capacity of member organizations to understand and use data effectively, and raises awareness among key actors involved in addressing violence against trans* people.

WATF develops alliances with diplomatic representations to support and protect initiatives carried out for trans* communities by trans* communities themselves, fostering solidarity, empowerment, and inclusive action across the region. The Forum is also a member of the African Trans Network, collaborating with organizations advocating for transgender rights throughout the continent.

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Amber Care and Rights Development Initiative (Nigeria)

Amber Care and Rights Development Initiative (ACRDI), established in 2022, is dedicated to advancing trans rights with a vision of creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all gender-diverse people. Its mission centers on legal advocacy, health awareness, and building more supportive, informed communities to empower trans individuals and strengthen long-term wellbeing.

ACRDI’s core activities include legal advocacy campaigns to challenge discriminatory laws and collaboration with healthcare providers to ensure access to gender-affirming care. The organization also organizes community workshops to combat stigma, develops job training and entrepreneurship programs to foster economic stability, and provides shelter and psychosocial support for trans individuals, drug users, and sex workers.

Through this combined work, ACRDI strengthens community resilience, broadens access to essential services, and expands vital pathways to safety, dignity, and opportunity.

Égalité Trans Genre RDC (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Égalité Trans Genre is a non-profit organization founded in 2018 to promote the rights and dignity of trans people in a context marked by violence, discrimination, and human rights violations. The organization works to improve the well-being of trans communities in Eastern DRC by reducing stigma, providing access to healthcare, and fostering safer, more affirming environments where trans people can thrive.

Its mission is to support trans people to better understand and claim their fundamental rights as human beings and as Congolese citizens. It works to equip community members with the knowledge and confidence to seek justice when their rights are violated. It continues to work toward greater respect, protection, and quality of life for trans people in the region, ensuring their needs remain visible, prioritized, and understood.

Rise Initiative for Women’s Rights Advocacy-RiWA (South Sudan)

Rise Initiative for Women’s Right Advocacy (RiWA South Sudan) is a trans and gender diverse-led organization, founded in 2019 to meet the needs of LGBTIQ people and other marginalized groups in South Sudan. RiWA was created to engage the untapped potential of peri-urban women and to advocate for supportive policies and a social environment that enables healthy and productive lives.

RiWA runs the only wellbeing program for trans people in South Sudan, a psychosocial support circle (RiWA-PSC) focused on the wellbeing of more than 100 members. It is the first trans-led initiative and safe space in the country.

It supports a community of young trans and gender diverse people in becoming self-sufficient so that they can provide for their families and integrate into their local communities. RiWA believes in the resilience of trans and gender diverse people and their capacity to build lives despite scarce resources and lack of visibility.

Trans Arc-en-Ciel Guinée (Guinea)

Founded in 2023, Trans Arc-en-Ciel Guinée is a community-based organization led by transgender women. The organization works to promote and defend the rights of transgender people and to advance the recognition of sexual diversity in Guinea. With more than 170 active members, it strives to ensure the visibility, protection, and social inclusion of transgender women, who often face stigma and discrimination.

The organization’s mission is to promote equality, dignity, and health for transgender people through advocacy, HIV prevention, capacity building, and economic empowerment. Since 2024, Trans Arc-en-Ciel Guinée has been a recipient of the Global Fund GC7 grant, supporting the implementation of HIV prevention activities for transgender women. The organization also collaborates with several national and international networks, including ILGA World, Pan Africa ILGA, Égides, West African Trans Forum, CIVICUS, ROJAF, and the AMOUR network, to strengthen solidarity and advance the impact of the trans movement across West Africa.

The Fruit Basket (South Africa)

Formed in 2016, The Fruit Basket is a trans refugee-led organization advocating for the social inclusion, legal recognition, and safety of transgender and other LGBTQI+ African migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in South Africa. Through its various programs, The Fruit Basket works to spotlight the struggles faced by transgender migrants, educate and uplift the most vulnerable, and advocate for their rights.

The Fruit Basket’s key activities include expanding its workshop program to new locations, organizing skills development and training to help members access the job market, and partnering with the African LGBTQI+ Migration Research Network to document the experiences of transgender migrants. The Fruit Basket also continues to advocate for the protection and rights of transgender refugees by establishing new offices and offering crucial support services such as safe housing, asylum assistance, healthcare, and mental health services.

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Anonymous (South Asia)

Founded by trans men, this volunteer-led organization offers trans men safety, guidance, and support during difficult situations. Recognizing that many trans men face family rejection, unemployment, and relationship-related distress, the organization offers advocacy, counselling, crisis intervention, family conflict mediation, temporary shelter, and assistance in accessing opportunities. To strengthen economic stability, it identifies job openings, shares information about suitable employment, and supports community members with placements.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization mobilized contributions to distribute ration supplies to not only trans men facing hardship, but also the wider community. Beyond its core work, it provides crisis support to the wider population, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by ethnic conflict. These efforts reflect its commitment to solidarity, service, and community resilience. The organization continues to work with dedication and compassion to ensure trans men have access to safety, support, and opportunities for stability.

FAIVA Manaia Inc. (Samoa)

FAIVA Manaia Inc. stands for Fa’afafine Alliance for Intersectional Vatapuia Advocacy. It is a fa’afafine-led organization working in close collaboration with tamaitai (women) allies who support a just and equal Samoa grounded in the nation’s foundations of culture, law, and faith. FAIVA is rooted in traditional and Indigenous learning methods to address development gaps related to gender equality, human rights, and the peaceful coexistence of all.

The organization focuses on advocacy through traditional structures and settings as pathways for normative change and transformation. Although challenging, FAIVA believes that within these spaces, genuine and sustainable acceptance and celebration of fa’afafine can be realized. As approximately 80% of Samoans live within these traditional structures—often viewed as barriers to equality—FAIVA works through advocacy and capacity building to demonstrate that they can instead serve as pathways to inclusion when communities, elders, and decision-makers understand tolerance and equitable coexistence through Samoan lenses.

Gender Interactive Alliance (Pakistan)

Gender Interactive Alliance is Pakistan’s oldest trans-led technical agency. Founded in 2009, the organization has evolved significantly over time. It was established by emerging activists from the indigenous khwajasira household of Nagurus. The organization initially began as a welfare and charity initiative supporting other khwajasira women while simultaneously engaging in political advocacy.

After implementing an HIV service delivery program, Gender Interactive Alliance made the strategic decision to step away from donor-led models that create competition rather than collaboration, choosing instead to pursue bold, community-driven action aligned with its own organizational priorities and goals.

Today, Gender Interactive Alliance focuses on strengthening narrative and political resilience within Pakistan’s transgender movement and co-creating alternative resourcing models that advance the long-term economic stability and resilience of transgender communities in Pakistan.

Anonymous (South Asia)

This organization provides mental health services, including counseling and peer support, to help trans individuals build resilience, foster self-acceptance, and access safe spaces to share experiences and receive support. Its work centers on trans-rights movement building through advocacy, awareness campaigns, workshops, and community engagement. By educating allies, policymakers, and the public, it aims to create a safer, more informed environment while empowering trans people to advocate for their rights.

The organization is also developing a safety and security framework focused on crisis response and emergency support. This includes strengthening access to legal and medical assistance, equipping trans individuals with tools to assess risk and report violence, and creating spaces where they can seek protection. It collaborates with local authorities to sensitize them to the safety needs, security risks, and legal rights of trans people and to improve crisis response. Its work pursues long-term systemic change that strengthens wellbeing and reduces the trans community’s vulnerability.

Transhold (Indonesia)

Transhold is a trans man–led community organization in East Java, Indonesia. The organization aims to create a safe, inclusive space where trans men can advocate for their human rights, grounded in the values of self-determination, justice, solidarity, collectivity, democracy, non-discrimination, accountability, non-profit work, and collective care.

A core focus for Transhold is well-being and independence. The organization works to strengthen trans men’s understanding of themselves and support their ability to lead prosperous, self-determined lives. Its approach recognizes that personal well-being includes physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions—each essential to building independence and resilience in a society where stigma and discrimination remain pervasive.

Transhold continues to build and nurture solidarity among trans men in East Java, creating a community foundation that can support future advocacy and collective action on issues of justice and rights for trans men in the region.

Transmasculine Network for Equality [TransEqual] (Thailand)

The Transmasculine Network for Equality (TransEqual) strengthens networks, builds leadership, and supports toms, trans men, and nonbinary individuals across Thailand’s Northern, Northeastern, Southern, and Central regions. TransEqual develops community leadership, creates safe and inclusive learning spaces, advocates for gender-affirming laws and policies, raises public awareness, and documents violence and discrimination in pursuit of justice.

It has strengthened grassroots leaders across Thailand through trainings and local working groups, and has produced a situational report with recommendations on violence, discrimination, and hate crimes. It also contributes to public-education platforms such as Trans Pride, Youth Pride, and Joy Festival.

TransEqual’s national advocacy supports marriage equality reforms, a Gender Recognition Act, and the inclusion of gender-affirming hormone benefits in the national healthcare system. It documents discrimination cases and assists individuals seeking redress, including a successful complaint on behalf of a trans man denied boarding. TransEqual works to ensure that gender-diverse people can live with dignity, safety, and equal opportunities.

Transmen Collective (South Asia)

Transmen Collective (TMC) is a transmasculine-led organization in India working to transform how gender, justice, and care are understood and practiced. For over eight years, TMC has addressed the structural invisibility of transmasculine lives, an erasure shaped by societal and institutional systems. Through community organizing, research, and advocacy, TMC strengthens institutional accountability and reshapes public narratives about transmasculine existence and belonging.

TMC facilitates peer-led learning, story circles, and community consultations that recognize lived experiences as sources of knowledge and collective strength. Grounded in care and accountability, it connects emotional well-being, livelihood, and rights-based approaches, moving beyond token inclusion toward genuine participation.

Working with grassroots networks, researchers, and allied organizations, TMC challenges extractive visibility models and creates pathways for transmasculine people to lead in transforming systems that affect their lives. As a change-maker from the Global South, TMC brings essential insights to global movements, affirming transmasculine lives in the reimagining of power, care, and collective liberation.

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Queer Youth Group (Nepal)

Queer Youth Group (QYG) was established in 2018 as a youth-led collective advocating for the rights of queer individuals in Nepal. It was officially registered as a not-for-profit organization in 2020. Since its inception, QYG has focused on policy advocacy, awareness campaigns, and community support for people of marginalized sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics (PoMSOGIESC).

Over the years, QYG has consistently worked towards social and legal recognition of gender diversity through strategic litigation, education, and resource development. QYG’s efforts include language justice, inclusive policies, and advocating for gender-affirmative healthcare. Through community engagement, Pride events (Nepal Pride Parade and Trans Pride Parade), and active policy interventions, QYG actively works to create a more equitable and just society for all gender and sexual minorities in Nepal.

Anonymous (Southeast Asia)

Founded in May 2018 by transgender men committed to advancing LGBTIQ rights, the organization works to empower marginalized transgender individuals through vocational training, community leadership development, and advocacy for systemic change amid growing political and social challenges.

Despite a challenging political environment in which many rights-based organizations were forced to relocate or operate virtually, the group continues to work on the ground, providing direct support to local LGBTIQ communities. Its work includes emergency response, offering aid during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and conflict-related displacement, while maintaining long-term advocacy under oppressive conditions.

By combining immediate relief with sustained support and resources, the organization ensures that queer communities have access to urgent aid and opportunities that strengthen resilience and foster long-term empowerment.

Anonymous (East Asia)

This organization’s name and identifying details are withheld due to safety and security concerns.

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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National Trans Coalition (Armenia)

The National Trans Coalition (NTC) is a trans-led organization working across Armenia to strengthen trans community networks, advance human rights, and promote the inclusion of trans and gender-diverse people through an intersectional approach. NTC raises public awareness on trans issues through storytelling, media engagement, and community events that reach both urban and rural areas, strengthening visibility and support for trans and gender-diverse people across the country.

NTC provides vocational and empowerment programs—such as English and IT courses—to improve employment opportunities for trans individuals, and has expanded paralegal services for migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and others facing legal or administrative challenges. The National Trans Coalition envisions a society free from discrimination, where all gender identities are respected and trans communities can thrive. Its mission is to build a strong, connected trans community and ensure the protection and well-being of trans people.

TG House (Poland)

TG House is a non-profit, grassroots Belarusian trans-led organization in exile, based in Poland and supporting transgender and non-binary people in Belarus and throughout the diaspora. Although operating from abroad, the organization partners with volunteers inside Belarus and is actively expanding its community networks in Belarus, Poland, and France. TG House supports trans people facing discrimination, social exclusion, restricted access to gender-affirming healthcare, and barriers to legal and social recognition.

Its work combines direct assistance with long-term empowerment. TG House provides legal guidance, psychological support, peer assistance, temporary housing, and community-based humanitarian aid. Through peer-support groups, workshops, webinars, and educational programs, it creates safe spaces where trans people can build resilience, strengthen community ties, and develop practical skills.

TG House also engages in national and international advocacy, documenting human rights violations, contributing to UN reporting processes, monitoring legislative developments, and collaborating with partners to advance inclusive policies and equitable access to services.

XY Spectrum (Serbia)

XY Spectrum provides mental health support for trans youth and their families through individual and group therapy. The political unrest and violence in the region have increased the number of young trans people seeking help. The organization works to reduce social isolation and strengthen community ties for trans youth facing stigma and discrimination.

It hosts online and offline educational campaigns, media storytelling, and public events to raise awareness of trans and intersex experiences. XY Spectrum collaborates with national health institutions, human rights bodies, and international partners, and offers training for civil society groups, universities, and private companies. The organization engages in cultural initiatives such as exhibitions and performances, and produced the first graphic novel in the Balkan region featuring intersex stories.

XY Spectrum reports to regional and international mechanisms, contributing to UPR, CEDAW, and the LGBTI Enlargement Review to advocate for the rights and well-being of trans and intersex people.

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Anonymous (West Asia)

This organization’s name and identifying details are withheld due to safety and security concerns.

TransCoalition (Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe)

The TransCoalition is a regional platform founded in 2013 to unite trans and nonbinary activists across the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Formed during a trans* camp that brought together emerging leaders from the region, the Coalition began with activists from seven countries—Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine—who shared a commitment to defending the rights and dignity of transgender people.

Since its founding, the TransCoalition has continued to grow and evolve, strengthening cross-border collaboration and collective advocacy in regions where trans communities face systemic discrimination, rising anti-gender movements, and severe barriers to gender-affirming healthcare. Today, it serves as a key resource for movement building, strategic coordination, and trans-led resistance, working to advance safety, justice, and access to trans-specific healthcare across its expanding network.

TransFormA (North Macedonia)

TransFormA is an informal initiative founded in 2011 by trans people in North Macedonia. Publicly active since 2018, it focuses on providing support, visibility, and advocacy for the trans community—particularly trans women, trans sex workers, and Roma trans individuals—through an intersectional lens. Led by the community, TransFormA operates through horizontal organizing and collective leadership. Without formal NGO registration, it remains firmly rooted in directly addressing the needs of trans people.

The initiative offers free psychological and legal support, facilitates self-help groups, and implements safety protocols. It has organized six Trans Visibility Marches and six Trans Day of Remembrance events, and has launched the country’s first trans magazine. TransFormA is also an active participant in Skopje Pride and collaborates with both local and international partners. In 2024, it launched the first website in North Macedonia created by and for the trans community.

Latin America and the Caribbean

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CASA DIVERSA (Paraguay)

Casa Diversa, founded in 2017, is a national community center in Paraguay dedicated to supporting trans and gender-diverse individuals. The organization operates a transitional shelter program for people in situations of vulnerability, providing safe and affirming spaces for those who face social exclusion, discrimination, or housing insecurity. It works to promote empowerment, mental health, and wellbeing through a variety of community programs, including training, capacity-building workshops, individualized support, and ongoing follow-up for beneficiaries.

Casa Diversa also engages in visibility and cultural initiatives to foster understanding and acceptance of trans and LGBTQIA+ communities within Paraguayan society. Its services and programs have been critical in strengthening the community and ensuring that they have access to resources, guidance, and opportunities needed to thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Espacio Tolomocho (Argentina)

Espacio Tolomocho is a community-led organization in La Plata, Argentina, led by LGBTQ+ disabled trans persons. Founded to transform the realities of its community through art and creative expression, the organization uses creativity as a tool for resistance, empowerment, and collective liberation.

Its mission is to strengthen community bonds, highlight intersectional experiences, and generate opportunities in art, cultural mediation, and accessibility. Espacio Tolomocho offers artistic production, workshops, and inclusive educational programs, ensuring participation through diverse formats such as sign language, braille, audio-description, and easy-to-read materials.

The organization envisions a sustainable cultural space that leads a gender- and accessibility-focused publishing initiative, provides training and employment for trans people with disabilities, and fosters inclusive education. Through artistic projects, advocacy, and accessibility consulting, Espacio Tolomocho promotes visibility, equity, and social transformation for marginalized communities.

Anonymous (Latin America)

This organization’s name and identifying details are withheld due to safety and security concerns.

The Instituto Brasileiro de Transmasculinidades [IBRAT] (Brazil)

The Instituto Brasileiro de Transmasculinidades (IBRAT), founded in 2013, is a national network of transmasculine activists in Brazil dedicated to advancing the rights, visibility, and wellbeing of transmasculine people. IBRAT organizes regional centers across all five Brazilian regions to address local demands while fostering national dialogue on public policy, human rights, and social inclusion.

The organization provides political training, research, mapping, and observatories, and engages in advocacy, institutional partnerships, and public debates. IBRAT also offers welcoming and support spaces, disseminates opportunities, and promotes ethical, mental health, and legal guidance for the community.

As part of REDCAHT (Network of American Transmasculine Collectives) and a member of the National Council for the Rights of LGBTQIA+ People, IBRAT bridges grassroots organizing with national and regional policy influence, empowering transmasculine individuals across Brazil.

Anonymous (Latin America)

This organization’s name and identifying details are withheld due to safety and security concerns.

Proud To Be Trans (Guyana)

Proud to be Trans (PTBT) is a non-governmental organization established to improve the life circumstances of transgender Guyanese people. PTBT is currently the only registered LGBT organization in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region. The organization advocates for the rights of transgender individuals, promotes respect and acceptance, and works to eliminate violence, prejudice, and discrimination. PTBT’s vision is a nation of healthy, empowered trans persons.

With a team experienced in HIV and social justice projects, PTBT has implemented initiatives empowering trans people to access healthcare, affirm their gender identity, and build economic independence through vocational training and small business support, including cake decorating courses and seed grants. The organization also led the Being LGBT in the Caribbean (BLIC) project, producing three videos highlighting the importance of education, socio-economic stability, and family acceptance.

Red Nacional Diana Navarro Sanjuan (Colombia)

Red Nacional de Personas Trans Diana Navarro San Juan (Diana Navarro San Juan National Network of Trans People) is a grassroots social federation founded in 2023 that brings together more than 60 local organizations and independent leaders from across Colombia. Emerging from the periphery, the network alters the historical centralism of the movement by promoting genuine parity in governance between trans men and trans women.

Dedicated to the political autonomy of transgender people, the network is able to respond to security risks, accompany legal processes, and advance collective projects. Its mission is to decentralize political advocacy and the defense of human rights by connecting the most remote and conflict-affected territories with national transformation agendas, ensuring that trans people throughout the country can effectively enjoy their rights.

Anonymous (Latin America)

Founded in 2022, this trans-led organization works to promote the wellbeing and human rights of transgender people, with national and international reach. Grounded in its strategic objectives, its mission includes advancing access to care, protection, and advocacy mechanisms; generating knowledge to inform inclusive public policies; implementing comprehensive healthcare programs for socially and economically vulnerable trans individuals; and building a strong support network that fosters solidarity among key organizations and stakeholders.

The organization also mobilizes resources to sustain programs serving the trans community. By 2025, it aims to establish itself as a resilient, fully integrated collective of trans leaders dedicated to promoting, defending, and assisting the human rights of the broader LGBTIQ+ population, while serving as a model for advocacy and support in the region.

Anonymous (Latin America)

This organization’s name and identifying details are withheld due to safety and security concerns.

THRIVE

Fundacion Feminas Latinas (Chile)

Founded in 2015 and based in Santiago, Fundación Féminas Latinas is a human rights organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of transgender migrant women from Latin America and the Caribbean living in Chile. Working nationally, the organization supports and organizes the trans migrant women’s movement, exposing the barriers they face within Chile’s social systems and broader movements while strengthening visibility, leadership, and collective power.

Fundación Féminas Latinas focuses on community and coalition building, equitable access to trans-affirming healthcare, and the rights of migrants and people in mobility. The organization also provides support related to housing and homelessness, recognizing the precarious conditions many trans migrant women experience. Through advocacy, community organizing, and capacity-building initiatives, Fundación Féminas Latinas works to ensure safety, dignity, and inclusion for trans migrant communities across Chile.

Museso de Arte Transfemenino (Mexico)

The Museo de Arte Transfemenino is a life project and a pioneering space in Mexico City dedicated to researching, curating, and preserving the artistic and cultural practices of trans women. Led and managed by both young and older trans women, it serves as a platform for remembrance, visibility, and creative expression.

The museum has achieved a historic milestone by opening the first space in Mexico focused on the memory, art, and culture of trans women. It has curated the first retrospective of trans women’s artistic and cultural practices in Mexico from 1970 to the present.

Offering a public program that engages trans women across generations, the museum not only celebrates their contributions but also creates a safe, empowering space amidst challenges such as gentrification, housing insecurity, and ongoing violence against trans women in the city.

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SEED

FDIHA ASOCIACIÓN (Spain)

FDIHA ASOCIACIÓN is a platform for empowerment and representation created by and for Arab trans and queer artists. The organization generates communicative spaces for collective healing, where community members can gather to share experiences, grief, and artistic expression. Its mission is to promote and support cultural and artistic projects across Spain and Europe, facilitating events grounded in the narratives, realities, and unmediated perspectives of Arab trans and queer communities.

FDIHA ASOCIACIÓN develops initiatives centered on Arab trans and queer culture, the preservation of an Arab trans and queer archive, trans realities in the Arab world, intersectional struggles, Arab transfeminism, and anticolonial artistic practice. These efforts unfold in symbolic spaces—such as the Arab salon, the café, the Damascene house, and festive or nocturnal settings—reimagined as territories of cultural resistance. The organization also examines the forms of censorship that impact queer art in Global South contexts, advocating for creative freedom and cultural visibility.

FLIRT – FRONT TRANSFEM (France)

FLIRT is a support and mutual aid association for transfeminine people and trans women, particularly those facing the greatest precarity, including people experiencing homelessness or disability, people who use substances, sex workers, and migrants. Created as a solidarity fund during the COVID crisis, FLIRT has since grown into a community-based organization.

Its main drop-in center, Instant-T, provides cultural and artistic activities, workshops on hormones and self-medication, and serves as an entry point for people seeking support. This includes legal and financial assistance, medical and social referrals, health mediation, psychological support, and accompaniment in asylum procedures. Since 2022, FLIRT has been one of the founding associations of La Bulle, an inter-associative space co-led with ARDHIS, Espace Santé Trans, and Wassla.

Beyond direct support, FLIRT produces trainings, educational resources, and organizes cultural events. Initially focused on ensuring the survival of transfeminine people, FLIRT now works broadly to defend the rights of trans people in France and internationally.

Anonymous (Europe)

This organization’s name and identifying details are withheld due to safety and security concerns.

Queer Youth Assemble (United States)

Queer Youth Assemble is a national youth-led organization founded in Boston by Esmee Silverman and Cas Ford Martin. Its mission is to build an inclusive and transformative world for queer youth across the United States. Rooted in a vision of safety, autonomy, and joy, it creates spaces where queer youth can organize, create, and imagine liberated futures together.

Through events, collaborations, artistic projects, and youth-driven initiatives, Queer Youth Assemble uplifts queer youth leadership. The organization provides stipends, supports youth-led programs and resources, and coordinates projects such as birthday card outreach, pen-pal matching, and accessible educational materials.

Queer Youth Assemble has mobilized nationwide through walkouts, protests, and its National March for Queer & Trans Youth Autonomy, while expanding free resources that center queer youth experiences. Guided by creativity, solidarity, and community care, it works toward a world where queer young people can thrive.

Trans Healthcare Action (Ireland)

Based in Ireland, Trans Healthcare Action is a volunteer, trans-led community organization committed to building free, safe, and self-determined care for trans people nationwide. Since 2022, the organization has developed tools, resources, and networks to advocate in political spaces, challenge medical systems, and strengthen community resilience. Its work includes producing policy briefs and survival guides, creating knowledge-sharing and community-care spaces, engaging in relationship-building and policy advocacy, and collaborating transnationally to expand networks of shared struggle.

Trans Healthcare Action advances this work through organizing, advocacy, collaboration, collective care, and the strengthening of community power. It focuses on advancing systems change for informed consent, fostering health and well-being within the trans community, building solidarity coalitions with other movements, and strengthening organizational sustainability. The organization envisions an Ireland where everyone has interconnected communities of care and autonomy over their bodies, lives, and futures.