On the 14th of July, Non-Binary Thailand, HCNL Thailand and ASEAN Sogie Caucus took to the streets with passionate activists and allies to demand rights for non-binary individuals.
The manifesto and demands came from a collaboration between Non-Binary Thailand and 6 other non-binary activists across SEA. The manifesto is written as a part of the first ever “Nonbinary SEA workshop”, which is a side event of Nonbinary Rising” hosted by Nonbinary Thailand with a support from ASEAN SOGIE Caucus.
Non-binary Rising march advocates for the right to live as their authentic selves without facing harassment, and to show their support for the Self-Determination Law with the Gender Marker Revision, which allows non-binary, trans and gender-nonconfirming people the agency to determine their own gender identities. This is crucial to safeguard them from discrimination and ensure equal access to resources and rights comparable to those of women and men.
Non-binary people have been neglected, even within LGBTQIA+ rights advocacy, and their rights were cut off in the Gender Recognition Act despite being at every hearing for the Act to declare their stands along with their needs since 2022. Non-binary identities are not too much, and should not be ignored. We can only advance our rights by being intersectional in our approach for advocacy.
“No pride for some of us without the liberation for all of us.”
Non-Binary SEA Rising Manifesto:
We, the non-binary people of Southeast Asia gather together on this day to celebrate International Non-Binary People’s day and to establish the network of Non-Binary and Gender Diverse people of Southeast Asia.
We urge you – our friends, loved ones, colleagues, peers, and community members – to hear our needs;
- First, to develop support systems and networks among and with non-binary and gender diverse people across SEA.
- Second, to co-create solidarity and support between queer communityies, feminist movements and non-binary and gender diverse people across SEA.
- Lastly, to visibliize non-binary and gender-diverse people’s lived experiences.
We demand:
- For communities and movements to centre and engage non-binary communities and gender-diverse people’s voices, agency, and decision making.
- For communities and movments to take accountability in ensuring inclusive and safe spaces for non-binary and gender-diverse people
- For Southeast Asian governments to fulfill the rights of non-binary and gender-diverse people to be protected.
- For funders to decolonize funding practices, making them more flexible and accessible for grassroot non-binary and gender-diverse movements.
- For the private sector to meaningfully centre non-binary and gender-diverse people’s lived experiences and implement anti-workplace discrimination policie to protect non-binary and gender-diverse workers.
- For service providers to guarantee equitable and safe acess to socio-economic services for non-binary and gender-diverse people.
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