IDAHOT Cambodia 2015

Gay Pride and International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia

(IDAHOT)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Slogan Voice for the Voiceless Family is like our SKIN & Coming Out is a Right
Problem statement
- We have a lots of report cases from Takmoa, Kandal province, Kampong Chhnang and
Kampong Cham where students who identify as transgender have been bullying their
theirs classesmates while some cases are kicked out of schools by teachers. Eg. Three
transgender female to male in Suramarith High schools had been asked to leave class
because the three students dressed as schoolboys.
- Force marriage and economic pressure leave LGBTI children to be homeless and increase
poverty among them even cannot find a good paid job because they leave school and
home too early. One case in Kandal province where a transgender woman,15, was
rejected by parents and she now moved to Phnom Penh to work in massage place. And
another case a transman,13, has forced to quit school and parents took all phone and
motor as they thought the daughter learn from friends to be transman. While recent three
cases we are handling are forced marriage after parents know their daughters are lesbians
and transman (one case in Sihanuk vill, two in Phnom Penh).
- Legal issues: In end of March transwomen and gay men in Siem Reap were arrested
under drug dealing as the reality, police understand that transwomen and gaymen are
mostly not from Siem Reap as they left home and easy to cheat as the trans and gay
community dont know about laws. They (police) asked for 30-50$/night if the trans and
gaymen want to sit or stand in public spaces.
Expectation for IDAHOT compaing are

A Non-discrimination at school against LGBTI are drafted

A Transgender report on gaps and possible solutions are written
Target beneficiary about 100 LGBT people join the workshops, 500 school boys and
girls, about 3 million people watch and listen TV, Radio and social media as last year we
had two channel reach more than 3 millions people.
1 TV program, 3 radio talks and at least 2 articles written by local and international news.

What is Pride and IDAHOT?

Gay Pride is celebrated to making Voice for Voiceless Community every year in Cambodia.
CamASEAN Youths Future (CamASEAN) led by diversity young people have contribute to
three projects which are promoting, protecting and supporting LGBTI community in Cambodia.
To organize the event we need the members of:

Cambodia Women and Choices (CWC) project is led by lesbian person who is a strong
advocate for integrating LGBT into the womens sector and for womens sexual
reproductive health esp. abortion and support for unwanted pregnancy complications as
well as building linkage between young girls in university with schools girls.
Rainbow Cambodia Advocate Team (Rainbow CAT) is led by a transgender man who
understands that economic sustainability is the greatest help among others to stop Gender
Based Violence, stigma, and discrimination from family and neighbors.
Cambodia LGBT legal service is led by a group of university students who are studying
laws to support LGBTIQ who have questions or problems with stigma, discrimination,
violence and other legal issues.
CamASEAN Information Communication Technology for Good (ICT for Good) is led by
a young ICT passionate man and supports effective uses of technology among young
people to positively contribute to the entire society esp. using social media and other
technology related to advocacy for positive social changes.
Children & Choices Project (CCP) is led by two young women to advocate for child
rights esp. livelihood and education in the land dispute areas. Sre Ambel district is our
first pilot phase.
ASEAN & Human Rights is led by a group of young people to analyze & share legal and
human rights information on ASEAN and advocate to include sexual orientation and
gender identity, gender expression into the ASEAN human rights system.
CamASEAN Disability Project is led by a disable girl and seeks equal conditions in
education system and employment opportunities regardless of their disability status.
Elderly Project is led to secure the life of older people who are retired from the
government, private and civil society sectors. They experience financial difficulties
because they usually receive low pensions after retirement or no compensation after
finishing jobs at private companies and NGOs.
Other initial projects started by young people for young people such as BarPhnom High
School Club in PreyVeng to promote young people in civic development, Life is
Learning Club to connect university life to high school life, and My Home My Hope
which is led by girls live with HIV/AIDs in Takeo province who work to promote human

rights of young girls live with HIV/AIDs and family. And three other high school clubs
just established end of 2014 in Takeo and prey veng.
Private sectors (Hotel, Bar, Restaurant)
And some other NGOs, Groups and Funders such .. for advance our event in longer
term.

This year we want to build diversity young people who are hetesexual, and homosexual on to
promote human rights of LGBTI people as human rights of everyone in the country through legal
analysis and positive overview of legal reform in Cambodia.
CamASEAN Youths Future,
CamASEAN Youth Future was founded in January 2012 after Cambodia become the ASEAN
Chair and a group of young people have involve with ASEAN Grassroots People Assembly
(AGPA). A core group of LGBT activists and diverse young people were keen to build on the
connections and momentum achieved and felt that there was much to be done to improve the
lives of LGBT in the Kingdom. The four projects (CWC, Rainbow CAT, PFLAG Cambodia and
CLGBT) of CamASEAN were founded with the aims of:
improving the lives of LGBTI in Cambodia so that LGBTI people feel confident to be
who they are
so that LGBTIQ peoples rights are recognized and respected by society and families and
communities understand and accept LGBTIQ people
so that LGBT people have a secure livelihood and
micro credit to LGBTI to start business is found as the positive social attitude change
CamASEAN has many other activities happening throughout the year which complement and
support the IDAHOT. These activities include:
Lesbian gathering every two weeks
Legal phone counselling for LGBTI
Facebook counselling for LGBIT
Training on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression for lobbying purpose
Documentation all the LGBTI cases
Develop statement and report which reflect to the laws and policy in practices
SOGIE (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity & Expression) awareness-raising
sessions with university students, organizations, the media, other key stakeholders
Creating tools and spaces for LGBT people and the straight community to learn more
about LGBT lives and issues- through dubbing films and documentaries into Khmer
language, supporting Cambodian artists and film-makers to create work on LGBT
themes
Supporting CamASEAN activists to participate in regional Asian and ASEAN SOGIE
Caucus (ASC) networks, ASEAN People Forum (APF), conferences, workshops
Supporting individual LGBT who are suffering rights violations by families, authorities,
others and/or difficulties as they negotiate their coming-out

 Supporting individual LGBTIQ who want to start business in the purpose of positive
social attitude changes
Organizing special events during the year (Int. Human Right Day, Int. Women Rights
Day, ect)

This year we will celebrate with other network and organization who are working
for LGBTI, MSM and legal support.
Goal of Pride and IDAHOT in May 14 to 24, 2015
To aware to all LGBTI community, their parents and friends, and public to understand the
Cambodia laws and policy to reflect to the reality of LGBTI people and their common life.
To inform to Cambodian society that LGBTI people have participated in social development
such business, employment, education and cultural protection and promotion.
Main activities are:
Stop bullying at schools to advocate for Non-discrimination police at schools
Poverty reduction to seek positive social attitude in Cambodian society
My voice my story radio program and National Dialogue on Gaps and Human
Rights of Transgender People in Cambodia to understand the gaps and social
protection needs of transgender community.
Voice to Voiceless community workshop to build straight allies and other CSOs to
celebrate IDAHOT (IDAHOT- International Day Against Homophobia and
Transphobia)
Coming Out, Stay Home to make dialogue between experienced LGBT of how to
come out safe to less experience or young LGBTI
Participate with Private Sector and other groups or NGOs from 17-24th May.
Screen documentary and reflection for inspiration purposes to gain more activism
movement both LGBTI and straight people.
Key activities of Pride and IDAHOT Celebration
Workshops- The workshops this year will happen 14th & 18th May.
- Stop bullying at schools workshop at Baphnom on 14th May
- Poverty reduction to seek positive social attitude change on 15th May
- National Dialogue on Transgendermen and Transgenderwomen to look at gaps for
solutions on 16th May
- IDAHOT: Voice to Voiceless is 17th May: Morning session is invited straight friends
and relatives to share how to live together for many years and advocate for acceptance at
their community and one or two friends and relatives to come and share how they react to
accept the homosexual couples and individual person.
- Afternoon session is Safe Coming out Stay HOME as LGBTI in Cambodia which will
invited LGBTI who are businesspeople, university students, employee or those who
accepted by their parents without serious violation from their parents

18th May morning workshop will focus on LGBT sensitization for the legal view and is
aimed as a follow-up to CamASEANs first LEGAL awareness workshop with
Cambodia. This workshop will share legal analyze from university students who are
studying laws and international relations to review how the laws work in Cambodia
towards LGBTI people.
18th May at 3pm with Rainbow-sports and dancing in Phnom Penh

Anticipated Outputs
Capacity of straight activists for LGBTI people is strengthened through the legal training
capacity of Cambodian LGBTI activists is developed through learning and skill-share
from youth activists
new strategies, activities, approaches, tools are shared to advance the aims of LGBTI
activism in Cambodia
increased profile of LGBTI and straight young people in Cambodia through Cambodian
media
increased awareness of legal and LGBTIQ community needs and advocacy goals
Cambodias TV media, radio and print media are sensitized to LGBTI through legal
awareness-raising workshop
LGBTI and private sector development is made and strengthen relationship between
private and social movement.
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