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I began writing about my experiences in the media because I’d had enough of not seeing myself reflected anywhere.

I am sharing this to illustrate how easily we are erased and also to remind us that it is not so long ago that we were not visible.

Utopia was a founding sponsor of the first Bangkok Gay Festival in 1999, the first Pattaya Gay Festival in 2001, and the Thailand Alternative Travel Association.

It shows in the accuracy and truthfulness of our work. That is how it felt connecting with GAPA...”

 

 

 

 Social

Whether it be an outdoor hike, a round of cocktails or a serve and a spike, build our API family through recreational sports and team building.

GAPA Social 

Political

Engage your community through activism, build leadership skills, mobilize our allies, and aim to strengthen our connections.

But we have to be stronger than that.

The very first iteration of gaysians.org promoted events and we are exploring this again.

An annual Utopia Awards was established in 2000 to give special recognition to gay and lesbian pioneers in Asia and other worthy groups and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to our community.

I had spent two decades living as a lesbian and was still to see myself reflected in the media, in the club and even online. We believe that opportunity is limitless, and that yes, we absolutely can.

 Integrity

We are guided by honest and strong principles. Where being trans is an everyday part of our lived experience, mythology, storytelling and survival.

Utopia opened Southeast Asia’s first gay and lesbian center, located in Bangkok, featuring a gay gift and book shop, café, mixed gay/lesbian pub, and guesthouse. We add to and amplify the efforts of allies. If you would like to submit a letter to us then please get in touch. We belong here.

Gaysians works with organisations and charities to advise them on how to best serve us as people that have specific, nuanced experiences and often complex challenges navigating our culture, sexuality and gender identities in the diaspora.

We are strongest together. 

 Visibility

We show pride and resilience in everything we do for our community and each other. We also have Interviews which we plan to expand on. As an independent and unfunded organisation that chooses to maintain autonomy, we have decided not to set up as a CIC, which would restrict our campaigning work.

We write open letters in the hope of shedding light on topics we wish were common knowledge.

We have always existed and nowhere more in the world is this more prominent than in Asia, where historical sites that evidence our history still exist.

We are fundraising in order to

  • re-evaluate all our service providers and source new partners where needed.

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