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Thanks to the Swedish Foreign Office and RFSL, 26 activists joined ILGA and other NGOs in Geneva to ensure sexual orientation and gender identity remains on everybody’s mind at the Human Rigths Council. They came to lobby their national delegations during the 2nd session of the Council, give speeches at the UN, participate in panels, but most of all to represent the LGBT community in an international forum which persists in ignoring us and our rights.

We would like thank them for their work and dedication. .

Aidan Dunn - San Francisco Pride / USA
Anna Leah Sarabia - Women Media Circle / Philippines
Annica Ryng - RFSL – Swedish LGBT Federation / Sweden
Arsham Parsi - Iranian Queer Organization IRQO / Canada
Belissa Andia Perez - Instituto Runa – ILGA World Trans Secretariat / Peru
Beto de Jesus - ABGLT – Brazilian LGBT Federation – Instituto Edson Neris - ILGA Representative for the Latin American and Caribbean region / Brazil
Catherine Gaillard – Lestime / Switzerland
Charles Guebogo - Alternatives Cameroun / Cameroon
Fadzai Muparatza - Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe / Zimbabwe
Gloria Careaga - El Closet de Sor Juana - ILGA Representative for the Latin American and Caribbean region / Mexico
Jackie Lewis - Unison – ILGA Europe / United Kingdom
Janfrans van der Eerden - COC – ILGA Representative for the European region / Netherlands
Juliet Victor Mukasa - SMUG – Sexual Minorities of Uganda / South Africa - Uganda
Julia Ehrt / Germany
Madelaine Vilgren - RFSL – Swedish LGBT Federation / Sweden
Maria Sjodin - RFSL – Swedish LGBT Federation / Sweden
Maya Shanker - Sangini Trust / India
Naja Larbi – Lestime / Switzerland
Philipp Braun - LSVD - Co-Secretary General of ILGA / Germany
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera - Equal Ground - Co-Secretary General of ILGA / Sri Lanka
Soren Andersson - RFSL – Swedish LGBT Federation / Sweden
Stephen Wittle - Press for Change / United Kingdom
Yvan Lapointe - Coordination gaie et lesbienne du Quebec / Canada
Yves de Matteis - 360° - Pink Cross / Switzerland

We were honoured to count on the following people as guest speakers at ILGA’s panels at the UNCHR:
John Fisher - Arc international / Switzerland
Rebeca Sevilla - Education International / Belgium - Peru
Alexandra Sarda - MULABI - Latin American Space for Sexualities and Rights / Argentina

Alexandra Sarda was in Geneva working on a joint project on sexual and reproductive rights together with Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA; India), Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR; Egypt), Positive Women's Network (South Africa), Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning (Poland), International Centre for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights (INCRESE; Nigeria), Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ; Netherlands), and Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD; Canada).

We would also thank Kim Vance (Arc International – Canada) for giving ILGA activists a training on UN Human Rigths Mechanisms.

ILGA team in Geneva
Stephen Barris - ILGA Project Manager / Press Officer / France
Patricia Curzi - ILGA Women's Officer / Italy

Very special thanks to Yves de Matteis, Dialogai, Lestime and 360°, the local Genevan ILGA members for their warm welcome and help throughout our stay. We also wish to thank Pink Cross, LOS the national Gay and Lesbian Swiss Federations and the Swiss LGBT section of Amnesty International.