Join a live Q&A on the human rights of LGBT persons!

“Ending marginalisation and exclusion of LGBT people is a human rights priority – and a development imperative,” said Ban Ki-moon at the UN general assembly last September. So, how can activists, lawyers and politicians work together to achieve change?

The Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network organised a global expert panel on Thursday 11 February (1-3pm GMT) to discuss how change is realised, and here's the link to where the discussion will take place.

ILGA's executive director, Renato Sabbadini, will be among the panelists who will join the conversation, together with

Lewis Brooks, policy and research manager, The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
Jonathan Cooper, chief executive, Human Dignity Trust
Leah Entenmann, research and communications coordinator, Alturi
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, executive director, Equal Ground
Naomi Fontanos, executive director, Gender and Development Advocates (Ganda) Filipinas
Kyle Knight, LGBT rights programme researcher, Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Tam Nguyen, founder, Viet Pride Hanoi
Caleb Orozco, LGBT human rights advocate, United Belizean Advocacy Movement (UniBam)
Sujan Panta, human rights and legal officer, Blue Diamond Society
Omar Sharif Jr, actor/ambassador, Human Rights Foundation
Michael Vidler, human rights lawyer, Vidler & Co Solicitors

Renato Sabbadini, executive director at ILGA (ph. Twitter/renatosabbadini)

Save the date and join the conversation, either here or on Twitter following the hashtags #LGBTchange and #globaldevlive. We are looking forward to speaking to you in this live Q&A!