Steering committees

Steering Committees

The five Steering Committees are a group of activists appointed or elected from every region of the world to support ILGA World’s work on bisexual, intersex, trans, women and youth issues. They were established in 2016 by the ILGA membership as a more representative way to continue the work of the ILGA Secretariats.

With seven persons from ILGA World member organisations in each committee, there is a now larger and more geographically diverse body working on the specific concerns of a population group, rather than relying on a single member organisation as was the case with the Secretariats.

The Steering Committees started to really take shape in 2019 when the first chairs of each steering committee were elected at the World Conference in Wellington and each ILGA World region appointed or elected its representatives.

As a result, our whole global family is better represented when ILGA World discusses bisexual, intersex, trans, women, and youth issues! Like with the Secretariats, the Chairs of Steering Committees also join the Executive Board, helping to make sure that our family speaks with one diverse but unified voice.

This is what queer democracy in action looks like!

last updated on: 26 June 2020
(opening photo by Ben Buckland)

Meet the representatives of ILGA World's Steering Committees 

 

 

Bisexual Committee

 

Ian Lawrence-Tourinho

Chair - Bisexual Steering Committee

Brice Tchuenguia

Bisexual Steering Committee representative - Africa

Candy Yun

Bisexual Steering Committee representative - Asia

Rachael Moore

Bisexual Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia

Oriana López Uribe

Bisexual Steering Committee representative - LAC

Ian Lawrence-Tourinho

Bisexual Steering Committee representative - North America & Caribbean

Bisexual Committee - Oceania

Bisexual Steering Committee representative - Oceania

Intersex Committee

Crystal Hendricks

Chair - Intersex Steering Committee

Lawrence Shone Edem Adjei

Intersex Steering Committee representative - Africa

Hiker Chiu

Intersex Steering Committee representative - Asia

Dan Christian Ghattas

Intersex Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia

Julián Parra

Intersex Steering Committee representative - LAC

Intersex Committee - North America & Caribbean

Intersex Steering Committee representative - North America & Caribbean

Mani Bruce Mitchell

Intersex Steering Committee representative - Oceania

Trans Committee

Tashnuva Anan

Chair - Trans Steering Committee

Barbra Wangare

Trans Steering Committee representative - Africa

Wannapong (Nhuun) Yodmuang

Trans Steering Committee representative - Asia

Olena Semenova

Trans Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia

Franco Fuica

Trans Steering Committee representative - LAC

Susan Gapka

Trans Steering Committee representative - North America & Caribbean

Ratu Eroni Ledua Dina

Trans Steering Committee representative - Oceania

Women's Committee

Angelica Polmonari

Chair - Women's Steering Committee

Sandra Kwikiriza

Women’s Steering Committee representative - Africa

Brenda Rodriguez Alegre

Women’s Steering Committee representative - Asia

Angelica Polmonari

Women’s Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia

Teresa Fernandez

Women’s Steering Committee representative - LAC

Winnie Luk

Women’s Steering Committee representative - North America & Caribbean

Maria Nailevu

Women’s Steering Committee representative - Oceania

Youth Committee

Martin Karadzhov

Chair - Youth Steering Committee

Sheba Akpokli

Youth Steering Committee representative - Africa

Tashi Tsheten

Youth Steering Committee representative - Asia

Anbid Zaman

Youth Steering Committee representative - Europe and Central Asia

Miguel Pinto

Youth Steering Committee representative - LAC

Em Wills

Youth Steering Committee representative - North America & Caribbean

Youth Committee - Oceania

Youth Steering Committee representative - Oceania