The Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum was formed in 2013 to establish a truly global space to reflect upon and advance LGBT and human rights discussions around the world, as well as to form a network of international leaders from diverse fields – including human rights, legal, artistic, and religious backgrounds. Founded and chaired by Dr. Klaus Mueller, the Forum currently includes representatives from more than 76 countries on six continents.
Website SALZBURG GLOBAL LGBT FORUM
LGBT & Human Rights: New Challenges, Next Steps (report)
2013 Salzburg Statement of Global LGBT Forum
“As I wrote in the Lancet last July, In the future, the laws that criminalize so many forms of human love and commitment will look the way apartheid laws do to us now – so obviously wrong. We know that LGBT people are a part of every human community. We therefore need a forum for a truly global conversation about how they contribute to, and are affected by, the law, culture and creativity – and how we can ensure that their voices are heard and understood. I applaud the Salzburg Global Seminar for deciding to hold a session on ‘LGBT and Human Rights: New Challenges, Next Steps’, at which all regions of the world will be represented, and I hope that it will mark the beginning of that global conversation.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa, Sep 2012
FOUNDATION MEETING SALZBURG GLOBAL LGBT* FORUM 2013
Bahrain
Nazeeha Saeed, journalist
Burma
Aung Myo Min, Executive Director, Human Rights Education Institute
Cambodia
Vuth Lyno, artist
China
Zhou Dhan, lawyer, author
Travis Kong, Sociologist, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong
Li Yinhe, sociologist, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Zhang Hui, Assistant Professor, East China Normal University, Shanghai
Costa Rica
Ana Elena Chacon, former Vice Minister of Security and Member of Parliament
Council of Europe
Edward Mortimer, Rapporteur to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on “Living Together: Combining diversity and freedom in 21st-century Europe”
Egypt
Shereen El Feki, Vice-Chair of the UNDP’s Global Commission on HIV and the Law; author ‘Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World’
El Salvador
Laia Ribera, theatre maker (Siluetas)
European Union
Dennis van der Veur, Representative, European Union Fundamental Rights Agency
Paola Amadei, Head of Delegation for the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador
Germany
Markus Löning, Federal Government Human Rights Commissioner
Klaus Mueller, Chair & Founder Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum; kmlink Consultancy
Carla LaGata, Lead researcher, Transgender Europe (TGEU)
Guatemala
Fernanda Milan, Co-Founder Trans Project
India
Geetanjali Misra, Executive Director, CREA, Delhi
Sridhar Rangayan, Director of Kashish, LGBT film fest in India; film director
Indonesia
Lola Amaria, filmmaker
Ajub Asfinawati, human rights attorney and former director of Jakarta Legal Aid Institute
Siti Musdah Mulia, Research Professor, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Iran
Arsham Parsi, Executive Director, Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees
Jordan
Fadi Zaghmout, blogger, writer and founder of Arab Observer
Korea
Yoojin Oh, Deputy Director, Human Rights Division, Ministry of Justice
Lebanon
Georges Azzi, Executive Director, Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality
Malaysia
Thilaga Sulathireh, researcher and activist for transgender rights
Namibia
Elizabeth Khaxas, Director, Women’s Leadership Centre
Ian Southey-Schwartz, Programme Manager, OSISA
Netherlands
Paul Jansen, Program Officer LGBT Rights/MSM & HIV, Hivos
Tejo van der Schoot, Program Specialist Human Rights, Hivos
Lousewies van der Laan, Vice-President, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Saskia Wieringa, Gender and Women’s Same-Sex Relations Cross-Culturally, University of Amsterdam
Nicaragua
Samira Montiel, Nicaraguan Ombudswoman for sexual diversity
Nigeria
Johnpromise Umeozuru, House of Rainbow, UK/Nigeria
Russia
Maria Kozlovskaya, Program Manager, Russian LGBT-network
Anastasia Smirnova, General Project Manager, Russian LGBT Network
Serbia
Milan Antonijevic, Director, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights [tentative]
Slovakia
Romana Schlesinger, Executive Director, Queer Leaders Forum/Rainbow PRIDE
South Africa
Zanele Muholi, video artist and photographer
Sibongile Ndashe, human rights lawyer, Equality Programme at Interights
Sudeshan Reddy, National Information Officer, UN Information Center
Lesego Tlhwale, Blogger, Inkanyiso.org
Syria
Fady Saleh, Literary researcher
Uganda
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, Founder of Freedom and Roam Uganda (Farug)
Dennis Wamala, Program Manager, Icebreakers Uganda
Ukraine
Andriy Maymulakhin, Director, LGBT organization Nash Mir
Sergej Ponomaryov, Office Ombudsman for human rights in Ukrainian parliament
United Kingdom
Josephine Shaw, Co-Founder Trans Media Watch
Amy Lamé, entertainer
United States
Marc Pachter, Director-at-large, Smithsonian Institute
Todd Sekuler, curator [Rapporteur]
Karen Beale, Associate Professor, Maryville College
Amanda Martinez, Assistant Professor, Davidson College
Matthew Weinert, Associate Professor, University of Delaware
Ty Cobb, Senior Legislative Counsel, Human Rights Campaign
Venezuela
Tamara Adrian, Human rights activist, Prof. at Central University of Venezuela; Trans Alternate Representative for ILGA-Lac