Queer Displacements Conference
Championing LGBTIQ+ Voices
Championing LGBTIQ+ Voices
About the conference
The Queer Displacements Conference, held biannually since 2019, is the first and only event in the Asia Pacific focused on the protection and settlement challenges of LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced people.
This unique conference amplifies the voices and lived experiences of LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced individuals. It fosters awareness, solidarity, and alliances to ensure justice and protection.
Designed with a methodology that centers lived experiences beyond storytelling, the conference provides full scholarships to LGBTIQ+ displaced individuals, ensuring their participation shapes the discussions and outcomes. Combining presentations and stakeholder engagements, it promotes action-oriented results within a trauma-informed framework.
“This conference helped me to expand my thoughts and knowledge around of what LGBTIQ + asylum seekers going through similar experiences. The stories and experiences that were shared at the conference from the audience, touched my feelings deeply and were a reminder for me of some experiences I went through. I’ve been looking forward to this platform for a very long time now. I attended this conference to meet people who are or have gone through similar experiences as a queer asylum seeker, topics around homophobia, inequality and LGBTQA+ displacement in a nutshell. To get in touch with the LGBTIQ+ people – my people.”