Kittinun Daramadhaj

President, Rainbow Sky Association Thailand

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Kittinun is a prominent activist, and his association advocates for access to sexual health services and various rights of LGBTQIA+ people, working with various government offices such as the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, the Law Council and the The Women Lawyers’ Association of Thailand. He chairs the Sub-committee on Gender Discrimination Diagnosis of the Ministry of Justice, and was named Social Justice Hero in the Hero Awards 2020 organised by APCOM. He is most proud that he has recently been able to include gender diversity in the formal school health education and physical education curriculum. Kittinun also pushed the draft spouse act into the Cabinet agenda. The main challenge to overcome in this matter was convincing those of different faiths that this is a matter of human rights rather than merely a gender or religious issue. His next goal is to provide legal acceptance and equal rights for transgenders, and eventually to eliminate all forms of gender discrimination in Thailand.

Kittinun is a prominent activist, and his association advocates for access to sexual health services and various rights of LGBTQIA+ people, working with various government offices such as the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, the Law Council and the The Women Lawyers’ Association of Thailand. He chairs the Sub-committee on Gender Discrimination Diagnosis of the Ministry of Justice, and was named Social Justice Hero in the Hero Awards 2020 organised by APCOM. He is most proud that he has recently been able to include gender diversity in the formal school health education and physical education curriculum. Kittinun also pushed the draft spouse act into the Cabinet agenda. The main challenge to overcome in this matter was convincing those of different faiths that this is a matter of human rights rather than merely a gender or religious issue. His next goal is to provide legal acceptance and equal rights for transgenders, and eventually to eliminate all forms of gender discrimination in Thailand.