Indonesian voters celebrate democracy in Bangkok
Overseas voters were the first to cast their ballots, between April 7 and 14, in Indonesia’s first-ever simultaneous presidential and legislative elections, which are set for April 17.
SEA Junction March 2019 Agenda
This month is dedicated to refugees in the region with an art exhibition of bodymap paintings by urban refugees in Bangkok, a panel on refugees’ mental health and possible interventions, and a special offer of refugee art for sale at our monthly Southeast Asia mini book and craft fair
The Unspoken Challenges of ASEAN
According to the alphabetic rules set for the annual rotation of the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN), Thailand will be stewarding the grouping through 2019 in between Singapore and Vietnam. One year is short for any country to leave a mark and produce significant impacts, especially when the institution in question is a regional body known to many as slow in taking action.
Excluded in Indonesia, Feeling at Home in Paris
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people often experience discrimination in Indonesia. A certain degree of tolerance is there as long as they are ‘discreet’ and do not ‘come out’ or manifest themselves in public. They remain, however, an easy scapegoat for politicians in search of popular vote and ultraconservative religious groups, with few willing to defend them.
Let’s Love: on Lesbian Invisibility in Laos
Never have I ever imagined myself commenting on a film, but here I am as a commentator of the first ever documentary film on LGBTI invisibility, particularly Lesbian, in Laos directed by Dorn Bouttasing—Let’s Love and screened at SEA Junction.
‘LGBT ลาว’ ชีวิตเปราะบางบนความอ่อนไหว
Let’s Love หรือ เงารักในสายหมอก เป็นหนึ่งในภาพยนตร์สั้นที่ฉายในเทศกาลภาพยนตร์นานาชาติหลวงพระบางเมื่อเดือนธันวาคมที่ผ่านมา สิ่งหนึ่งที่สร้างความสนใจต่อหนังเรื่องนี้คือการพูดถึงชีวิต LGBT ในลาว โดยเฉพาะเลสเบี้ยน เมื่อการพูดถึงผู้มีความหลากหลายทางเพศในลาวมักปรากฏพื้นที่ของเกย์มากกว่า
SEA Junction February 2019 Agenda
Dear Partners and Friends of SEA Junction, We return this month to a very crowded and varied program ranging from panel discussions to a workshop and a movie screening with topics as diverse as LGBTQI rights in Laos to silk printing and migration trends in Thailand. Particular mention deserves the launching of a series of…
Regolarizzazione senza legalità e senza integrazione per i migranti in Thailandia
Negli ultimi decenni, la migrazione è divenuta un tema particolarmente inquietante. Questo non soltanto per la sempre più vistosa incapacità dei governi e dell’opinione pubblica di trattare i flussi migratori con equilibrio, ma anche (e forse soprattutto) perché questa incapacità si fonda sempre più spesso su atteggiamenti e approcci ideologici che giungono a mettere in discussione l’eguaglianza tra esseri umani.
The RH Bill Story: Contentions and Compromise
Thank you very much to everybody for coming here. Thank you very much to Lia Sciortino and SEA Junction for organizing this forum.
SEA Junction December 2018 Agenda
Dear Partners and Frieds of SEA Junction, In the month of November, we enjoyed the Thai floral painting and we pondered on challenges in the region to foster tolerance in plural societies and ensure women have access to reproductive health services. December will also see a variety of topics beginning with gender and food security…