Speaker: Ms. Joey Joleen
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Over de spreker
https://share.google/ABRX73bvbZSgmV72M  In 1992, Co-founded the Tonga Leitis Association, currently the Executive Director. Singer, Entertainer, Polynesian Dance Choreographer and Event Planner. She has been a Human Rights Activist for over 30+ years. Currently the Chair of The Commonwealth Equality Network. In 1993, She founded the Miss Galaxy Queen Pageant as an annual event to celebrate the diversity and creativity of leiti (transwomen) and the LGBTQ community in Tonga. Co-founder of the Pacific Sexual Diversity Network, which was established in 2007 during the Pacific Games in Samoa. The organisation includes members from Polynesian nations such as Fiji, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea. It aims to work together to gain a stronger voice at regional and international gatherings. Mataele is the subject of the feature documentary film Leitis in Waiting.