Speaker: Midnight
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About the spreaker
Based in Bangkok, Midnight has been the Executive Director of APCOM since 2011, working in multi-sectoral partnerships with governments, donors, the United Nations, development partners and most importantly the community and civil society organisations working on advancing LGBTQI rights in the Asia Pacific region.   In 2016, Midnight gave the Closing Plenary Statement at the 2016 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS at the UN General Assembly.He was named an Obama Foundation Leader for Asia-Pacific in 2019, and a fellow of the Equity Initiative for outstanding professionals committed to advancing fairness and social justice in health. In 2020 he was a Gen.T honouree for advocating for the rights of LGBTQ communities in Asia, and also making the Future List 2020 as Thailand’s Human Rights advocate. Midnight obtained his Masters in Globalisation and Development from SOAS, University of London.