Seksualiti Merdeka is an annual sexuality rights festival held in Kuala Lumpur, and represents a coalition of Malaysian NGOs (incl. Malaysian Bar Council, SUARAM, Empower, PT Foundation, United Nations, Amnesty International) and individuals. Apart from the annual festival, we also organise workshops, talks, film screenings, letter writings. Merdeka is Malaysia's Independence Day, so Seksualiti Merdeka means "Sexuality Independence". We use this term to highlight the fact that even all these years after our independence, not all Malaysians are free to be who they are.
We believe that everyone in Malaysia deserves to be free from discrimination, harassment and violence for their sexual orientations and their gender identities. We believe it is our right to be responsible for our own body. We believe everyone is entitled to the freedom to love and the freedom to be, whether gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersexed, straight, asexual, pansexual, or simply fabulous.
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Seksualiti Merdeka adalah suatu acara tahunan mengenai hak seksualiti yang diadakan di Kuala Lumpur, dengan kerjasama segabungan NGO Malaysia (di antaranya Malaysian Bar Council, SUARAM, Empower, PT Foundation, United Nations, Amnesty International) dan individu-individu. Kami mengadakan bengkel-bengkel, perbincangan, pemutaran filem, penulisan surat dan hal-hal yang lain berkaitan seksualiti. Kami menggunakan istilah 'Seksualiti Merdeka' untuk mengingatkan bahawa walaupun kita telah berpuluh tahun Merdeka, namun tidak semua rakyat Malaysia yang dapat melahirkan diri mereka yang sebenar.
Kami percaya bahawa setiap orang di Malaysia berhak untuk bebas dari diskriminasi, keganasan ataupun gangguan hanya kerana orientasi seksual dan identiti jantina mereka. Kami percaya bahawa kita semua berhak untuk bertanggungjawab terhadap tubuh kita sendiri. Kami percaya setiap orang berhak untuk menyayangi dan disayangi, sama ada dia gay, lesbian, biseksual, transgender, heteroseksual, aseksual, pansexual dan sebagainya.
Contact us
seksualitimerdeka@gmail.com
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