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YVC is the first regional network of LGBTQ+ young people positioning young leaders to advocate for ending discrimination, violence and stigma (including self-stigma) and ensuring that unique needs of young people and commitments made to them are acknowledged, implemented, and met. This is our collective voice.

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Spotlighting Queer Lives Through Storytelling and Art, ‘The Chinky Homo Project’: Kumam Davidson, India
| November 16, 2020
Kumam Davidson is a 30-year-old indigenous activist, researcher, artist, and curator from Manipur, India ...
YVC Announces the 2nd Round IGNITE! Empowerment Grants recipients
| November 8, 2020
Youth Voices Count is glad to welcome November with a fabulous update in our IGNITE! ...
Communities In Action: Rainbow Relief Response for PLHIV and LGBTIQ Communities in the Philippines
| October 21, 2020
This year, the world was hit by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic–affecting ...

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Spotlighting Queer Lives Through Storytelling and Art, ‘The Chinky Homo Project’: Kumam Davidson, India
| November 16, 2020
Kumam Davidson is a 30-year-old indigenous activist, researcher, artist, and curator from Manipur, India ...
An Intersectional and Feminist Reponse to Sexual Health, Mental Health, and Community Building: Shruti Venkatesh, India
| October 15, 2020
On the surface Shruti Venkatesh is a 22-year-old youth advocate from India.

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Spotlighting Queer Lives Through Storytelling and Art, ‘The Chinky Homo Project’: Kumam Davidson, India
| November 16, 2020
Kumam Davidson is a 30-year-old indigenous activist, researcher, artist, and curator from Manipur, India ...
YVC Announces the 2nd Round IGNITE! Empowerment Grants recipients
| November 8, 2020
Youth Voices Count is glad to welcome November with a fabulous update in our IGNITE! ...
Communities In Action: Rainbow Relief Response for PLHIV and LGBTIQ Communities in the Philippines
| October 21, 2020
This year, the world was hit by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic–affecting ...
An Intersectional and Feminist Reponse to Sexual Health, Mental Health, and Community Building: Shruti Venkatesh, India
| October 15, 2020
On the surface Shruti Venkatesh is a 22-year-old youth advocate from India.
Young Queer Theologians and Activists talk about the Importance of Safe Spaces in Faith Settings
| September 2, 2020
Queer Theologian in Praxis (QTIPS) and Youth Voices Count officially launched ...
Queer Theologians in Praxis (Q-TIPs) and Youth Voices Count launches a new course on Queer Theology for Young People
| August 4, 2020
As part of our continued interfaith advocacy for LGBTIQ adolescents ...
Perseverance amidst COVID-19: IGNITE! Grantees Supporting Local LGBTIQ Communities
| July 23, 2020
Despite COVID-19 and the lockdown measures, the first round grantees ...
Job Opportunity: YVC is looking for a Project Officer
| June 12, 2020
Youth Voices Count (YVC) is a regional network of young LGBTQ+ people in ...
National Charter of Demands on Legal Recognition of Gender Identity
| May 19, 2020
This year on May 17 – International Day Against Queerphobia ...
#HealingAndEquality Mandala Campaign for IDAHOT 2020
| May 15, 2020
This International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia ...
#CopingWithCOVID: Resource List of LGBTIQ Organizations and Helplines
| May 8, 2020
On May 6th, 2020, Youth Voices Count in partnership ...
Meet the IGNITE Empowerment Grantees
| April 10, 2020
From December to mid-February, Youth Voices Count opened ...
Minimizing Covid-19 Impact: Bangladeshi Marginalized People’s Effort in Frontline
| April 8, 2020
When people of China, Singapore and Thailand were busy ...
What people living with HIV need to know about HIV and COVID-19
| March 26, 2020
These are difficult times for all of us. ...
SPARK! Change: On the journey in Kiribati
| March 6, 2020
In 2019, Youth Voices Count in consortium with the ...
On the nexus of HIV and AIDS and faith-based advocacy
| February 10, 2020
Recently, Youth Voices Count participated in the “Asian Interfaith ...
Why Supportive Digital LGBTQ+ Environments Matter
| February 2, 2020
Prism is an anonymous online messaging platform designed to ...
A genesis, in photos
| January 15, 2020
A month ago, I was still in Japan. It all seems like a dream. ...
The intricacy of legal gender recognition in Nepal
| January 15, 2020
From national to global headlines and leads, Nepal is often ...