YOUTH VOICES COUNT
is a regional network of young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex individuals in Asia-Pacific working on SRHR, SOGIESC, Youth Empowerment, and Human Rights issues. Established in 2010, YVC engages in community mobilization, national, regional and global advocacy related to young people belonging to diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and sex characteristics.
WHAT IS SOGIESC? Learn about sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics from Hayden Royalty. Hayden is a Gender-Queer Korean-American YouTuber from Seoul, South Korea. YVC met Hayden during UNESCO’s #TurnedOn in Bangkok, Thailand and #SwitchedOn in Istanbul, Turkey.