Colors Rainbow attended the “Arts for Change for Arts” Forum organized by British Council Myanmar which took place at the Secretariat in Yangon from February 25 to 26. During the forum, a diverse group of key stakeholders in the arts and culture sector from Myanmar and the UK shared ideas and discussed the challenges and opportunities of working [...]
The final week of Yangon Pride 2020 and &PROUD festival was celebrated at the Institut Français de Birmanie on 31 January-2 February with drag queens performances, live concerts, LGBT Choir, theatre and LGBT themed films. The first evening was the occasion to present the special Hero Award to Miss Universe Myanmar, Swe Zin Htet, for [...]
Htun Aeindra Bo is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning actress and singer. Her performance at the opening day of &PROUD festival on 24 January uplifted the audience as it represented her unconditional support for the LGBTIQ community. “I’m one of the LGBT Supporters...❤️❤️❤️,” she posted on her personal Facebook page. She also had a [...]
The three days event (24 to 26 January) marked the third anniversary of &PROUD festival at ThaKhin Mya Park which attracted approximately 15,000 people. The event was a huge success as the number of participants doubled compared to last two years. An estimated number of 800 people also had their photos taken at the Pink-Pinky [...]
On the morning of 22 January, a press conference was held at the Goethe Institute on the ongoing &PROUD festival and Yangon Pride taking place until 2 February. Hla Myat Tun, Deputy Director of Colors Rainbow and Co-Founder of &PROUD, along with Willem Van Rooij, Co-Founder of &PROUD, and Nicki, a transgender woman activist, spoke [...]
Yangon Pride Boat Parade is back on board since its first debut in 2019. The Pride Boat Parade was celebrated for the second time on January 18th 2020 where three ferries set sail with rainbow flags along the Yangon River. Similar to its first debut in 2019, both LGBTIQ participants and allies in colorful outfits [...]
First academic conference about SOGIE based LGBT/Human Rights at Co-Operative University (Thanlyin) was actively engaged by the students and the rector herself. The panel discussion was hosted by Colors Rainbow and Myanmar Youth Movement Organization on January 14th. The audiences were the teachers, heads of department and students that summed up to approximately 340 people. [...]
On January 8th, a panel discussion titled “Justice and Protection of Law on LGBT” was held at Dagon University. The event was facilitated by the group members of Active Rainbow and Youth Alert. Additionally, Colors Rainbow also distributed educational books and SOGIE comic books concerning LGBTIQ rights to the students. The panel discussion was led [...]
On September 13th and 14th, LGBT Rights Network Quarterly Meeting was held at Taung Gyi Cherry Queen Hotel. The objective of the meeting was to exchange the latest information and progress among different LGBT groups in Myanmar. During the meeting, the representatives from different states and regions interchanged the experiences, difficulties and challenges that they [...]
Paying Homage Ceremony which gave aid and support about 45 aged and elder LGBT was held for the first time at Royal Garden Hotel at Yangon on 8th March lead by make-up artists in Yangon. Almost 100 youth make-up artists paid homage to LGBT grandparents who are above 60 years old from various regions at [...]