Hanoi Queer Organization

In recent years, the movement of LGBTQ rights in Vietnam is developing and the social attitude has been changed in favor of queer people. Understanding that the development of queer culture within the community is also important, three young activists who shared the same vision, met and formed Hanoi Queer in June 2015. Hanoi Queer is a community organization working towards a future where LGBTQ people are treated equally in terms of education, culture, and society through a series of activities including connecting spaces, promoting culture, and building capacity for the LGBTQ community. Starting from 2015, we have held more than 50 activities and projects that reached more than 10,000 people every year in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Our activities including community meet-ups (QueerNest & Queer Gatherings), history exhibitions (Vietnam Queer History Month), networks of LGBTQ-friendly spaces (Queer Zone), as well as other social events and campaigns that helped enable the LGBTQ community to have more safe spaces to share and learn about themselves and their community, to be encouraged and supported to live proudly and overcome social prejudices. We are also proud to have taken part in the Organizing Committee of Hanoi Pride from 2016 and received many prestigious awards. We were honored to receive the title “Organization of the Year” in 2015 and “Initiative of the Year” in 2018 from the “Vietnam LGBTI+ Appreciation” annual awards organized by ICS Center. Additionally, we were awarded “Third Place” and “Ambassador” title from “Youth Driver For Change” award by CSDS. Hanoi Queer's core team members are 5 young queer activists, supported by 50 volunteers aged 18-30, most of whom live in Hanoi and HCMC. Our team is diverse in terms of sexuality, expertise, hobbies, personalities, interests, work experiences. Hanoi Queer team shares the same goal and vision in contributing to the development of the queer community.