A debriefing session on last year’s 20th Inter-national AIDS Conference on Thursday heard the importance of advocacy to spotlight often-forgotten minority groups, like transgender persons.
“It is essential that minority groups have a voice, one that is heard and in a positive way; a voice that consistently demands rights,” Transgender Com-munity Advocate from Region 3 Antonio Paul told the session, which was hosted at Moray House in Georgetown by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS).
According to a statement released by SASOD, Paul, who was part of the national delegation attending the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia last year, told the session that the conference gave him a broader perspective on the challenges facing transgender communities. It was noted that even in countries where laws protect transgender individuals, they are
