Background
Bangkok Rainbow Organization (BRO) is a community based and driven organization with 5,000 members advocating LGBT equality stop discrimination and promoting health treatment and prevention. BRO was founded in 2002 and currently maintains an its office in Bangkok’s Phaya Thai district, a “red zone” center of high risk MSM activity. Among BRO’s unique competencies among Thai LGBT organisations are unmatched access to, and
credibility with, both mainstream and LGBT community Thai media outlets, a community loyalty program through the Bangkok Rainbow VIP member card scheme, and trusted relationships with local LGBT human right and businesses. BRO is known throughout the gay community for its positive reinforcement of “gay lifestyle” through its many, varied Pride events, social justice and human right event its leading presence in sauna outreach programs and strong relationships with other Thai based NGO’s and government. Successful past advocacy and capacity building programs include:
Partners with :
10 years of sauna outreach and condom distribution in collaboration with Global Fund and ILO
Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) funded Gay and MSM Community Building Projects (2004-2007)
2007-2008 Host Rainbow Media Awards
Coordination of Bangkok Pride events
Collaboration with Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission in Sexual and Gender Diversity
Rights Advocacy
Thailand Rainbow Archive Project, funded by the British Library and the Australian National
University
Individual Capacity building for young MSM people funded by the Thailand Health Promotion
Foundation (2012 – 2014)
Collaboration with GFATM (2012 – 2014)
Consulting for Gender & Sexuality, Diversity & Inclusion in many university, business and
government
Word Bank Thailand
UNAIDS
UNDP
UNESCO Thailand
Facebook Thailand
Aids Health Care Foundation