In the following pages, we present the members of the Advisory Board according to their region of expertise. Collectively, the members represent all six world regions. The  function of the Advisory Board is to counsel the research team and to provide local contacts and background information.

AFRICA

Dr Thamar Klein

Research Associate at Somatechnics Research Centre, Macquarie University

New South Wales, Australia

Victor Mukassa

South Africa

Liesl Theron

Researcher at Cape Town University

Founder and Executive Director of Gender DynamiX

Cape Town, South Africa

ASIA

Hua Boonyapisomparn

Coordinator, Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN)

Founder and consultant, Thai Transgender Alliance (Thai TGA)

Bangkok, Thailand

Agniva Lahiri

Executive Director of People Like Us (Plus)

Coordinator of Network of Asia Pacific Youth

Kolkata, India

Shabeena Francis Saveri

Research Scholar (Ph.D student: “Transgender Social Movement in Tamil Nadu”) at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

Founding member of "Transgender Rights Association" in Tamil Nadu, India

Member of “Sampoorna”

Mumbai, India

Sass Rogando Sasot

Co-Founder of the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP)

Associate Member of the Transgender Asia Research Centre

Communication Officer in Asia of ILGA

Manila, Philippines

Dr. Sam Winter (B.Sc., P.G.D.E., M.Ed., Ph.D.)

Director of the TransgenderASIA Research Centre

Associate Dean (Research) and Associate Professor, Faculty of Education,

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong S.A.R., China

Jiangang (Gina/Frank) Zhao

Founder and Director of Trans China (Alliance of Chinese Transgenders)

Board member / Transgender representative of ILGA-Asia

Kunming, China

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

Mauro Cabral

Co-Director of Global Advocates for Trans* Equality (GATE)

Former coordinator of the Trans and Intersex Area at the IGLHRC Latin American Program

Former member of Mulabi - Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos

Cordoba, Argentina

Majorie Marchi

President of the Association of Travestis and Transsexuals of the state of Rio de Janeiro (ASTRA Rio)

Vice-president of the Nacional Articulation of Travestis and Transsexuals (ANTRA)

Vice-president of the LGBT State Council of the state government of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dr Luiz Mott

Professor at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

Founder of the group Grupo Gay da Bahia (GGB) and of the Travestis’ Association of Salvador (ATRÁS)

Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

Dr Tamara Adrian

Professor at UCAB and UCV, Caracas, Venezuela, invited professor at several foreign universities in Latin America and Europe

Female Copresident for the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transexual and Intersex Law Association (ILGALAW)

Trans Alternate Representative for ILGA-Lac, Andean Region of Latin America

Caracas, Venezuela

Dr Joseli Maria Silva

State University of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil

Member of the NGO Renascer

Paraná, Brazil

Belissa Andía Pérez

Associate of the Runa Institute for Development and Gender Research

Representative of the ILGA Trans Secretary

Lima, Peru

EUROPE

Silvan Agius

Policy Director of ILGA Europe

Brussels, Belgium

Dr Nicolas J. Beger

Director of Amnesty International EU Office

Brussels, Belgium

NORTH AMERICA

Masen Davis

Executive Director, Transgender Law Center

Justus Eisfeld

Co-Director of Global Advocates for Trans* Equality (GATE)

New York, USA

Dr Susan Stryker

Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson and Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies.

She earned her Ph.D. in United States history from University of California-Berkeley, and has published several books and articles in transgender studies.

Tucson/San Francisco, USA

OCEANIA

Thomas Hamilton

Executive Director of Rainbow Youth

Moderator of „NZ trans guys“

GenderBridge

Agender

Auckland, New Zealand

Peter Hyndal

Representative of A Gender Agenda (AGA)

Canberra, Australia

Joleen Mataele

Founder and President of the Tonga Leiti’s Association

Producer and Director of the Miss Air New Zealand Galaxy Queen Beauty Pageant

Chairman/Co-founder Pacific Sexual Diversity Network

Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga

Roger Tootooalii Stanley

President elect since Association first inception in 2006

Samoa Fa'afafine Association Inc. (SFA)

Apia, Samoa

Founder and President of the Tonga Leiti’s Association. Producer and
Director of the Miss Air New Zealand Galaxy Queen Beauty Pageant.
Chairman/Co-founder Pacific Sexual Diversity Network.