Mami Lolita is a transgender woman, activist, businesswoman, and teacher from Jayapura, Papua.
She talks to us about the discrimination and harassment experienced by the LGBTIQ in her country.
Despite all these hardships, Mami Lolita, with her organization ROJALI, continues to contribute to the Papuan society and the LGBTIQ community through education, action, and love.
This is the first episode of Be/Longings, a special audio series for the Southeast Queer Cultural Festival 2021.

Eps 2 - Films for Social Change with Cha Roque

Listen to LGBTIQ narratives from Southeast Asia. We talk to artists, activists, academics, and everyday heroes who continue to learn, advocate, and work for the inclusion of the Queer Community.

Produced by The ASEAN SOGIE Caucus (ASC), a network of human rights activists from SEA that works for the inclusion of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) in the mandate of human rights duty bearers in the ASEAN region.