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Jean Chong

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Jean Chong
Jean Chong has been an LGBTQ activist for 17 years. She first started in her activism by volunteering with a gay christian support network, Safehaven, and became their first female vice chairperson. Subsequently, she co-founded an inclusive church, Free (First Realize Everyone is Equal) Community Church and served as their chairperson. Looking to expand her horizons in helping others, she went on to be a part of the core team of a LGBT federation, People Like Us in Singapore. She is also currently a part of the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, a regional network of South East Asia LGBTIQ groups lobbying for the inclusion of LGBTIQ rights in the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism. Finally, Jean co-founded a feminist rights-based advocacy and research organisation, Sayoni, consisting of a community of queer women, including lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who organize and advocate for equality in well-being and dignity regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. A critical mandate of Sayoni is to investigate and conduct human rights documentation on the violence and discrimination LBTIQ individuals faced and the intersectionality of oppression. She holds a Master's degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (EU scholarship).