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undertaking to conform with international standards. The reports had documented assaults (physical and verbal), rape and domestic violence against young LGBT people. Subsequently in 2017, Mongolia was one of the first countries in Asia to protect gender and sexual identity in its criminal code. As
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2018, the LGBT Centre performed a social experiment at a busy pedestrian junction in central Ulaanbaatar. Three people stood blindfolded for thirty minutes, holding a sign which asked to be hugged and also declaring their sexuality or gender identity. One person was lesbian, one gay and one
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campaigned on behalf of the centre. By 2009, it was applying to the Civil Registration Authority and after more than ten refusals because the name did not fit with "Mongolian traditions and customs", the Centre was finally able to register, helped by the
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transgender man. The process was recorded and over the total ninety minutes, there were 30 hugs. Most passers by assumed the trans man was a woman and the gay man received the most negative reactions.
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by OutRight Action International in 2011. Representatives went to New York to collect the award and were able to connect with funding organisations such as the
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and by 2019 it had assisted over 500 individuals. Alongside other groups such as the National Human Rights Commission, the LGBT Centre organised the first
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Transnational Advocacy Networks and Human Rights Law: Emergence and Framing of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
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After registering as a project, the Centre then submitted reports to various United Nations groups, namely the
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in Mongolia in September 2013. In 2019, the march had 250 participants. The organisation has worked with the
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After a police officer assaulted a transgender woman in 2007, the LGBT Centre began training the
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well as campaigning legally, the centre engages with young people and provides health advice.
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The LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) Centre was set up in 2007. Directors include
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Bayartsogt, Khaliun; Menard, Aubrey (9 October 2019).
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