2. Advocacy Messages
ASC has come up with the following key advocacy messages:
• Repeal laws that directly and indirectly criminalize SOGIE, recognize LGBTIQ rights as human rights and harmonize national laws, policies and practices with the Yogyakarta Principles;
• Establish national level mechanisms and review existing regional human rights instruments to include the promotion and protection of the equal rights of all people regardless of SOGIE with the active engagement of the LGBTIQ community;
• Depathologize SOGIE and promote psychosocial well-being of diverse SOGIE in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) standards, and ensure equal access to health and social services.
These advocacy messages have guided ASC since 2014 in all its communications, campaigns and lobby work in different levels. ASC has also gone through series of regional and country-level consultations to determine whether these messages are reflective of the key issues and aspirations of LGBTIQ activists in areas where it works.