Octorber Newsletter: What the Center did this October

President’s OfficeOctober 16th, 2019Sharing Experience at Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia UniversityInvited by the professors from the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, the member of the Center went there to talk about mental health issues of Chinese LGBT community and daily work of the Center.

Group Photo with Other SpeakersDevelopment Department October 9th, 2019Visited Netherland Organization - Workplace Pride The director of the Development Department, Shen Qiang, visited Workplace Pride, a Netherland LGBT organization in Amsterdam. He discussed and studied the enterprises inclusion and diversity of Workplace Pride with its members.

Photo with the Founder and CEO of the OrganizationOctober 10th, 2019Visited Global Inclusion and Diversity Senior Manager, Pride at Accenture The director of the Development Department, Shen Qiang, visited Javier Leonor, Global Inclusion and Diversity Senior Manager, Pride at Accenture in Amsterdam. They discussed how Accenture can promote work on LGBT diversity in China in the future.

Photo of Shen Qiang (Right) and Javier Leonor-Vicente
October 22nd, 2019Diversity Training Session at PwC The Center sent Enterprises’ Diversity Project to PwC’s office in Beijing to provide a gender diversity training session and received positive feedbacks. The director of the Department, Shen Qiang, and the supervisor of the Project, Ren Naying, hosted the session. Meanwhile, the manager of diversity at PwC, Harvey, also introduced the development process of diversity in PwC.

PwC training session
October 16th, 2019The Development Department Participated in China Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Forum Ren Naying, the manager of Enterprises’ Diversity Project of Development Department, participated in China Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Forum in Chengdu as the representative of the Center. Ren interacted with other representatives and staff at the forum.

China Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Forum (CSESIF)
Development Department Fundraising Division October 11th, 2019Chris’ Birthday Party Chris, a good friend of the Center, threw a birthday party to raise funds for the Center on this day. During the party, Chris and his friends raised 5, 000 yuan and donated it to the Center. We greatly appreciate what Chris and his friends have done to support the Center. Additionally, we also greatly appreciate Reddog’s support of drinks!

Reddog
Transgender Program Department October18th, 2019Meet and Greet Led by Da Xi - Ms. Liu Peilin Under the support of the Public Interest Foundation Xi, Ms. Liu Peilin, also known as Da Xi, came to Beijing and shared her experiences. We were also glad to have Chao Xiaomi and Mr. C as our special guests. 60 guests and press members came to listen to Ms. Liu and had heated discussions together, creating a lively atmosphere.

Meet and Greet with Da XiMedia Department October 17th,2019Activities Held on Spirit Day Aiming to Fight against Bullying On the Spirit Day this year, the Center worked together with @SpiritDayChina to post Spirit Day’s posters, suicide prevention toolkits and other material on Weibo in order to fight against bullying and help protect LGBT teenagers.

Weibo ScreenshotOctober 24th, 2019Chinese Representatives Responded to Problems Related to Discrimination against Gender and Sexual Orientation at the United Nations General Assembly #lgbtmovementonline: Chinese representatives responded that China is against discrimination and violence of any kind based on sexual orientation. Meanwhile, international communities should also, respect the differences of traditions and cultures among all countries, enhance communication and cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, and work together to eliminate discrimination and violence of any kind, protecting human rights while building a more accepting society. 

Weibo ScreenshotCommunity Development DepartmentOctober 13th,2019The Second Training Session Held The second training session included: basic trainings (compulsory) on gender equality, gender diversity, daily work routine and history of the Center, volunteer manual and special project training (optional) on transgender. About 30 volunteers participated in the training and they interacted actively with the lecturers, posing their questions eagerly. The list of the graduates would be released in November.

Second Training SessionOctober 19th, 2019Community Development After the National Day holiday, a series of activities had been carried out in the Center. This month, the American TV series class and Les Booze continued. Moreover, voguing class was carried out and the first debate competition was held successfully.   
Mental Health Department October 13th, 2019First Depathologization Expert Forum With the help of the Mental Health Department, the Transgender Department held the first Depathologization Expert Forum, and tens of experts including universities’ psychological consultants and doctors from various hospitals participated. Those experts discussed the current status of physical and psychological medical treatment for the LGBT community and made concrete plans about how to promote the process of depathologization in the future together.

First Depathologization Expert ForumOctober 17th, 2019Participation in School Spirit Day We were invited to the " School Spirit Day--- LGBT youth’ s Suicide Prevention Forum" and shared our opinions on how to understand adolescents’ suicides from a psychological perspective, the difficulties faced by LGBT youth and how to deal with them.

Group Photo Taken at the ForumOperation Department October 1st, 2019Donation From September 27th to October 23rd, the individual donations had totaled to 15,067.56 yuan. The list of donations is as follow, and names have been altered to protect donors’ privacies. Those earmarked donations will be used for their specific purposes, and the rest will be used for space operations. Thanks! PS: Thanks for those friends who are less well-off and still willing to support us!

Donation List

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