Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline Association 「台灣同志諮詢熱線協會」

Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline Association 「台灣同志諮詢熱線協會」 , founded in 1998, is the most historic and developed LGBTQ+ organization in Taiwan. The Hotline is dedicated to achieving equality and providing resources for the LGBTQ+ community by creating public dialogue and gender-inclusive sexuality education. The Hotline reaches out to more than 50,000 LGBTQ+ people and non-LGBTQ+ people each year with its focuses on eight realms: gender and sexuality education, support for parents of LGBTQ+ children, hotline services, care for LGBTQ+ elders, HIV/AIDS prevention, intimate partner violence, transgender issues, and community initiatives. This article for the special issue is from the “Taiwan LGBTQ oral history publishing project” conducted by the “Elder LGBTQ Team” of the Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association. https://hotline.org.tw/ 

 

「台灣同志諮詢熱線協會」, 成立於一九九八年六月,關注台灣同志平權運動,致力改善LGBTQ+同志處境,為台灣歷史最悠久的全國性同志機構。

現有工作小組:接線、愛滋、家庭、教育、老同、性權、親密關係、跨性別,以及南部辦公室。由十三位專職人員,帶領超過四百位義工推動各項同志議題倡議及社群服務工作。這篇文章來自於「台灣同志諮詢熱線協會老年同志小組」的「口述歷史訪談團隊」。「老年同志小組」於二〇〇五年開始運作,關注同志老年及同志生老病死議題。小組目前有義工約四十人,年齡從二十歲到五十六歲。(https://hotline.org.tw/