Hua Boonyapisomparn

Partnerships Manager
Bangkok, Thailand

Hua Boonyapisomparn

Nachale Boonyapisomparn or Hua is a transwoman activist who has experience working as a project coordinator and project assistant on different research and advocacy projects. She has worked with organizations and groups of all sizes – from local non-profit organizations to international organizations and networks. Her experience in founding successful support and advocacy groups and lasting networks are her career achievements that prove her passion and commitment to supporting the health and human rights of transgender and LGB people locally and globally. This includes being the first transgender program supervisor of Sisters, the leading transgender organization in Thailand, being a founding member of the Foundation of Transgender Alliance for Human Rights (TGA), and being the first coordinator of the Asia-Pacific Transgender Network (APTN).

Besides these achievements, she has continued working on the project and the program for trans and gender non-binary individuals. For instance, she helped coordinate the development of the Asia Pacific Transgender Health Blueprint in 2014 and 2015. She also worked as the Transgender and Gender Non-binary Health Advisor at Apicha Community Health Center in New York City where she oversaw the trans health services for trans and gender non-binary patients from July 2019 to September 2020. From 2020 to 2022, she worked part-time as the Project Manager for the Intersex and Trans Movement Building Project at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Currently, she serves as the Partnerships Manager, supporting with implementing bilateral partnerships, including reporting, compliance, and programmatic elements.