Yayasan Gaya Dewata

yayasan gaya dewata (ygd, in english gaya dewata foundation) is the first and oldest community-based organization for lgbt in bali. the vision of ygd is to create the equality between the lgbt community and the general population in indonesia, especially in bali. to reach this vision our core objectives are: a) raising awareness of lgbt health needs, especially sexual health, b) to defend and defend lgbt community human rights, c) empower and empower lgbt community, d) to build and strengthen network (network) and work with multi-sectoral / multi stakeholder approaches our core program is providing highly skilled outreach to the gwl (gay, waria and msm) community of bali. this is done through a combination of face to face counselling, vct service referral and digital outreach. we also hold community forums, focus group discussions and training workshops on gender, sexuality and sexual health related issues. we support this core work with a focus on advocating for our key populations