A New Zealand young leader has been appointed as a representative for LGBTI people for the largest and most diverse youth-led organisation in the world. Tim Baice has been appointed as representative for LGBTI populations on the Special Interests Group Standing Committee for the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC). As a representative he will be “engaging and connecting with rainbow groups across the region such as the Pacific Sexuality Diversity Network, Pacific Youth Councils and other existing organisations to promote their work and to make connections to the broader agenda of the Commonwealth”. In March, Baice was elected as Coordinating Ambassador for Oceania for One Young World, a UK based global organisation of young leaders and late last year he was part of the team who hosted the Commonwealth Pacific Region Youth Leaders Forum (CPRYLF) and Commonwealth Pacific Youth Ministers Meeting (CPYMM) in Samoa and worked with members of the Samoa National Youth Council (SNYC) to advance the interests of LGBTI Pacific peoples. Baice was also on the organising committee for last year’s Love life Fono and was responsible for the international strand of the workshops, liaising with participants from across the region who are engaged in similar advocacy work from a variety of organisations.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Wednesday, 29th June 2016 - 10:39am