Anaraa Nyamdorj (he/him) is a queer, transgender human rights defender from Mongolia who has worked on LGBTI rights since 1997. Anaraa’s human rights research, community-based participatory advocacy and community organising have been invaluable to push for the normalisation of the LGBTI rights discourse in Mongolia mainly through the LGBT Centre of Mongolia. Anaraa co-founded the LGBT Centre and served as its first Chair and later as its Executive Director. , the LGBT Centre engaged in bold domestic and international advocacy efforts that lead to major historical legislative and social changes for SOGIE-based non-discrimination at the national level. His expertise areas are substantive and procedural human rights issues, participatory processes, organisational development and capacity building.