Biography
First a field agent for Swiss Aid against AIDS and then a project manager for ILGA worldwide, Stephen supported the arrival of LGBTI rights at the UN Human Rights Council from 2003 to 2013. He co-created and led initiatives such as the report on state homophobia and ILGA’s global map on gay and lesbian rights. The network of communicators he established around the world for the global LGBTI federation formed the foundation of the continental federations, ILGA-Asia, Pan Africa ILGA and ILGA-LAC. Since 2017, he has been the coordinator of the Belgian association Ex Aequo, founded in 1994 in the context of the fight against HIV. With his fellow activists, he is working on its transition to health promotion and the creation of the Brussels LGBTI Community Center and the Rainbow House of Health. of which he is coordinator.
