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This is a call for help – Please help us keep going so we can keep our TRANSGENDER MODEL AND TALENT DIVISION and continue helping members from the LGBTQ community in the fashion and advertising industry during Covid-19. I have devoted the last two decades to this cause and need your help to keep going.
Please take a moment to read my story...
My name is Siwaporn Hotarapawanond, nickname Apple, and I am the owner and founder of Apple Model Management, a talent agency located in Bangkok, Thailand and a big supporter of the LGBTQ community.
I always believed in helping the community. I know we all have problems, but some people and groups suffer more than others. My agency and I are committed to do something to help those who will someday shine because of the generosity, compassion and understanding of people like you. I am reaching out to your hearts and minds to do something even in hard times that is bigger than yourself and that will someday change the world.
My company has been providing work and employment opportunities in the fashion and advertising industry to Transgender models and talents, photographers, hair and makeup artists and stylists from the LGBTQ community for many years and our hard work is now at risk. Many from the community found themselves unemployed during this outbreak and need our help more than ever. If we do not survive this pandemic, we will no longer be able to help and support the LGBTQ community.
With the COVID 19 coronavirus pandemic, everything came to a complete stop. All jobs have been put on hold until further notice, all events and fashion shows have been cancelled, all foreign clients were no longer able to travel to Thailand and or fly our Talent for shooting in their countries. Due to this unprecedented and terrible situation, I have done all that I can to keep our Transgender division running and exhausted the company’s as well as my personal funds doing so.
It is with hope and belief in the best of people that I turn to all of you with a humble request to help me keep my TRANSGENDER MODEL AND TALENT DIVISION running so I can continue my work with the LGBTQ community until borders re-open and work resumes as normal.
About my agency:
Since starting the company in 2002, one of my main objectives was to represent and employ as many from the LGBTQ community as possible, and by doing so, my team and I have encountered great resistance from many clients and advertisers who were simply not ready at the time to accept anything different from the main stream but I never gave up believing the change will come with time.
In 2014, I decided to open a full transgender talent division, the first of its kind in the world, a move that in retrospective ended up alienating my company’s main clients and source of income, pushed away some partners we worked with around the world and brought a lot of negative feedback from colleagues in the business. But this did not deter me, in fact it encouraged me even more to see it through because it is unfair for anyone to be judged in a lesser way and have less opportunities to achieve their dreams because of ignorance and social stigmas.
- https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/02/06/photos-these-trans-women-fashion-models-sizzle
- https://www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2014-12-13/de-la-discriminacion-a-ser-modelos-de-alto-standig-el-tercer-genero-asalta-las-pasarelas_590045/
Since the launch of this division my company has seen a slow but constant rise in job requests for transgender talent and other LGBTQ members both from local and international clients and we have employed hair and makeup artists, stylists, photographers and our models and talents in TV Commercials, print adds, magazines, fashion brands and fashion shows from the community. I have been watching slow but progressive positive changes in the set of mind and perception of clients towards the LGBTQ community in the modelling industry and am very proud that I was, and still am, part of these changes.
In 2015 my company was the recipient of the LGBT MILSTONE ADVOCATE “star employer of the year” award in recognition of the remarkable work and influence in creating “milestone” impact on social inclusion and diversity for LGBT minorities in Asia by ILGA ASIA.
How will your donations be used:
We are trying to raise €30,000 to keep the company running and paying rent, utilities and stuff salaries. The funds will be spread out over the next few months as we struggle to get things back to normal. None of the funds will be used to pay directors salaries and will only be used to support the survival of the company during these hard times.
I truly believe that it only takes a small act of kindness to change things around and with your help we can pass these hard times together.
Please donate anything you can, even smallest contribution can help!
You can also help us by spreading this campaign with your local community.
Thank you all!
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