KWRSS

Indonesia

Kerukunan Waria Bissu Sulawesi Selatan (KWRSS) is the oldest community-based organization for transgender women in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Founded in March 1999, KWRSS aims to preserve the existence of the bissu and calabai groups in South Sulawesi. The organization works to safeguard and maintain the culture of the bissu and the terminology of five (5) genders as part of cultural heritage. Additionally, it encourages the bissu and calabai groups to participate in society without stigma, discrimination, and violence, through the implementation of inclusive policies towards the bissu and calabai groups. KWRSS’s membership system consists of transgender and bissu organizations from various regencies/cities in South Sulawesi, and currently, it has 14 representative members from 14 regencies/cities.