If there's one thing trans activist Ymania Brown wants people to take away from the upcoming WorldPride human rights conference next month, it's that LGBTIQ people "do not have the same rights" as other citizens.

The Brisbane-based humanitarian and proud Faa'fafine woman – who has spearheaded Pacific trans activism for some 20 years – says now is the time when the 70-plus countries that still criminalise same-sex relationships to "sit up and listen".

Brown, who will also speak at the conference, says it's of "global importance" that countries around the world "are on the same page" when it comes to gay rights, especially the 13 who still imprison and inflict corporal punishment on queer people.

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'The cornerstone of pride' 

Brown tells 9news.com.au what the human rights conference hopes to achieve, why it's so important that events like such as this are held on global scale and what exactly she wants people – queer or otherwise – to take away from the experience.

"It's the cornerstone of Pride festival," Brown said.

"Every WorldPride festival that's been hosted in different cities in the past has had one… it will bring together, community leaders to politicians to human rights experts from around the globe.

"We've been very careful to make sure that this is a global conference, and not just focusing on Australia, but the issues that are of global importance to us."

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