The objective of the organisation lies in "promoting and protecting the human rights of bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people in the Asia Pacific region".
Kaleidoscope "works directly with local activists to enhance their capacity to combat prejudice, hostile authorities, and discriminatory laws, helping them achieve the freedom and equality essential to living a life of dignity".
Professor Paula Gerber, then Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University, was the inaugural president of the organisation.
To date, Alternative Reports to Human Rights Committees have been prepared for dozens of countries in within the Asia Pacific, including Nepal, Cambodia, Japan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and many more.
They were successful in getting the Greens,[10] Labor[11][12] and the Liberal candidate in Melbourne Ports, Kevin Ekendahl, to sign the pledge.