[6] In 2016 the association campaigned for greater legal protections for LGBTQ+ Tongans; in Tonga sodomy and transvestism are punishable by up to ten years in prison.

[3][8] The association runs a safe house, called ‘Ofa he Paea’, for members of the LGBTQ+ community in Tonga who have been forced away from their homes by homophobia and transphobia.

[2][3] The centre was opened in 2013 by HRH Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu Tuita;[9] it was named by her daughter the Hon.

[12] In 2021 the TLA was awarded a grant by the UK-based charity GiveOut, in order to establish a training programme for those who run emergency shelters, to raise awareness of specific needs members of the LGBTQ+ community.

[15] It has been closely involved with the HIV crisis in Tonga, advocating for better healthcare provision by the Tongan government.