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OutRight TV: Disaster Waiting to Happen in Detention Centers
May 13, 2020| Contributed by OutRight
In this OutRightTV episode, "Disaster Waiting to Happen in Detention Centers," OutRight's UN Program Officer, Sahar Moazami, speaks to Liza Doubossarskaia, Law Clerk, Detention Program at Immigration Equality, an organization which supports LGBTIQ immigrants seeking safety from persecution.
COVID-19 Through A Queer Lens
May 12, 2020| Contributed by Katherine Martin - OutRight Communications Intern
Past public health emergencies have proven that vulnerable communities are made more vulnerable in times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Challenges in accessing justice, health, education, employment, and other essential services have become magnified, leaving many individuals deprived of essential needs and the means to survive.
OutRight TV: When your ID is the ticket, but you have no ID
May 10, 2020| Contributed by OutRight
Senior Adviser for Global Advocacy Paul Jansen talks to Kwanzaa Vinaa and Ryan Korbarri in Jakarta about the particular impact of COVID-19 on trans women in Indonesia, such as losing work on the streets, not being able to access government support due to lack of ID documents, and rising violence.
OutRight TV: Dirty Dishes
May 8, 2020| Contributed by OutRight
Grace Poore talks to her friend of 33 years, Dipti Ghosh, about the first queer march in Washington in 1987, about pandemics from past years, South Asian queer girls virtual happy hour, missing her coffee shop and listening to live music on Instagram.
Addressing Discrimination And Inequality in the Global Response to COVID
May 7, 2020| Contributed by OutRight
Today OutRight Action International has joined an unprecedented coalition of 12 global equality organizations to express our grave concern that “while COVID-19 is indiscriminate, the impacts of state responses to it are not”.
OutRight TV: Big Heart and Big Stomach
May 6, 2020| Contributed by OutRight
Asia program project coordinator Ging Cristobal speaks to Nada Chiyajit from Thailand who is interviewed in her room in the United Kingdom where she is taking her masteral degree.
OutRight TV: Single with a capital S
May 3, 2020| Contributed by OutRight
OutRight TV becomes "OutRight Love Connection", as Executive Director Jessica Stern talks to friend and former Outright board member Monroe France about getting sick with COVID-19, and what that was like for him as a single man living alone.
OutRight TV: Karamo Brown of Queer Eye
May 1, 2020| Contributed by Jessica Stern - Executive Director of OutRight Action International
OutRight TV, Executive Director Jessica Stern reunites with Karamo Brown of Queer Eye to chat about being a former OutRight board member, our connections to the global LGBTIQ movement, and the Fab Five coming to OutRight.
Outright TV: Queer Sanctuary on a Farm
April 29, 2020| Contributed by Daina Rudusa - OutRight Sr Communications Manager
OutRight's Sr Communications Manager, Daina Ruduša, speaks to Tina Kolos Orban from Transvanilla in Hungary about Prime Minister Orban's growing authoritarianism, using COVID19 as an excuse to amass more power, and Tina finding sanctuary on a farm.
Applications to OutRight’s COVID-19 Global LGBTIQ Emergency Fund Closed on April 30
April 27, 2020| Contributed by Daina Rudusa - OutRight Sr Communications Manager
OutRight Action International closed applications to its COVID-19 Global LGBTIQ Emergency Fund at midnight EDT on April 30, 2020.
OutRight TV: Do You Shower Before Zoom Calls?
April 24, 2020| Contributed by OutRight
MJ Moneymaker, OutRight's digital communications manager chats with Kim Windvogel, a former OutRight Religion Fellow, about South Africa's five-week military quarantine, not showering for 36 hours, South Africans standing up for their rights and our gratitude to all the artists who are creating art 'providing everything for us'.
OutRight TV: The Earth Rebooting
April 22, 2020| Contributed by By Ging Cristobal - OutRight Asia Program Coordinator
Asia program project coordinator Ging Cristobal speaks to Lini Zurlia from Jakarta, Indonesia about virtual group drinking, and how she can't wait for this pandemic to be over so that they can protest in the streets, and the inspiring blue sky which has emerged in Jakarta at this time!
New Tool: Fighting Domestic Violence during COVID
April 21, 2020| Contributed by OutRight
With 90 countries in lockdown and nearly four billion people sheltering at home from the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic violence has become an epidemic within an epidemic. In response, UN Secretary-General Guterres called for a global “ceasefire” on domestic violence, lending high-level support to this long-standing demand.
OutRight TV: I Ran Out of Conditioner So I Shaved My Head
April 21, 2020| Contributed by Em Rubey - Executive Assistant at OutRight
Em Rubey speaks to Bella Fitzpatrick in Ireland about the difference between working from home and staying at home and trying to work during a pandemic, about Hugo the dog being Bella's saviour during this time, getting kinda sick of banana bread, and people aching to show kindness.
LBTI Caucus Manifesto on the Generation Equality Action Coalitions
April 20, 2020| Contributed by OutRight UN Program
The Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex (LBTI) Caucus is an informal coalition of over 300 representatives from every region of the world working to advance gender equality internationally, regionally, nationally, and locally.