Blog: Perspectives

In this episode of OutRight TV, OutRight Program Officer Yvonne Wamari interviews Salome Nduta, a human rights defender from Nairobi, Kenya. They discuss the increased vulnerabilities marginalized groups are facing during COVID-19, including getting food on the table.

In April 202 OutRight launched the COVID-19 Global LGBTIQ Emergency Fund. The Fund supports LGBTIQ organizations on the front lines helping LGBTIQ people who have not only been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures, but also too often excluded from relief efforts due to binary gendered approaches, non-inclusive definitions of “family,” or homophobic or transphobic relief workers.

The following report presents the findings of a qualitative study conducted by activists of the Queer Women of North Caucasus Support Group Initiative. The findings describe survival strategies for homosexual, bisexual women and transgender persons in a sexually repressive culture. The study required the observance of safety rules and confidentiality for both respondents and some of the.

In this episode of OutRight TV, OutRight Regional Sexual and Development expert Kennedy Carrillo speaks with fashion designer Eddy Middleton. Eddy talks about the transition from growing up in Belize to studying and working in New York City and the additional challenges that being gay and black bring to navigating the fashion industry in America.

In this episode of OutRight TV, Executive Director Jessica Stern talks to actor, singer, and activist Alan Cumming. Jessica and Alan talk about TERFs in the LGBTIQ and feminist movements, the impact of J. K. Rowling's words on the safety of transgender lives, and Alan's history with forestry.

On Wednesday, 1 July, 2020, the parliament of Montenegro passed the Law on Registered Partnership of Same Sex Persons, making Montenegro the first of the EU accession countries to recognize partners of the same sex. The law was passed with 46 votes in favor, and only 5 against, after being rejected by parliament in July of 2019.

While I identify as a lesbian, in college, my queerness never felt queer enough to identify with the LGBTIQ community. My outward expression in the way that I dressed typically led to incorrect assumptions about my sexuality which I knew inadvertently freed me from the stigma and discrimination I thought I was supposed to face. Coming to understand my own identity was largely done in the context of my immediate surroundings - my other gay friends, my own experiences, and my gender studies classes. The media, I thought, represented a version of being queer that I couldn’t find myself in. I felt similarly about pride events. The first NYC pride parade I attended was in 2018 - the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. My makeup, straightened hair, and cut-off shorts were no match for the enormous amount of glitter and colorful wigs that decorated large floats. I knew I looked like an ally.