Blog: Perspectives

This year’s Transgender Day of Visibility, marked annually on March 31 to build awareness about the discrimination trans people face across the world and celebrate trans people’s bravery and contribution to society, falls in the midst of a global health crisis as countries across the world battle the growing outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On February 28th, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI), convened an expert meeting on sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, also referred to as “conversion therapy.” The term, “conversion therapy,” though a widely used term, is a misnomer, as it is neither conversion nor therapy, but rather it is a set of diverse practices that constitute clear violations o

OutRight Action International于1990年成立，目的是为了消除在全球范围内针对女同性恋者、男同性恋者、双性恋者、跨性别者、间性人和酷儿(LGBTIQ)的迫害、不平等和暴力。目前，同性关系在68个国家是违法的，在世界上绝大多数地区的性少数人群普遍遭受在法律、求职、住房和健康保障方面的歧视。OutRight通过在全球、区域和国家层面发展合作伙伴关系以提升能力、纪录侵犯人权的事实、倡议包容和平等，并且确保各地的领袖们保障性少数人群的权利和身心健康，以促进世界上性少数人群的人权和机会。

OutRight Action International is pleased to announce four new additions to its Board of Directors: Gigi Chao, Louise Chernin, Lanaya Irvin, and Kathy Teo, expanding the geographical diversity of our Board beyond the USA and Europe to Asia, where OutRight has numerous programs.

OutRight is excited to announce that we have recruited four activists to engage in our year-long, immersive Religion Fellowship Program. The Fellowship is aimed to defend LGBTIQ people from the impact of religiously motivated violence and discrimination.

Are you a fan of Good Omens the miniseries based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman? If you are, you know online there's a big fandom of writers and illustrators continuing to build on these fictional worlds and characters in new and creative ways that are LGBTIQ inclusive. These fans are also interested in supporting LGBTIQ human rights.