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Outright's Response To Covid
March 31, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International
In any crisis, LGBTIQ communities are often disproportionately affected due to pre-existing vulnerabilities. The same is true as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic.
OutRight rightly anticipated that a spike in demand on LGBTIQ organizations would occur as LGBTIQ people experience increased food insecurity, unemployment, homelessness and domestic violence, but a decrease in resources as LGBTIQ organizations themselves struggle for financial survival.
Visibility of Trans People Even More Important Under COVID-19
March 31, 2020| Contributed by Jessica Stern - Executive Director
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.
A Collective of LGBTIQ Activists in Sri Lanka Share A LGBTIQ Focused COVID19 Resource
March 23, 2020| Contributed by Katherine Martin - OutRight Communications Intern
Below is a resource created by a collective of LGBTIQ activists in Sri Lanka. This pdf is a condensed, informational guide on COVID-19 for LGBTIQ people including, what it is, how it spreads, and how we can protect ourselves. It provides additional information for those living with HIV and tips on how to practice safe-sex during the pandemic. Although the local resources are only applicable to those living in Sri Lanka, the pdf itself is relevant worldwide.
United Nations Independent Expert for SOGI Focuses on So-Called Conversion Therapy
March 16, 2020| Contributed by Amie Bishop MSW MPH - OutRight Consultant Research Advisor
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
Celebrate and Re-evaluate
March 6, 2020| Contributed by Katherine Martin - OutRight Communications Intern
March 8, 2020, is International's Women's Day. Victories like women protesting in an all-male temple in India and the #metoo movement erupting in Nigeria are born side-by-side with the rollback of abortion rights in the US, and challenges to commitments to progress on gender equality at the UN. Our work advancing gender equality is becoming clouded by setbacks and it is hard to tell if I should be celebrating the progress we’ve made, or rallying for the work left to be done.
OutRight Action International 欢迎来自亚洲地区的理事会新成员
February 21, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International
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。
An Oscars Rerun: Lack of Diversity in 2020 Awards Ceremony
February 11, 2020| Contributed by Katherine Martin - OutRight Communications Intern
In 2019, 26.2 million Americans watched the Oscars live. The event, centered around an award ceremony and complemented by red carpet photo shoots and extravagant performances, celebrates and recognizes the previous year’s top films as defined by members of the US-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
OutRight Welcomes New Board Members
February 5, 2020| Contributed by Katherine Martin - OutRight Communications Intern
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 Says Farewell To Long Term Board Members
February 4, 2020| Contributed by Katherine Martin - OutRight Communications Intern
It is with both sadness and gratitude that OutRight announces the departure of two long-term board members Tod Hill and Roger Doughty.
Meet The 2020 OutRight Religion Fellows
January 31, 2020| Contributed by OutRight UN Program
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.
Meet The 2020 OutRight Beijing+25 Fellows
January 28, 2020| Contributed by OutRight UN Program
Nine LBTIQ Human Rights Defenders from the Global South and East have been selected for OutRight's Beijing+25 Fellowship program which engages systematically around the many entry points into the international Beijing+25 process also known as the Generation Equality Process.
A Fan Fiction Queer-Themed 2020 Rainbow Charity Calendar? Yes, It Exists
January 17, 2020| Contributed by MJ Moneymaker - OutRight Digital Communications Manager
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.
Sundance Premieres Documentary Film Welcome To Chechnya
January 16, 2020| Contributed by Maria Sjödin - Deputy Director of OutRight Action International
Welcome to Chechnya is a documentary film about the anti-LGBTQ crackdown in Chechnya. It follows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the horrors.
Let's Change The Narrative For A More Inclusive Society
January 13, 2020| Contributed by Yvonne Wamari - OutRight Africa Program Officer
I joined OutRight Action International in 2019 as its Africa Program Officer working on a groundbreaking project tackling the prevalence of so-called conversion therapy. Such practices, which aim to change, suppress or divert sexual orientation or gender identity of those who do not conform to arbitrarily assigned norms, embody the depth of the challenges we have to face while fighting for LGBTIQ equality.
Highlights of Our Work in 2019
December 17, 2019| Contributed by MJ Moneymaker - OutRight Digital Communications Manager
In 2019, we worked to hold the line as the assault on human rights globally continued and we stood strong seeing some steps forwards in advancing human rights for LGBTIQ people everywhere. But, the increase in discrimination, racism, sexism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia made LGBTIQ people globally even more unsafe. Members of our community suffered acutely from Nigeria, Uganda, Chechnya, Malaysia while governments like Gabon have enacted laws to criminalize same-sex relations.