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Race and Equality
May 22, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International

Executive Director Jessica Stern talks to Carlos Quesada, Founder and Executive Director of the International Institute on Race Equality and Human Rights. Together they talk about being black, transgender, and a woman in Latin America. They discuss where those individuals fit into public policy, social isolation, and data desegregation during COVID-19.
LGBTI Stakeholder Group Statement on Ensuring Inclusion of LGBTI People in COVID-19 Response Efforts
May 21, 2020| Contributed by OutRight UN Program

The bold commitments in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are being tested by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many long-standing inequalities and vulnerabilities impacting LGBTI people globally are magnified by this crisis. Governments must take action that specifically aims to include LGBTI people in policy responses to ensure no one is left behind. This is an opportunity to get back on track and radically shift “business as usual” to benefit the most marginalized and furthest left behind.
Coming Out On Television
May 20, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International

Ice Seguerra - actor, singer, bad-ass guitar player, and transgender activist from the Philippines sings and shares with Asia program project Coordinator Ging Cristobal, the different songs that describe various monumental stages in his life. Ice discusses growing up in the spotlight, getting married and losing work, and being an activist simply by living an open life.
2020 UN LGBTI Core Group IDAHOBIT Event Recap
May 19, 2020| Contributed by Katherine Martin - OutRight Communications Intern

On May 17, the UN LGBTIQ core group - a cross regional group of 31 United Nations Member States and the mission of the EU, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the NGOs Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action International - released a statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).
OutRight TV: Living on the Other Side of the Wall
May 18, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International

Caribbean Researcher Kennedy Carrillo speaks with South African friend and colleague, Liesl Theron about how a South African ends up settling in Mexico City, the founding of the first trans rights organization in South Africa "Gender DynamiX", and life in lockdown in Mexico.
Break the silence - IDAHOBIT
May 17, 2020| Contributed by Katherine Martin - OutRight Communications Intern

May 17th marks 30 years since the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the classification of diseases and related health problems. In 2004, May 17 was named the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). IDAHOBIT is a celebration for LGBTIQ people everywhere.
UN LGBTI Core Group Statement on the Occasion of IDAHOBIT
May 16, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International

The United Nations LGBTI Core Group statement on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).
OutRight's Statement for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia and Intersexphobia
May 15, 2020| Contributed by Jessica Stern - Executive Director

IDAHOBIT is a day to reflect on the progress made in the recognition and protection of the human rights of LGBTIQ people, to zoom in on remaining challenges, and raise awareness about the levels of discrimination, harassment and violence LGBTIQ communities around the world continue to face every day, even in countries with explicit legislative and policy protections in place.
OutRight TV: What is the world to come?
May 15, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International

In this episode, UN Program Intern Sonya Cotton speaks to South African artist and community organizer Kelly-eve Koopman about imaginative labor, or the type of work needed to imagine a new, better post-covid world.
COVID-19 Emergency Grant Recipients
May 13, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International

Within a month of opening the fund for applications, we received over 1500 appeals for help, most to cover alleviation efforts of rising food and shelter insecurity among LGBTIQ communities. Three rounds of grants have been issued to a total of 90 organizations including (list incomplete for security reasons):
OutRight TV: Disaster Waiting to Happen in Detention Centers
May 13, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International

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 Action International

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 Action International

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 Action International

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”.