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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”.
OutRight TV: Big Heart and Big Stomach
May 6, 2020| Contributed by OutRight Action International
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 Action International
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 Ruduša - 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 Ruduša - 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 Action International
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!