Help LGBTIQ Organizations Globally Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Since early days of the pandemic LGBTIQ people have felt disproportionate effects of COVID-19 and corresponding containment measures, facing devastation of livelihoods, increasing homelessness and food insecurity, rising levels of domestic and family violence, scapegoating for the crisis, isolation from communities, and exclusion from relief efforts. More than a year since the pandemic began, LGBTIQ communities globally continue to face severe hardship, including inequitable access to vaccines.

Contributions to Outright’s COVID-19 Global LGBTIQ Emergency Fund are applied in two ways:

Seventy-five percent of the funds raised – the overwhelming majority – are distributed as grants ($5,000 to $30,000) to grassroots LGBTIQ organizations on the frontlines around the world. Grants are provided to communities that are most in need, and with the least access to resources. Grants address urgent issues, such as:

• Healthcare for LGBTIQ populations impacted by COVID-19
• Food and housing to LGBTIQ people impacted by coronavirus
• Emergency services for LGBTIQ survivors of domestic violence
• Documenting violations of the human rights of LGBTIQ people during this time of crisis

Twenty-five percent of the funds raised support Outright’s direct COVID-19 response, including:

• Administering the Fund and issuing grants to grassroots organizations globally
• Collecting data about the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ communities globally
• Advocating for equitable and LGBTIQ-inclusive emergency relief efforts by governments and United Nations agencies
• Launching Outright TV interviews that elevate the voices and stories of LGBTIQ people globally who are responding to the crisis
• Hosting a webinar series about a variety of issues related to COVID-19 and the LGBTIQ community