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Content Type(s): Press Release
Region(s): Pacific
Tribute to an Outstanding Advocate for the Pacific Region Communities, Isikeli Vulavou
Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination, Multilateral Institutions
Region(s): Global
Joint Statement Concerning the Call for Input by the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls
Content Type(s): Event
Topic(s): Human Rights
Region(s): Global, United States
Outright International at the UN's CSW69
Join Outright International as we reflect on 35 years of impact and participation in helping to shape the global conversation around LGBTIQ human rights and inclusion at the…
Join Outright International as we reflect on 35 years of impact and participation in helping to shape the global conversation around LGBTIQ human rights and inclusion at the…
Content Type(s): Press Release
Region(s): South Africa, Global
Global Communities Mourn Loss of Imam Muhsin Hendricks: A Pioneering Advocate for LGBTIQ People’s Human Rights and Inclusion
Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Family Rights and Recognition, Legal Discrimination, Legal Discrimination
Region(s): Global
What Does Family Legal Recognition Look Like?
… based on who you love or how you define your family creates unnecessary barriers. It’s unfair, outdated, and harms individuals and communities. Achieving legal recognition for all … for all families. Example: Claudia and Mary, a same-sex couple, have been raising their daughter, Sofia, together since her birth. However, only Claudia, the biological mother, is legally recognized as a parent. When the couple …
Content Type(s): Event
Topic(s): LBQ, Peace, Security, & Humanitarianism
Region(s): Global
“We Will Not Be Silenced”: What’s at Stake for Queer and Trans Rights at the UN, and Why This Should Matter to All Women
Join Outright International on March 6, 2025, as we discuss The United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and why it is especially important this year. Our panelists…
Join Outright International on March 6, 2025, as we discuss The United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and why it is especially important this year. Our panelists…
Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination, Family Rights and Recognition
Region(s): Global
LGBTIQ Family Recognition Milestones Since 1990: A Comprehensive Global Timeline
Content Type(s): Press Release
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination, Peace, Security, & Humanitarianism
Region(s): United States, Global
Alarming Impacts of US Funding Freeze on LGBTIQ People Globally
Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Anti-LGBTIQ Crackdown, Legal Discrimination
Region(s): Global
Defunding Freedom – Impacts of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts on LGBTIQ People Worldwide
Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination
Region(s): Global
7 Landmark Rulings on the Legal Recognition of Diverse Families
… equal parenthood in South Africa Summary of J and B v. Director General, Department of Home Affairs (2003) Before South Africa legalized same-sex marriage in 2005, same-sex couples faced … to have both their names listed on their children’s birth certificates, the Department of Home Affairs refused, stating that only the birth mother could be legally recognized. Determined to … legal recognition to same-sex couples. The ruling also required the Department of Home Affairs to amend regulations to allow both parents to be listed on birth certificates. This …