Outright International works with partners around the globe to strengthen the capacity of the LGBTIQ movement. We document and amplify human rights violations and advocate for inclusion and equality.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Outright supports LGBTIQ organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa and works with mainstream human rights organizations to respect human rights and influence positive changes in laws, policies, attitudes, and beliefs that cause discrimination against LGBTIQ people on the continent.
Americas: Human rights protections for LGBTIQ people have undergone fundamental and positive transformations across the Americas in recent years. We have witnessed the legalization of same-sex marriage in several countries in South America, the inclusion of sexual orientation and/or gender identity as protected categories in some domestic anti-discrimination laws throughout the region, and the repeal of colonial-era sodomy laws in the Caribbean. These hard-won advances have also produced a backlash and political pressures from anti-gender and anti-rights groups, contributing to violence and discrimination.
Asia: In Asia, we work in partnership with local LGBTIQ groups to stop gender-based violence and discrimination against LGBTIQ people in general and against more marginalized groups within the broader LGBTIQ spectrum. We promote acceptance of LGBTIQ people in all their sexual and gender diversity.
Europe and Central Asia: Outright International partners with activists to fight for an end to human rights violations based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in Europe and Central Asia, where most of our work involves emergency responses to harassment, discrimination, violence and most recently, Russia’s brutal and expanded invasion of Ukraine.
Middle East and North Africa: Over the past few years, our work in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has focused on Iran and Iraq. We partner with local groups in various countries in the region as part of our international solidarity work. In several North African countries, we work with our local partners on different topics through capacity building, advocacy, research and holistic security.
Pacific: Our work in the Pacific aims to increase visibility of activists, respond to human rights emergencies, and actively bridge local, regional and international activism to achieve equality and justice.
