Serious Concerns Raised Over Discriminatory Malawi Law Targeting LGBTI People
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, April 17, 2015Contact: Suzanne Trimel, strimel@iglhrc.org, 212-430-6018 @strimel(New York)—The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today raised...
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Argentinian Trans Rights Activist, Diana Sacayan, Found Dead in her Apartment
It is with deep sorrow and concern that OutRight received news of the death of Diana Sacayán, an Argentinian trans rights activist."The last time I saw her was at ILGA –Mexico where she shared her...
View ArticleChilean Government Stops the 'Normalization' of Intersex Children
Contributed by: Maria Mercedes Gómez - LAC Regional Program CoordinatorIn a major victory for intersex rights, the Chilean Ministry of Health has ordered the suspension of "normalizing" treatments for...
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Raising LGBTIQ Perspectives in UN Sustainable Development Goals on Health and...
Contributed by: Suzanne Trimel - Director of Communications for OutRight The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will ultimately impact government policies and programs worldwide and determine...
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Transgender Individuals in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
Contributed by: Laura Pirkl - Middle East and North Africa Program Intern for OutRightWhen people come to the United States to escape violence, abuse and corruption in their own countries, some may...
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OutRight's Statement on Transgender Day of Remembrance 2019
Contributed by: Jessica Stern - Executive Director of OutRight Action InternationalNovember 20th, 2019, marks the 20th Transgender Day of Remembrance. Observed every year since 1999, the day honors the...
View ArticleOutRight TV: Alan Cumming Talks TERFs
Contributed by: OutRight Action InternationalIn this episode of OutRight TV, Executive Director Jessica Stern talks to actor, singer, and activist Alan Cumming. Jessica and Alan talk about TERFs in the...
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Over-Policed, Under-Protected
In 2020, UCTRANS and OutRight Action International launched the first holistic survey to look at trans and gender diverse lives in the Caribbean. In total 119 survey responses were collected from 11...
View ArticleExecutive Director Jessica Stern Interviewed Live on DW for Trans Day of...
On 31 March 2021, the annual Trans Day Of Visibility, Executive Director Jessica Stern was interviewed live on DW, the German public state-owned international broadcaster. Jessica spoke about a...
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Visibility of Transgender People Even More Important As COVID-19 Recovery is...
31 March 2021Visibility of Transgender People Even More Important As COVID-19 Recovery is UnderwayMarch 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility, marked annually to build awareness about trans people and...
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Parliament of Uganda Passes “Sexual Offences Bill” Enhancing Criminalization...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE5 May 2021Media Contact: Daina Ruduša, commsteam@outrightinternational.org, +1 (917) 622-1865Parliament of Uganda Passes “Sexual Offences Bill” Enhancing Criminalization of...
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Maria Sjödin, Deputy Executive Director, Quoted by The Economist
In an article that discusses the new affirmative action initiatives taking place in Argentina, OutRight Deputy Executive Director Maria Sjödin is quoted. Argentina legally recognizes gender...
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New Caribbean training toolkit for GBV service providers and frontline...
The LGBTIQ movement in the Caribbean has quickly moved from its embryonic stage to a new phase in which efforts to address human rights issues, legal reform, community mobilization and organizational...
View ArticleTerminology Surrounding Gender Identity and Expression
Contributed by: Matthew Solomon - Communications InternTerminology Surrounding Gender Identity and ExpressionEveryone has a gender identity. For some people, their gender identity corresponds with the...
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OutRight's Statement for Transgender Day of Remembrance
OutRight's Statement for Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20 is observed annually as the Transgender Day of Remembrance, to draw attention to the levels of violence and hate faced by trans...
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"I Need to be Free": What It Means to be a Queer Woman in Today's Iraq
Download the report in Englishتنزيل التقرير باللغة العربيةIntroductionDiscrimination and violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression are widespread in Iraq, with little...
View ArticleThe Importance of Transgender Visibility
Contributed by: Andrew Schlager (Dev and Comms Assistant) - Jordan Hubbard (Communications Intern)Visibility is an indisputable and fundamental part of the modern-day human experience. To be visible...
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The Washington Post quotes Neela Ghoshal on Canada’s Inclusion of Trans and...
On April 28, 2022, the Washington Post quoted OutRight’s Senior Director of Law, Policy and Research, Neela Ghoshal, on the 2021 Canada Census data which found that 1 in 300 Canadians 15 and up...
View ArticleOutright Supports Efforts to Ban Nonconsensual Intersex Surgeries in...
Contributed by: By Kimberly Zieselman - ContributorIntersex people’s human rights are too often an afterthought, even among govenrments that profess support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,...
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Nonprofit publishes an Op-ed by Rikki Nathanson
"The battle we face seems to be an uphill one. We need to fight, not only for recognition, but for full acceptance, dignity, and the right to equality and equity," stated Rikki Nathanson, OutRight's...
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