Join us at OutSummit 2023 on December 4

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** Join OutSummit 2023
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** December 4, 2023 | 9 AM ET
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On December 4, 2023, join Outright International, LGBTIQ activists, and allies from around the globe for our 9th Annual OutSummit.

Every year, around Human Rights Day (December 10), Outright convenes OutSummit: a conference to advance the human rights and inclusion of LGBTIQ people everywhere. OutSummit is where people from across civil society, government, philanthropy, and business come together to strategize and build momentum to accelerate change for LGBTIQ people. This year’s OutSummit will be hybrid, with limited in-person participation in Washington, D.C., and virtual participation.
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This year, OutSummit is focused on critical issues of our time and their impact on our global communities. Panelists and participants will bring together our collective experience and brainpower to address topics like:
* Why and how are the global culture wars increasingly targeting trans people—and how can we counter the hate by promoting inclusive laws and positive, affirmative narratives?
* LGBTIQ people are too often left out of economic development. What can we as a movement do to ensure LGBTIQ communities are not left behind?
* At least 50 countries will hold elections in 2024. At a time of democratic backsliding, how can we limit the violence and harassment that accompany too many election cycles and ensure that LGBTIQ people can participate equitably in the democratic process?
* And more!

At OutSummit, you will convene with like-minded LGBTIQ human rights defenders and allies the world over who share a common goal: to fight so that every LGBTIQ person can live with dignity and free from violence and discrimination.
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Rituparna Borah is a queer, disabled, indigenous feminist activist with over 18 years of experience in advocating for LGBTIQ rights. A prominent figure in the LGBTIQ community in India, Rituparna is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Nazariya: A Queer Feminist Resource Group. She also serves as an advisory board member for Outright International's LBQ Connect Program as well as Rainbow Lit Fest and Sahayog. She has made significant contributions in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, and prevention of sexual harassment, as well as gender and sexuality. She is an experienced trainer and peer counselor. She has developed curricula and chapters for esteemed institutions like the Indira Gandhi National Open University and the National Council of Educational Research & Training.

Graeme Reid is the UN Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in October 2023. From 2011 through 2023, he was the director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. Graeme is an expert on the human rights of LGBTIQ people and has conducted research, taught, and published extensively on gender, sexuality, and HIV. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 2011, Graeme was the founding director of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa, a researcher at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, and a lecturer in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies at Yale University. An anthropologist by training, Reid received a master’s from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a PhD from the University of Amsterdam.

Thank you to OutSummit's 2023 Presenting Sponsor, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and all the event supporters ([link removed]) .

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