Dear John,

As Outright International’s United Nations Program Director, I know firsthand how important it is to have a seat at one of the world’s most important decision-making tables.

With our consultative status at the UN, Outright advocates for the human rights of LGBTIQ people directly with UN Member States and leadership throughout the year. And as Secretariat of the UN LGBTI Core Group, we have a powerful position from which to elevate the need to recognize, affirm, protect, and advance our rights.

Your gift today will help us achieve even more and ensure our voices are heard when it matters most.

For example, Outright works closely with LGBTIQ activists around the world, and thanks to support from generous donors like you, we have brought hundreds of activists to the UN over the last decade to advocate for change. This month, we will bring eight activists from three continents to the UN’s Summit for the Future and the General Assembly. Years of planning at the UN went into this momentous opportunity to bring together global policymakers dedicated to achieving a future that is better for everybody.

Governments from around the world are expected to sign a Pact for the Future that commits them to work to end wars, protect the Earth’s resources for the future, invest in youth, and harness the digital universe to work for the world and not against it.

As LGBTIQ changemakers, we want the world’s future direction to include key goals that impact our lives: like overturning laws that ban LGBTIQ relationships and identities, ensuring equitable access to housing, employment, health care, and education, protecting our bodily autonomy, and safeguarding our civil rights.

It’s this kind of big-picture visioning and global reach of the UN that influences governments and societies more than many people realize. Outright has been working with LGBTIQ people globally for months in preparation for this moment and sharing their demands with the governments of the world. So, there’s no doubt that our involvement with the Summit for the Future has the potential to ignite positive change for hundreds of millions of LGBTIQ lives in the years and decades to come.

Help make LGBTIQ safety and dignity a pillar of our shared vision for an equitable global future.

John, the United Nations is the global institution that safeguards the very idea that human rights are fundamental and every person is worthy of respect and protection – it is also where we hold accountable all those nations that deviate from delivering on this promise. This is why it matters that we are at the United Nations.

Strengthen Outright’s recognized leadership at the UN by making a generous donation now.

In the coming days, the annual General Assembly will be headline news. Your support will make sure LGBTIQ voices are heard, in front of the cameras and behind the scenes. Thank you!

Yours sincerely,

André du Plessis [he/him]
UN Program Director
Outright International