I'm pleased to invite you to these upcoming virtual events hosted by OutRight Action International in collaboration with partners.
I am especially thrilled to draw your attention to an event we are co-organizing with the German government on inclusion of LGBTIQ people in development cooperation - an area of work in which our communities are too often left behind. I also hope to see many of you at our global convening for LGBTIQ equality - OutSummit.
Hope to see many of you at these events!
Maria Sjödin (they/she)
Acting Executive Director
OutSummit, December 8-10, 2021
Our annual conference for global LGBTIQ equality, OutSummit, is just under a month away. Sessions will cover topics ranging from countering attacks against comprehensive sexual education in schools, engaging more allies and funders to a severely under-resourced movement, and tackling censorship of LGBTIQ website content. Stakeholders, as ever, come from across state, private sector and civil society boundaries, creating a truly diverse space.
Sessions are tailored to work across different time zones, and will take place virtually over three days. Have a lookat session and speaker information and register to take part!
Many thanks to OutRight’s supporters who make OutSummit possible*
Including LGBTI People in Development Cooperation, November 24, 2021
Together with the Federal government of Germany, OutRight is hosting an event on advancing protection and rights of LGBTI people in development cooperation and foreign policies. As LGBTIQ people are too often left out, or even intentionally excluded from development programming, this panel will discuss means and approaches to inclusivity, and feature examples of best practices. Register here.
OutTalks: OutStanding Legacy Circle, November 18, 2021
Join our next OutTalks to learn more about OutRight's OutStanding Legacy Circlefor donors who want to invest in the global movement for LGBTIQ human rights and equality through a planned gift from their estate. You’ll hear from estate planning attorneys, LGBTIQ philanthropy experts, and OutRight donors who have already joined the OutStanding Legacy Circle. No commitment is required to attend -learn more and register here.
UNGA Side Event - "LGBTI and Feminist Movements: Pushing back on the Pushback", November 17, 2021
COC Nederland, CREA, CRR, GATE, ILGA World, ISHR, IPPF, Outright Action International, RFSL and TGEU are organizing this event to take place on the side-lines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly.
The event will discuss the conclusions of the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity's two reports on gender. It will bring together state representatives and civil society members, including women and LGBTI human rights defenders, to speak to the challenges and opportunities created by the crises we face today, and to share reflections on the importance of inclusive and intersectional feminist LGBTI mobilization. You can register for the event here.
*OutSummit supporters include: Founding Sponsor Small Change Foundation, Signature Sponsors Anita May Rosenstein Foundation and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Friend Sponsors Seattle Pride and the David Bohnett Foundation, and the following corporate partners: Presenting Sponsors Adobe Foundation and Procter & Gamble Company; With support from Google.org; Signature Sponsors Critical Role Foundation, Levi Strauss & Co., Microsoft Corporation, and the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality (PGLE); Premiere Sponsors Dell Technologies, Global Citizen, Herman Miller Cares, Hunter Boot, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Michael Kors, Scotiabank and The Walt Disney Company; Major Sponsors Boohoo Group, Groupe Dynamite, JAMF, Waterdrop, and Zynga; Official Sponsors Barclays, Bluebella, Revolut, and World Bank Group GLOBE; Friends Sponsors Imperfect Foods, JIMDO, JKP Fundraising, Nomura Holdings America, Ooni, Shogun, and TomTom.
