Your Monthly OutRight Newsletter
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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For our July newsletter, we would like to highlight our recent engagements and publications. Your continued support fuels a global movement that helps bring justice, dignity and possibility to LGBTIQ people and communities in need. We are profoundly grateful.
- Maria Sjödin, acting executive director
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Advocate
Conversion practices are efforts to change someone's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. OutRight is countering and challenging these cis-gender, heteronormative forms of indoctrination globally. Learn about what we are doing to document and end these exceptionally brutal practices in Kenya through our partnership with galck+. Read more.
By Yvonne Wamari and Khanyo Farisé
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Celebrate
With shouts of “Glory to Ukraine”and “F— Putin,” thousands of Poles marched through the streets of Warsaw alongside Ukrainian LGBTQ activists. Our senior emergency research fellow traveled to Poland to witness the historical queer-led March for Peace, demonstrating solidarity for Ukraine's LGBTIQ community. Learn now.
By J. Lester Feder
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Amplify
The state of Pride worldwide is a litmus test for LGBTIQ visibility and recognition. In its second year of monitoring and reporting on global Pride events, OutRight presents Visible: Pride Around The World in 2021, published with support from Google.org. This new report focuses on countries with notable Pride events in 2021, including new Pride events and those that faced violence and repression. More on here.
By OutRight Staff
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Celebrate
Last Month, OutRight, led by acting executive director, Maria Sjödin, honored LGBTIQ trailblazers at its Celebration of Courage gala. Watch and read the evening's highlights.
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Amplify
As we conclude our Pride With A Purpose campaign, OutRight's global advocacy program adviser, Alberto de Belaunde, reflects on Pride in Peru, both a protest and a celebration, and characterized by the large attendance of teenagers and young people. Read now.
By Alberto de Belaunde
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Advocate
Antigua and Barbuda repealed sections 12 and 15 of the Sexual Offences Act of 1995. The decision, handed down by the Honorable Justice Marissa Robertson, ruled that the law conflicted with Constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression, personal privacy, and protection from discrimination. Read our statement.
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Support
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