Hi Friend,

Time and time again, the LGBTIQ community is denied access to basic human rights. The right to employment, the right to housing, the right to live your authentic life – all basic human rights, yet too often denied.

But what can you do to help? 

As the Arabic Media coordinator for OutRight, I run Outright’s media sensitivity training program in the Middle East and North Africa, perfectly intertwining my passions for media and LGBTIQ issues. Media – love it or hate it – is one of the most effective ways to sway public opinion, and it’s the reason why this program is so important.

Your donation today means the sustainability of this innovative program tomorrow.

It’s because of you and your support that we can reach out to Arabic media outlets and journalists in order to provide them with a better understanding around sexual orientation, gender identity, and LGBTIQ rights violations occurring in the Middle East and North Africa.

I can’t stress enough how critical our sensitivity program is. Our work has the potential for systemic impact in changing the perception of LGBTIQ individuals in the region.

Trans men and women still have little or no voice in the region, and there is a lot to teach the media professionals. But we can only accomplish this with your support.

With your generosity, we can make the media reporting in the Middle East and North Africa, more fair and more accurate.

But only with your help.

With warmth and gratitude,

Nazeeha Saeed
Arabic Media Coordinator
OutRight Action International

P.S. You can make a bigger impact by making a monthly gift -- it’s a fact: over the course of one year, your monthly gift will add up to more than OutRight's average one-time gift, allowing OutRight to do even more critical work with your donation.