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The United Nations Summit of the Future came and went, but how will it impact LGBTIQ people? Check out our latest podcast episode, detailing what Summit of the Future is all about, the impact of the Pact for the Future on LGBTIQ human rights, and whether we thought the outcomes would benefit LGBTIQ people around the world.

Hear from our United Nations team, UN Program Officers Ophelia Kemigisha and Hannah Kohn, as they discuss the need for inclusive language, leveraging summit outcomes, and the effectiveness of the UN in advancing global LGBTIQ rights. Tune in for insightful conversations and analysis!

Learn more about Outright's work at the United Nations. 

On this episode of the Outright Proud 2024 Election Watch Podcast series, we focus on Georgia, Romania, and Turkey's elections. We're honored to have special guests: Mariam Kvaratskhelia, Co-Director of Tbilisi, Pride in Georgia, Vlad Viski, Director of MozaiQ in Romania, and Özgür Gür, Executive Director of ÜniKuir Derneği in Turkey. This episode is recorded with Whitney Pfeifer, our Program Manager for the Global LGBTQI+ Inclusive Democracy and Empowerment (GLIDE) Initiative.

Learn more about the GLIDE Initiative and check out the rest of our podcast episodes!

Outright International's 2024 Election Watch Podcast Series with Matuba Mahlatjie, Outright's Communications and Media Relations Manager, and special guest Mapaseka Steve Letsike, the newly appointed Deputy Minister for Women, Youth, and People living with Disabilities in South Africa.

On this week’s episode, Neela Ghoshal Outright, Senior Director of Law, Policy & Research, has a heartfelt conversation with Matcha Phornin, an activist from Thailand and LBQ Connect alumna, full of shared parental stories and policy talk.

This episode was recorded before Thailand's marriage equality law passed in the Senate in June 2024.

Michelle Yesudas, Director of our Queer Legal Futures Program, and Hala Hassan, our former Digital Communications Manager, dive into the evolving landscape of global human rights, celebrate landmark victories like Thailand's progress toward marriage equality, and highlight ongoing struggles in the second episode of Rights in Retrograde.

Learn more about our Queer Legal Futures Program at https://outrightinternational.org/queer-legal-futures.

This episode of our LBQ parenting series is extra special because we get to hear the two sides of the story. Hazel Olson-Dorf, Outright’s Communications content creator and nonbinary advocate who was raised by two activist moms, interviews Andre Rivas, a lesbian nonbinary parent, prominent Argentinian activist, and member of the LBQ Connect Sounding Board. They exchange stories and perspectives and look back and forward. Listen to the full episode.

On this week’s episode, Neela Ghoshal, Outright’s Senior Director of Law, Policy & Research, has a thrilling conversation with Chamindra Weerawardhana about what parenting means to Chamindra as a queer woman and how she navigates conversations with her children and at their school about gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, consent education, racism, and rainbow family dynamics.

In this episode, Noor, our LBQ Connect program officer, interviews her colleague Ging Cristobal, Project Coordinator for Asia and Pacific Islands, about her special story of being the chosen parent to her daughter and the challenges they faced in the Phillippine’s context. 

This podcast series, featuring Linda Baumann (Namibia), Chanel van der Linde (South Africa) and hosted by Matuba Mahlatjie aims to comprehensively analyze elections taking place in the respective countries. The focus is on the political landscape, implications for LGBTIQ people from a human rights perspective, and how LGBTIQ communities are engaging in these political moments.

Laura Piazza interviews Gloriah Dhel about the challenges she faces as a lesbian mom in Uganda and how she finds support within the LBQ community.

Andrea and Barbara have been together for 17 years and now they are moms to Isabela. They are both activists from El Salvador, now based in Europe, where they co-founded the Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders. Andrea is also a member of the LBQ Connect Sounding Board. Listen to them interview each other about their experience of being queer parents, especially as refugees living outside their country of origin.

On this episode of the Outright Proud Podcast, we're joined by a leading voice in the fight for LGBTQ rights in Uganda, one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2024, and executive director at Sexual Minorities Uganda - advocate Frank Mugisha. Listen in as we scrutinize Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 and explore its implications.

Join our Director of Leadership Giving, Katie Hultquist, as she dives into the inspiration behind LBQ-focused philanthropy and the impact of funding for international LBQ projects in this conversation with LesbianGlobal co-founders Kathy Levinson and Naomi Fine.

At Outright International, we work together for better LGBTIQ Lives. Our Outright Proud podcast will advocate, celebrate, amplify, and support LGBTIQ voices. In our debut episode, we are featuring our Senior Advisor for the Global Trans Program, Rikki Nathanson, in a lively conversation about the importance of trans visibility with human rights activist Dr. Chamindra Weerawardhana. Later this summer, Outright will be launching a campaign that will feature achievements received by trans people in 20 countries that observe and celebrate legal gender recognition. Explore our interactive Celebrating Legal Gender Recognition page: https://outrightinternational.org/legal-gender-recognition

In this Outright Proud podcast episode, Outright's Communications and Media Relations Manager, Matuba Mahlatjie, interviews award-winning journalist Nazeeha Saeed. This interview highlights the vulnerability of the LGBTIQ community in the absence of media freedom, and Nazeeha shares a few disadvantages when the media fails to portray LGBTIQ stories to the public.

Read the article referenced in the podcast here: outrightinternational.org/insights/freedom-press-south-west-asia-and-north-africa-affects-lgbtiq-community

In part two of our episode on press freedom in Southwest Asia and North Africa, Matuba Mahlatjie continues his discussion with award-winning journalist Nazeeha Saeed. They explore the advantages of a free press as a critical pillar of democracy. Nazeeha also gives examples of how media freedom and human rights cannot exist without each other.

Read the article referenced in the podcast here: outrightinternational.org/insights/freedom-press-south-west-asia-and-north-africa-affects-lgbtiq-community

Join Andrew Schlager, Outright International's corporate and development associate, as he interviews more guests at the 27th Celebration of Courage awards and gala. In this episode, you’ll be hearing from Outright Board Co-Chair Kathy Teo, Star Trek actors Blue del Barrio and Celia Rose Gooding; and the iconic music trio BETTY. Learn more about our 2023 gala: https://outrightinternational.org/CoC2023

Join Andrew Schlager, Outright International's corporate and development associate, as he interviews more guests at the 27th Celebration of Courage awards and gala. In this episode, you’ll be hearing from the Executive Director and Board Chair of the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE) Kenita Placide and Lysanne Charles, actor Jess Bush and an iconic drag queen, Mrs. Kasha Davis. Learn more about our 2023 gala: https://outrightinternational.org/CoC2023

Join Andrew Schlager, Outright International's corporate and development associate as he interviews luminaries at the 27th Celebration of Courage awards and gala. In this episode, you’ll be hearing from Outright's executive director, Maria Sjödin, along with the organization's founder, Julie Dorf, style guru Ashley Ballard and a household name within New York City’s LGBTIQ nightlife community, DJ Robi D Light. Learn more about our 2023 gala: https://outrightinternational.org/CoC2023

Join us for the conclusion of our three-part episode on Sub-Saharan Africa with our partners: Remi Makinde of Nigeria’s The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), Yvee Odor from the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (galck+), and Steve Letsike from South Africa’s Access Chapter 2 (AC2). Highlighting key takeaways from LGBTIQ communities and activists on the ground, this episode focuses on the work of these organizations as well as the impact of conversation practices and the anti-gender movement in the region. Learn more about our collaboration with these organizations here: https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/human-rights-research/pathways-eliminating-conversion-practices

In this Outright Proud podcast episode, we continue our conversation with our Africa conversion practices partners: Remi Makinde of Nigeria’s The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), Yvee Odor from the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (galck+), and Steve Letsike from South Africa’s Access Chapter 2 (AC2). The conversation explores the challenges encountered by African activists and advocates in spaces like the United Nations. This recording was completed during the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women held in March 2023. Learn more about our collaboration with these organizations here: https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/human-rights-research/pathways-eliminating-conversion-practices

This OutrightProud podcast episode engages with our Conversion Practices partners. They include Remi Makinde from The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) in Nigeria, Yvee Odor from the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, known as galck+, and Steve Letsike from Access Chapter 2 (AC2) in South Africa. They will discuss LGBTIQ human rights advancement in Sub-Saharan Africa with our advocacy officers and partners. Learn more about our collaboration with these organizations here: https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/human-rights-research/pathways-eliminating-conversion-practices

In this episode of the Outright Proud podcast, Whitney Pfeifer, Program Manager of the new Global LGBTQI+ Inclusive Democracy and Empowerment Initiative, interviews Michael Heflin, Outright's Global Grants Director, and Regina Waugh, Senior Global Advisor, Gender, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) to talk about the new GLIDE Initiative.

The Global LGBTQI+ Inclusive Democracy and Empowerment (GLIDE) Initiative is a unique collaboration between Outright International, Synergía – Initiatives for Human Rights, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). GLIDE seeks to stimulate the participation and engagement of LGBTIQ people and organizations in democratic spaces and processes.

Learn more on our website: https://outrightinternational.org/GLIDE

The Outright Proud Podcast is back with a new episode! Join our Content Creator, Hazel Olson-Dorf, and our former Senior United Nations Program Officer, Luiza Veado, as she talks about the United Nations and how Outright advocates for LGBTIQ rights at this global organization. Please note that since its recording, InterPride has been granted consultative status at the United Nations. We're excited to have another organization bring LGBTIQ voices to UN spaces.

Learn more on our website: https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/un-engagement