Tag: OutRight
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Uganda Pride 2016 Postponed After Police Harass and Detain Participants
“Again and again, Ugandan authorities show that they have no regard for basic human rights of LGBTIQ people and that they will even violate the Ugandan constitution in order to stop LGBTIQ people from exercising those basic rights.” – Maria Sjodin, Deputy Executive Director, OutRight Action International.
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Beyond ISIS – In the Aftermath of Orlando
OutRight Action International is shocked and saddened by the deadly massacre at Latin Night at Pulse Orlando nightclub on 12 June 2016 in Orlando, Florida.
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We are not tired, We have not lost hope, We will not give up
On May 16, 2016, on the eve of IDAHOT, OutRight Action International honoured Arus Pelangi, a federation of LGBTIQ Communities in Indonesia with the Felipa De Sousa Award at the organisations’ annual gala, A Celebration of Courage.
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United Nations Enlists OutRight in Effort to Measure LGBTI Inclusion Worldwide
How can we measure the degree to which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are included – and, as likely, excluded – from the lifeblood of societies around the world?
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Human Rights Day at the United Nations to Focus on the Economic Cost of LGBT Exclusion
On Human Rights Day, OutRight Action International is releasing the final video in its “Cost of Exclusion” LGBTIQ Africa series – a theme that will be highlighted on a global basis during a special United Nations Human Rights Day event on Thursday.
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Video Series Highlights Exclusion of LGBTIQ Africans from Social, Political, Economic Spheres
OutRight Action International, the global human rights organisation, is releasing a video series starting Tuesday, Nov. 17th, that explores how LGBTIQ Africans are excluded from mainstream social, political and economic participation in most countries—in violation of their basic human rights.