From BBC News: Exposing The Global Reach of So-Called Conversion Therapyhttps://outrightinternational.org | BBC News Global interviews OutRight Action International's deputy director, Maria Sjödin. She spoke about our report that exposes the global reach of "conversion therapy". BBC news included two people who have been through such so-called conversion therapy programs. This segment makes it clear that conversion therapy doesn't convert, nor is it therapy.
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#RenewIESOGISince 2016, the UN Independent Expert on SOGI has assisted States to better protect people from violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This work can't stop now: join us in asking the Human Rights Council to #RenewIESOGI!
#RenewIESOGI: Flávia Piovesan (IACHR)Flávia Piovesan, the Rapporteur on the Rights of LGBTI Persons at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, calls on the UN Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on SOGI: "I do not see any other more essential right than the right to be"
2018 OutRight UN Fellows Discuss Their Experience At CSW62http://outrightinternational.org | Neish McLean, Kim Windvogel, and Xeenarh Mohammed, OutRight UN Fellows chat about their advocacy work at the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations.
2018 OutRight Religion Fellows Discuss Their Experience At HLPFhttp://outrightinternational.org | Kim Windvogel, Xeenarh Mohammed, and Neish McLean, OutRight UN Fellows, chat about their advocacy work at the 2018 High-Level Political Forum.
2019 OutRight Religion Fellows Discuss Their Experience at CSW63https://outrightinternational.org | OutRight religion fellows reflect on their first two weeks of their fellowship at the United Nations. Lua Da Mota Stabile is the Director of Institutional and International Relations of the Libertarian Union of Travesti and Trans Women. Yvonne Oduor is a feminist who uses their background as a trained journalist to advocate for the human rights of gender and sexual minorities in Kenya. Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile is a groundbreaking Trans* ARTivist from Botswana. Ifáṣínà Efunyemi has been involved in advocacy since her teenage years working with the National Garifuna Council and the Barranco Homecoming Committee to promote and preserve Garifuna culture and community development.
2019 OutRight Religion Fellows Share Experiences at the High-Level Political Forumhttps://outrightinternational.org | OutRight religion fellows reflect on their advocacy work during the High-Level Political Forum at the United Nations.
Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile is a groundbreaking Trans* ARTivist from Botswana. Yvonne Oduor is a feminist who uses their background as a trained journalist to advocate for the human rights of gender and sexual minorities in Kenya. Ifáṣínà Efunyemi has been involved in advocacy since her teenage years working with the National Garifuna Council and the Barranco Homecoming Committee to promote and preserve Garifuna culture and community development. Lua Da Mota Stabile is the Director of Institutional and International Relations of the Libertarian Union of Travesti and Trans Women.
Music: Yes Yes Yes by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/58582 Ft: Javolenus, Martijn de Boer (NiGiD) (NiGiD)
Being Lesbian in IranThis video highlights findings in recent report by OutRight about the the human rights of lesbians in Iran, in law, policy, and practice.
"Don't Waste Our Talents" - The Economic Cost of ExclusionCommissioned by OutRight International and produced by a South African Production Company, Doti Productionz, this films looks briefly at the economic inclusion of LGBTIQ Africans. “The most important thing of any economy is the freedom to be who you are. To offer your talents and not to be excluded through color bar or sexuality,” explains Xhanti Payi an economist with Nascence Advisory and Research. Pierre Brouard, Deputy Director for the Study of Aids South Africa, cites a recent study on emerging economies that showed a link between more progressive climates for LGBTI people and other economic indicators in society.
These activists are building an international LGBTIQ movementhttp://outrightinternational.org/advocacywk2017 | Hear their stories.
In Our Hands - Poem ReadingPaisarn Likhitpreechakul, an LGBTIQ activist from Thailand, wrote this poem for OutRight's advocacy week.
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Prejuicios - ¿Y TÚ QUE VES?Click the 'CC' button to see English subtitles.
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PLACAS:
LA AMENAZA TERMINA
When the threat ends
DONDE COMIENZAN TUS DERECHOS
Is when your rights begin
¿Y TÚ QUE VES?
And you? What do you see?
DEJEMOS DE SER LOS “OTROS”
Let’s stop being ‘them’
AHORA PODEMOS SER NOSOTRXS
When now we can be a part of ‘us’
Prejuicio Hombre Gay:
Intérprete: Nadina Marquisio
Pareja: Sergio Escobar
Hombres Tienda: Ivan Gómez y William Alcázar
Cámara, guión y realización: Nadina Marquisio y Laura Martinez Duque
Being LGBTIQ in Indonesiahttp://outrightinternational.org | This video is about some of the realities LGBTI in the provinces are experiencing.
This video is part of a project on Increasing Access to Justice for LGBTI Communities in Indonesia in collaborationa with Indonesian partners, Arus Pelangi, Kemitraan and LGBTI activists in 8 Indonesian provinces have been working on since 2015.
Creeping Criminalization of LGBTIQ in Indonesiahttp://outrightinternational.org | This is about a report on mapping the legal framework in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) rights and women’s rights in Indonesia are curtailed.
This video is part of a project on Increasing Access to Justice for LGBTI Communities in Indonesia in collaborationa with Indonesian partners, Arus Pelangi, Kemitraan and LGBTI activists in 8 Indonesian provinces have been working on since 2015.
