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2025 was a tumultuous year for LGBTQI+ people and the nonprofits advocating on their behalf. Millions of dollars in funding disappeared from the landscape as anti-LGBTQI+ violence and rhetoric escalated globally. But there were wins amongst the losses. 38 countries now recognize marriage equality, 77 countries provide legal protection against employment discrimination, and six countries have banned nonconsensual surgeries on intersex children (Outright International). 2025 taught us that progress and setbacks can happen simultaneously, and this Pride Month, Global Impact is spotlighting three of our Charity Alliance members who continue to fearlessly champion LGBTQI+ rights in the face of adversity. 1. Outright...
The Outright UN Rights and Religion Fellowship is an 8- to 12-month program that supports human rights defenders of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) to harness the New York-based United Nations system to add value to their existing work. The program is designed to support the existing work of activists in the global South and East working to defend people of diverse SOGIESC from the impact of religiously motivated violence and discrimination. The goal of the program is four-fold: 1. Facilitate the use of United Nations spaces for activists of diverse SOGIESC from the global South and East to enhance their networks and to identify new entry points for progressing the protection and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people’s human rights in their country and/or region. 2. Increase visibility and engagement of human rights defenders of diverse SOGIESC from...