Blog: Perspectives

As a compilation of photographs, video, and interviews, “We Are Here” melds together a historic account of the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and its long-term effects on the LGBTIQ and lesbian human rights movements.

OutRight is excited to announce that we have recruited three activists to engage in our new, year-long, immersive Religion Fellowship Program, out of the over 560 applications received. The Fellowship has been made possible by support from the Global Faith and Equality Fund of the Horizons Foundation and is aimed to defend LGBTI people from the impact of religiously motivated violence and discrimination.

Although Sri Lanka elected the first female prime minister in the modern world in 1960, Sri Lankan women, including lesbians, bisexual women, and trans persons (LBT) have been facing unequal treatment on a daily basis – including gender-based violence (GBV).

OutRight's West Coast Director, Katie Hultquist, attended this weekend's Seattle Women's March 2.0. Katie spoke at the rally on the human rights of queer women, linking local and global organizing so no one is left behind, and how we can build together a world with freedom, equality and dignity for all LGBTIQ people. Below is a video embed of her speech that starts at 1:04:15 or read her speech below:

In 2017, we saw an assault on human rights globally. For every step forward, we struggled NOT to take a step back. We celebrated increasing transgender rights in Botswana and across 22 countries thanks to a landmark European Court of Human Rights ruling, and we were overjoyed by marriage equality in Australia. But, the increasing racism, sexism, Islamophobia and xenophobia made some LGBTIQ people even more unsafe.

Homespun art blog Stargazey Zines recently decided to donate proceeds from their ongoing “Yuri!!! On ICE” fan-art project to OutRight. This is the third project the young charity group has initiated since its founding. In a conversation with OutRight, Jolyn, administrator of the zine, explained that this initiative publishes “art books made by fans, for fans [--] in homage to shows, comics, [and] video games.”