OutRight Action International

The IGLHRC at the 1993 March on Washington for LGB Equal Rights and Liberation

OutRight International, formerly known as International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC),[5] was founded by Julie Dorf[6] in 1990, and incorporated as a non-profit organization on November 7, 1990. Though initially focused on LGBT human rights abuses in Russia, the organization is now active in many parts of the world, including the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. OutRight International is headquartered in New York City with satellite offices on the West Coast and in Spain, and Manila.[1] OutRight International has a digital archive of their LGBT human rights documentation and education materials for research.

On July 19, 2010, the United Nations Economic and Social Council voted to accredit IGLHRC as one of the NGOs granted consultative status with the international organization. This allows IGLHRC to attend U.N meetings, contribute statements, and collaborate with United Nations agencies.[7][8]

In 2010, IGLHRC contributed in forming "An Activist's Guide" of the Yogyakarta Principles.[9]

In 2015, on the 25th anniversary of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), the organization changed its name to OutRight Action International[5] to make it more inclusive.

In 2015, OutRight's executive director Jessica Stern presented the first United Nations Security Council briefing on LGBTI human rights violations.[10][11]

In 2015, OutRight in partnership with CUNY Law School[12] started a one-day conference on Human Rights Day called OutSummit.[13]

In 2016, as a member of the United Nations LGBTI Core Group (LGBT rights at the United Nations), OutRight took part in a high level UN event that included the 8th Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, 47th United States Vice President Joe Biden, President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet and Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg[14]

In 2017, OutRight challenged the inclusion of C-Fam to the US delegation at the UN CSW 2017.[15][16]

In 2018, Neish McLean, Executive Director of TransWave and OutRight Caribbean Program Officer, presented the intervention statement on behalf of the Major Groups and Other Stakeholders in response to Jamaica's Voluntary National Reviews at the United Nations.[17][18]

In 2019, OutRight worked with UN Women to be a part of a historic panel[19] at the United Nations on "Gender Diversity: Beyond Binaries"[20][21]

In 2022, OutRight dropped "Action" from its name, formally becoming OutRight International.[22]

OutRight's work is organized in four regional programs (Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean), and cross-regional programs focused on the United Nations, global research and safety and security for LGBTIQ activists.[23]

Work in the Asia region promotes acceptance of sexual and gender diversity at all levels of society. The 2014 Report "Violence: Through The Lens of Lesbians, Bisexual Women And Trans People in Asia"[24] collected and reviewed data from five countries in the region. Recent projects focused on domestic violence protections for LGBT in the Philippines[25] and Sri Lanka.[26]

Work in the Caribbean region supports organizations to achieve legal registration and provides support in establishing and building the capacity of newly founded organizations as well as combating gender-based violence.[27]

• LGBTIQ rights
• LGBT rights at the United Nations
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences
• Intersex civil society organizations
• Intersex human rights
• Intersex rights by country
• World Pride
• Sexual Orientation
• Gender Identity
• IDAHOT
• Transgender rights
• List of transgender-rights organizations
• Violence against LGBT people

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