Outrights Engagement at the UN [Video]

2023 is proving already to be a year of highs and lows for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people. In Spain, a law came into effect allowing self-identification for persons wishing to change their legal gender marker; a few weeks later, parliamentarians passed an odious anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda. Across the world LGBTIQ people continue to face violence and discrimination in many different forms. Connecting this urgent reality with those who make decisions in the halls of power at the United Nations (UN) is right at the core of what Outright does.

With pandemic restrictions lifted, the UN is once again filling with the energy that civil society brings to this multilateral space. As 2023 kicks into gear, Outright has worked with a diverse range of civil society members, including by bringing our biggest ever delegation of civil society activists from around the globe to the Commission …