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To create a world where LGBTQI people can live their lives freely and openly, we need a properly funded global LGBTQI movement that can advocate on behalf of our community. With the right resources, our movement can help eliminate discriminatory laws, policies and practices, change attitudes and create safe spaces in places where LGBTQI people and identities are not accepted.
In the Global South and East in particular, LGBTQI activists’ efforts are hampered by substantial legal and practical barriers to fundraising, beyond those experienced elsewhere. Pooling donations from our community and allies, GiveOut are building a safe, reliable source of funding especially for groups in these regions. We identify pioneering groups to support through a rigorous process of consultation, due diligence and vetting, guided by our Grant-making Advisory Panel and governed by our Board of Trustees.
Unfortunately, we are not currently able to accept unsolicited proposals for funding.
Annual Impact Report & Partnership Portfolio
Our Annual Impact Report includes updates on how our community has supported courageous activists promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) human rights and equality across the globe. It also introduces GiveOut’s existing and new grant partners for 2021.
Recognising the diversity and complexity of the movement, we strive to make our portfolio of grant partners as representative of the global movement as a whole, in terms of geography, thematic focus and community served. Each funding round integrates a more diverse set of grant partners than the last. We provide support at all levels of the global movement, but prioritise funding where it is needed most. We are incredibly proud of the progress we have made so far. In just three years, our supporters have provided over £650,000 in new funding to the LGBTQI movement globally and now support over 30 brilliant organisations across five continents.
Meet our grant partners
Information about each of GiveOut’s grant partners can be found below. However, several organisations working in more sensitive and restrictive contexts will remain anonymous. With generous sponsors, GiveOut has established a number of Named Funds and Special Focus Funds to support the global movement.
To view our grant partners by region or Fund, please click the filters below. And to find out more about each of our grant partners, please click on their images.
IraQueer, Iraq
IraQueer is Iraq's first and leading LGBTQI human rights organisation. Although Iraqi law does not expressly prohibit consensual same-sex sexual activity, the law disproportionately disadvantages sexual and gender minorities. Due to this, the LGBTQI community in Iraq faces discrimination, threats, physical attacks, and even killings. IraQueer sees a lack of visibility and effective advocacy as the main obstacles to LGBTQI acceptance in Iraq.
PINK Armenia, Armenia
PINK (“Public Information and Need of Knowledge”) Armenia, is an advocacy organisation that raises public awareness about sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and equal rights for LGBTQI people in Armenia. It publishes objective information in Armenian to demystify LGBTQI issues, raise awareness and promote understanding within the community and among the general public. They also provide training to journalists to improve reporting on LGBTQI issues.
J-FLAG, Jamaica
J-FLAG is the foremost human rights and social justice organisation working for LGBTQI people in Jamaica. Although same-sex relations remain criminalised in Jamaica, attitudes are changing as a result of the work of J-FLAG and others, with the country celebrating its fourth annual Pride festival last year.
Kaleidoscope Trust, International
Based in the UK, the Kaleidoscope Trust works to uphold the human rights of LGBTQI people in Commonwealth countries, two-thirds of which criminalise same-sex relations. They are also a founding member of The Commonwealth Equality Network (TCEN), which works to support and bring together front-line LGBTQI activists.
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