A lack of quality data and research on SOGIESC opens up our community to harm, as a result of the substantial roadblock created for policymakers, service providers, and others seeking to improve the rights, health and wellbeing of LGBTQI people.

Research provides the evidence to highlight the challenges, discrimination, and inequalities faced by our communities across the globe. This evidence is crucial for advancing LGBTQI human rights, providing a solid foundation for advocacy efforts demanding policy change and legal reform. Producing data and research lends crucial legitimacy and credibility to LGBTQI activism.

When LGBTQI organisations produce evidence to support their claims and arguments, it becomes harder for opponents, policymakers, governments and international bodies to dismiss their concerns.

Around the world, GiveOut’s partners are using research to develop evidence-based campaigns and advocacy to demand greater respect for LGBTQI human rights and drive inclusion. GiveOut’s partners are documenting harms and human rights abuses against LGBTQI people; providing accurate information and evidence-based arguments to challenge harmful stereotypes, biases, and misinformation against LGBTQI people; and breaking new ground in researching previously uncharted areas, such as the intersection between LGBTQI rights and climate change.