Outright International

What Outright International does

Outright International is a New York–based human rights organization focused on LGBTIQ people around the world. Founded in 1990 as the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, it took its current name in 2022. It works across Asia and the Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Asia and North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, and the Americas, with particular attention to the Caribbean.

Its approach centers on partnerships with local LGBTIQ groups: strengthening their capacity, documenting human rights violations, and advocating for inclusion and equality with governments and international bodies. Outright has held special consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council since 2010, which lets it raise LGBTIQ concerns in UN settings, and it publishes human rights research and country briefs. It also directs support to people in crisis — its donate page gives examples ranging from a week of internet access for $10 to a month of safe housing for $250 and a week of humanitarian aid for five people for $1,000.

Outright holds a Four-Star rating from Charity Navigator. Its homepage says more than US$125 million has been stripped from the global LGBTIQ movement, which it cites as a reason support matters now.

Key facts

• Founded in 1990 as the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; renamed Outright Action International in 2015 and Outright International in 2022 (Wikipedia)
• Has held special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since July 2010 (Wikipedia; Outright About page)
• Donate page examples: $250 funds a month of safe housing; $1,000 funds a week of humanitarian aid for five LGBTIQ people
• Revenue about $17.1 million in the fiscal year ending June 2025 (IRS filing via ProPublica)

Before you give

• Accepts one-time and monthly card gifts, checks, wire transfers, donor-advised funds, stocks and other securities, IRA qualified charitable distributions, cryptocurrency (via The Giving Block, Endaoment and Crypto for Charity), Tiltify fundraisers and employer matching (donate page).
• Registered with the IRS as Outright Action International (EIN 94-3139952).