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16/06/2026

This Tuesday, we revisit a session from ReportOUT's Global Mosaic series.

This archived recording explores Without Borders across Europe and Africa, featuring speakers from , , and . Together, they offer an expansive and grounded perspective on what Pride means across vastly different political and cultural contexts.

This is part of our Global Mosaic series looking at Pride without b...

15/06/2026

Voices from the Community 🗣️

This Pride Month, we asked members of our community what Pride means to them.

Our Global Campaigns Officer, Henry Wackam, reflected on how Pride is often perceived across Africa and what Pride means in that context:

"Across Africa, Pride is still too often viewed through borrowed images from elsewhere. For me, Pride is about reclaiming our own stories, cultures, and humanity. It is the journey from invisibility to belonging, from survival to dignity, and from silence to collective freedom."

Pride means something different to everyone. What does Pride mean to you? Share your thoughts in the comments below. 🌈

14/06/2026

What if a single sponsorship could help launch 60 new LGBTQI+ advocacy campaigns across six continents?

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of delivering leadership training to 60 current and emerging LGBTQI+ leaders from countries as varied as Peru, South Africa, UK, India, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

As we covered everything from emotional intelligence, leadership styles, to naming our chimps, it was a wonderful session! Instant bonding within the group and deep reflection on their own leadership styles.

For the next six months, attendees will be covering leadership, advocacy and campaigner topics, in order to construct their own campaigns, led by them.

This is one of the best things we do at ReportOUT, which we have being doing now for five years, and it keeps getting better. To think that 60 different social changes will emerge from it, is truly exciting.

Much of the infrastructure funding for LGBTQI+ people has been lost, due to funding cuts and withdrawals. We are plugging that gap, but we can only do so much.

We offer this training for free. We would love to scale this up and offer more. We’ve proven the model. Now we’re looking for partners to help us reach more LGBTQI+ leaders worldwide. Could that be you?”

What an amazing gift for Pride Month. Let’s have a conversation: [email protected]

12/06/2026

June 12 marks Democracy Day in Nigeria, yet for LGBTQI+ Nigerians full democratic participation remains out of reach 🇳🇬

Our research OUT in Nigeria, produced with partners CHEVS, found that LGBTQI+ Nigerians face widespread exclusion from political life, yet their resilience and activism continue to push for a more inclusive future.

In case you missed it, the full research is available at www.chevs.org 🔗

11/06/2026

The Rainbow Lottery June super draw offers you the chance to win a £1,000 getaway this summer! 🌈

Your support goes to a good cause, and you may get to enjoy the Cornish coast or the quaint Lake District. 🏝️

When you choose ReportOUT as your good cause, your weekly ticket helps fund research, advocacy, and global campaigns that defend LGBTQI+ human rights around the world.

You could win cash prizes every week. But the real reward? Knowing your support helps LGBTQI+ people everywhere live safely, freely, and with dignity.

🎟️One small action. A world of difference.

Play today: https://www.rainbowlottery.co.uk/support/reportout

09/06/2026

This second Tuesday of , we look back at a collaborative project from the ReportOUT vault.

In partnership with the Gilbert Baker Foundation, ReportOUT launched the Flag in the Map project, an initiative inviting people around the world to share photographs of the flag being flown in as many countries as possible. Whether captured at a Pride march, displayed in a private space, or expressed through original artistic work, the project aimed to document and celebrate Pride’s global presence.

A partnership between ReportOUT and the Gilbert Baker Foundation. O...

08/06/2026

🌍 140+ applications from around the world. 60 new LGBTQI+ leaders.

We had over 140 people apply for ReportOUT's 6-month LGBTQI+ Leadership, Advocacy and Campaigner Training Programme.

As one of our longest-running flagship programmes, we offer free, skills-based training to 60 new and inexperienced activists across the globe, empowering them to create real social change in their own nations. This year, we have added in leadership training as part of the curriculum, recognising that for many people (especially in the Global South) leadership training for LGBTQI+ people is non-existent, or prohibitively expensive.

This is the highest number of applications we have ever received in five years of running this programme. We are proud to welcome our new cohort, representing an incredible range of countries and territories: Albania, Australia, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, England, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, the Netherlands, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

This demand reflects not the high quality of the programme itself, but it also shows the lack of infrastructure for LGBTQI+ leaders, after facing devastating huge aid cuts, and more generally, the lack of money for LGBTQI+ causes floating around. We are doing our own bit to try and close this gap.

With this in mind, ReportOUT will now offer more free training to organisations who need it, to support with advocacy, leadership, strategy, operations, and more.

But we need your help. A donation of just £250 funds a free place on the full six-month programme for a future leader and activist. And if you can give £10, that matters too, every penny goes directly towards shaping the changemakers of tomorrow.

👉 Can you help us keep this going? https://www.reportout.org/donatetoreportout

02/06/2026

For the first Tuesday of , we revisit a conversation from the ReportOUT archive.

In this Q&A, ReportOUT’s Drew Dalton speaks with Charley Beal of the Gilbert Baker Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Gilbert Baker, the artist and activist who created the original Rainbow Flag in 1978.

A Q&A with Drew Dalton from ReportOUT and Charley Beal from the Gil...

01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month from all of us at ReportOUT! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Each June, we celebrate every LGBTQI+ person. Your identity is valid, your story matters, and your community is global. 🌈

Pride began as a protest, and for many LGBTQI+ people around the world, that fight is far from over. We stand with those who celebrate freely this month and those who still cannot.

As a global human rights charity, ReportOUT remains committed to using our research and advocacy work to protect and advance equality for all.

How will you celebrate Pride this year? Let us know. 💜

29/05/2026

**STATEMENT**

ReportOUT expresses deep concern over the passage of Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, by the Parliament of Ghana. This legislation represents a significant threat to the human rights, dignity, safety, and wellbeing of LGBTQI+ people, human rights defenders, journalists, and civil society organisations across Ghana.

This bill will further entrench stigma, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ persons in Ghana, severely undermining their rights to privacy, safety, healthcare, and freedom of expression and association.

We are particularly alarmed by reports that the bill was expedited ahead of the upcoming African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty in Accra, reflecting a growing transnational anti-rights movement seeking to undermine equality, public health, democratic participation, and fundamental freedoms across the continent.

Beyond Ghana, it risks setting a dangerous precedent across the region, emboldening similar legislation in other African countries and strengthening a coordinated transnational movement to roll back hard-won human rights protections.

As an organisation committed to advancing global LGBTQI+ rights, inclusion, health equity, and social justice, ReportOUT stands in solidarity with LGBTQI+ communities, activists, and allies in Ghana and across Africa resisting discrimination and hate.

We urge President John Dramani Mahama to withhold assent to this bill and call on regional and international stakeholders to uphold human rights principles rooted in dignity, safety, and equality for all. ReportOUT remains committed to amplifying the voices of affected communities and supporting efforts that protect civic space, human rights, and inclusive public health systems.

We will not ignore this atrocity.

We cannot be silent.

We will not cease in our allyship and stand in firm solidarity with our LGBTQ+ siblings in Ghana and across the diaspora.