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8 March 2024

The need for an LGBT+ Action Plan from a future Government

Baroness Ruth Hunt of Bethnal Green
Prime Ministers with action plans have delivered important changes from the repeal of section 28 under Blair to the introduction of same-sex marriage by Cameron. Here's why the next UK Government needs an action plan too.
International Development
17 May 2023

IDAHOBIT Day 2023: LGBTI communities worldwide need support more than ever

David Sampson
We are proud to support an increasingly strong and vibrant movement for LGBTI rights across Sub-Saharan Africa - but in a context of worsening discrimination and violence in a number of countries in the region.
International Development
22 August 2022

Developing an anti-racist and anti-colonial approach to our international human rights funding: where are we now?

Emebet Wuhib-Mutungi
Baring Foundation trustee, Emebet Wuhib-Mugungi, reports on the findings of an independent review of anti-racism and anti-colonialism in our International Development programme.
International Development
4 May 2022

Stepping forward by stepping back? What have we learnt from five years of LBQT grantmaking?

Poonam Joshi
Poonam Joshi, Chair of our International Development Committee, reflects on our 2021 evaluation of our programme to support LTBQ communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
International Development
18 May 2021

A line in the sand – this is a year for the UK to show concrete leadership on international LGBTI rights

David Sampson
Underfunding for LGBTI rights globally must be at the top of the UK Government's to-do list as it plans its first-ever Global Conference on LGBT Rights in June 2022.
International Development
17 May 2021

On IDAHOBIT, a reminder to double-down in our support for LGBTQI communities globally

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
We join Astraea in celebrating LGBTQI grassroots organizers globally: their inspiring work to resist violence and discrimination, change laws and provide essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
International Development
29 March 2021

Our goal is more and better money for LGBTI communities

Matthew Hart, Global Philanthropy Project
The Director of the Global Philanthropy Project discusses GPP's work as well as and his hopes and concerns for the LGBTI+ communities in the Global South and East that GPP funders come together to support.
International Development
18 March 2020

Funding for LGBTI communities in Africa is growing – but there’s more to do particularly for women

David Sampson
Five years into our programme supporting LGBTI activism in Africa, the Programme's Director discusses why our support for LBQT women is particularly important and the progress made towards increasing funding for a hard-pressed but courageous civil society.
International Development
24 February 2020

GALA’s Kewpie Collection: collecting and sharing LGBTIQ histories and stories in Africa

Linda Chernis, GALA Archivist
Kewpie was a celebrated queer hairdresser from District Six in Cape Town. Her photographs are now held by the GALA Queer Archive.
International Development
3 June 2019

Funding unchained: an activist approach to unlocking LGBTQI leadership in West Africa

Caroline Kouassiaman, ISDAO
How as funders can we create spaces and opportunities for LGBTQI-led activist groups and organisations to think expansively, to strategise and work towards creating different realities?
International Development