Blog

In January 2024, the Baring Foundation gave a grant to support Y-Fem, a community organisation supporting LBT communities and the feminist movement in Namibia, to buy their own property. In this blog, Y-Fem’s Director, Florence, explains what this means to them.

Ariane Adam, Head of Legal at HDT, introduces their new report which examines the criminalisation of lesbian and bisexual women (in 40 countries worldwide) and its impacts, and aims to support legal reform efforts.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.