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Dear John,

Around the world, a coordinated and brutal backlash against LGBTIQ people is accelerating.

Governments are passing laws that effectively criminalize LGBTIQ existence—banning Pride from public life, denying people the right to meet, organize, and protest, and dismantling critical health and legal protections.

But the most egregious blow is far more calculated: governments are deliberately stripping away funding, cutting off the very lifelines LGBTIQ communities rely on to survive.

This coordinated defunding has created the most dangerous crisis in Outright’s 35-year history, and is why we have established Funding Our Freedom: to ensure LGBTIQ movements have the resources to endure, resist, and lead their own futures.

Please be a part of this critical campaign by making a gift today. Every dollar you give matters, and will be matched up to $20,000 by a very generous donor! ([link removed])

Funding Our Freedom is a focused, long-term strategy designed to be flexible and responsive by supporting frontline partners facing increasing risks—from Argentina to Zimbabwe—while also sustaining Outright’s core programs for advocacy, protection, and accountability that connect the global movement across borders. Together, these resources make it possible to move quickly: getting support to communities under attack, documenting abuses as they happen, and ensuring LGBTIQ voices are not erased from global decision-making spaces.

Why Funding Our Freedom is so Important. Right Now.

Last year, radical cuts by the U.S. government eliminated more than a quarter of global funding for LGBTIQ organizations—threatening not just individual projects, but the infrastructure that keeps movements alive. When funding disappears, it doesn’t just stall progress; it silences voices, shuts down protection, and leaves activists exposed.

YOU can help stop that from happening.

Please make your generous Funding Our Freedom gift today ([link removed]) —which will be instantly doubled up to $20,0000. Your support strengthens rapid, community-led responses and helps ensure LGBTIQ movements are resourced, protected, and impossible to erase.
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With gratitude,

Elise Colomer-Cheadle (she/her)
Director of Development
Outright International

P.S. Add your strength to Outright’s Funding Our Freedom campaign right now. ([link removed]) Remember, your gift will be matched for twice the impact.


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