The experiences of people who identify as LGBTQAI+ are central to our work of protecting and extending human rights around the world.
Whether we are working to protect members of the LGBT community in their efforts to earn asylum or pushing for international sanctions regimes to provide accountability for victims of abuses, Human Rights First will always include issues that impact the LGBTQIA+ community in our work.
Our long history and recent work on these issues illustrate that commitment.
Our work
Multilateral Magnitsky Sanctions at Five Years: written with Open Society Foundations, Raoul Wallenberg and Redress
2022: Advocating for US action on trans people blocked from leaving Ukraine
2022: Refugee Voices: CJ from Peru
2017: LGBT Rights Under Attack in Egypt
2017: Persecution of Azerbaijan LGBTQ Community
2017: Linking Pride Celebration to Advocacy
2015: Calling on the Kazakh President to veto anti-gay legislation
2015: Pride and Prejudice, a Year in Review
2014: Being LGBT in Russia
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Russia
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: El Salvador
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Russia
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Lithuania
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Ukraine
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Maria Fontenelle
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Simone Hill
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Dr. John Waters
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Ruslan Kim
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Kaspars Zalitis
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Clare Byarugaba
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Olena Shevchenko, Ukraine
LGBTQ Voices for Equality: Angeline Jackson, Jamaica
Ensuring the International Olympic Committee Respects Equality – Human Rights First
Russia’s LGBT Community One Year Later: Q&A with Taria Polyakova – Human Rights First
Congress Urges the International Olympic Committee to Amend Principle 6 – Human Rights First
This is Russia: The True Story of Russia’s Oppression of the LGBT Community – Human Rights First
