Capable LGBTI organisations

Capable LGBTI organisations are essential in terms of supporting individual LGBTI people, giving a voice to the LGBTI community and aligning with different players in the broader LGBTI movement. They need to function at an “operational minimum” before they can start doing advocacy effectively.

How do we think this works? Here are a few of our assumptions:
“LGBTI representation is most effective when speaking with one voice” (Letter M in the graphic below)
“For effective advocacy, community-based organisations need a sustainable approach, sufficient capacity (e.g. funds, staff) and skills (e.g. management and advocacy)” (Letter N in the graphic below)

Kyrgyzstan: Factory of activism

Labrys: The Central Asian factory of activism. Labrys is a good example of an organisation that works on different levels to achieve social change. For ...
2017

Kazakhstan: A nationwide movement

Kazakhstan: A Nationwide Movement Having started with small groups, now there is a nationwide movement that organises different events where information ...

South Africa: LGBTI refugee programme

Triangle Project has been providing services to LGBTI people in the Western Cape for 35 years and we always guide our work by understanding that being an ...
2017

Netherlands: The Pink Ballot Agreement

To read more about the lessons learned open the PDF-document below: LL26 – The Pink Ballot Agreement
2017

Botswana: A comparison of urban and rural LGBT support

This LEGABIBO lessons learned assessment focuses on evaluating the effectiveness, efficiency, functionality and relevance of the LGBT support groups. The ...
2017

Equidad’s HIV/STI testing centres for MSM in Ecuador

Equidad seeks to promote sexual health and to reduce prejudice and acts of discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV/AIDS. Through ...
2016

Advocating against draft anti-LGBT legislation in Kyrgyzstan

On 26 March 2014 the already existing homo- and transphobia in Kyrgyzstan was taken one step further towards re-criminalization of the LGBT communities ...

OUT’s Peer Education Programme for MSM / LGBT’s in

The OUT Peer Education Programme was initiated in January 2010 and is still going strong. The aim of the programme is to offer peer education to MSM (and ...
2016

South Africa: Uptake of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) by

The activity that OUT is focussing on, is the provision of bio-medical services to gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM) in Tshwane (Pretoria), with ...
2015

Moving beyond individual counselling of LGBTI people to

The activity that OUT is focusing on, is the provision of psychosocial services to LGBTI people in Tshwane (Pretoria), with the specific focus for this ...