SoundOut GiveOut

2022 at GiveOut has been a year of major impact. With the support of you, our partners have been able to protect LGBTQI people in Ukraine and those fleeing, advance LBTQ women's rights in Sri Lanka, and support law's being passed that affirm the lives of LGBTQI people worldwide. In this episode of SoundOut, the GiveOut team come together to discuss some of the key successes of our partners from the past year, and look forward to next year at what needs to be done to further protect LGBTQI communities around the world. 
On this episode of SoundOut, host Dan Vo and GiveOut’s Executive Director Rupert Abbott are joined by Baroness Liz Barker, Elliot Vaughan, Fae Vincent, Allan McKinnon and Luke Smith. Additional guest voices include: 
Lenny Emson from Kyiv Pride Kimahli Powell from Rainbow Railroad Joleen Mataele from Tonga Leitis Association  Rosanna Flamer-Calder from Equal Ground Jayna Kothari from CLPR Tarek Zeidan from Helem  
About GiveOut
GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.
GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.
Producers: Luke Smith and Dan Vo
Editor: Better Lemon Audio
Copy and Design: Luke Smith
Host: Dan Vo

Following Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February, GiveOut activated our LGBTQI Emergency Fund to support OutRight Action International’s fundraising appeal responding to the situation. Through this appeal, funds are being distributed to LGBTQI organisations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to enable them to provide emergency shelter, humanitarian assistance and other vital support to LGBTQI people in Ukraine and those forced to flee.
 
On this episode of SoundOut, host Dan Vo and GiveOut’s Executive Director Rupert Abbott are joined by Lenny Emson, a Ukrainian LGBTQI activist and the Executive Director of Kyiv Pride, and Amie Bishop, OutRight’s Senior Research Advisor, to discuss the work that this support has made possible and what still needs to be done do to support LGBTQI Ukrainians. 
 
About GiveOut
GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.
GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.
Producers: Luke Smith and Dan Vo
Editor: Better Lemon Audio
Copy and Design: Luke Smith
Host: Dan Vo

For this special episode of SoundOut, we share with you the highlights from the launch of our LGBTQI Legal Aid Fund, through which GiveOut is working with leading law firms to support organisations using the law and courts to advance equality. One of these organisations is the Centre for Law and Policy Research, whose Executive Director, Jayna Kothari, spoke to GiveOut trustee Daniel Gerring about how law firms can support LGBTQI human rights.

After the panel discussion, host Dan Vo spoke to lawyers from the Fund’s founding sponsors Travers Smith, Latham and Watkins, and Allen & Overy as well as Jayna Kothari and GiveOut’s Executive Director Rupert Abbott about the event and the importance of this Fund.
About GiveOut
GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.
GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.
Producers: Luke Smith and Dan Vo
Editor: Better Lemon Audio
Copy and Design: Luke Smith
Host: Dan Vo

Happy Earth Day! In Episode 12, we celebrate the return of Lee Dibben, who joins us to talk about the things that GiveOut are doing to mark Earth Day this year. Plus some additional clips from Ryan Joseph Figueiredo from Equal AF and introducing GiveOut Communication and Events Coordinator Luke Smith. 
About GiveOut
GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.
GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.
Producer: Luke Smith and Dan Vo
Editor: Better Lemon Audio
Copy and Design: Luke Smith
Host: Dan Vo

Happy International Women’s Day! On this special episode of SoundOut, Dan Vo and GiveOut’s Philanthropy Officer Lucy McMenamin discuss ways to support LBTQ women and the importance of building a community of women supporting women. Dan and Lucy then introduce our Raise UP, Rise UP event from September, hosted by GiveOut trustee Baroness Liz Barker, in support of three brilliant organisations, UHAI, Pink Armenia and Tongas Leitis Association, as well as a special fireside chat between Lady Phyll and Amber Hikes. About GiveOut
GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.
GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.
Producer: Dan Vo
Editor: Samuel Gunn
Copy and Design: Luke Smith
Host: Dan Vo

In Episode 10, to mark our Crisis and Community campaign, in episode 10, Dan Vo and Claire Tunnacliffe join Geff Parsons, a GiveOut trustee and Managing Director at Macquarie Group, to discuss how support from our community and corporate allies has made an impact on the lives of LGBTQI Afghans.
We then listen to GiveOut’s Lucy McMenamin in conversation with Rainbow Railroad’s Executive Director, Kimahli Powell, for an update on the situation in Afghanistan and the need for ongoing support.
About GiveOut
GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.
GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.
Producer: Dan Vo
Editor: Samuel Gunn
Copy and Design: Luke Smith
Host: Dan Vo