Kristie on the significance of her and Sam’s wedding as gay women 🫶🏳️‍🌈

Utterly shameful.

For 35 years, we've fought for LGBTIQ human rights worldwide. This #GivingTuesday (Dec 2), we're honoring that legacy with a $35K matching gift challenge. Your donation = 2X the impact for activists, research, and emergency support. Start giving early! 🫶 https://bit.ly/GT2025_1_BS

SEATTLE SHOWED UP! 🤩 Today's home opener sets the record for the largest attendance for a women's hockey game in a US arena AND the highest attended home venue game in PWHL history!

Officially dropping the puck on our inaugural szn 🤩

Today is #Intersex Day of Solidarity! Today, we invite you to join us in reaffirming our collective commitment to solidarity with intersex people all over the globe. 🧵

One of my favorite days of the year. Join us!

Forged by nature. Unstoppable by will. We are the Seattle Torrent. 📺 youtu.be/4I3c5qNN2z0

The #Outsummit2025 lineup just dropped. Check out this thread to see the activists, researchers & organizers advancing LGBTIQ human rights globally. 🧵 Don't forget to register: bit.ly/Outsummit_20...

Health care for transgender youth is supported by every major medical association and leading world health authority as safe, studied, consensus care. Statements here ⤵️

⚠️ $5K MATCH FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF ⚠️ #HurricaneMelissa has torn through #Jamaica. We know that climate-related disasters magnify the existing inequalities that LGBTIQ people face, with many experiencing limited or no access to vital emergency relief.

It's #IntersexAwarenessDay! We're highlighting a historic win for #Intersex communities around the globe! 💛💜 #WhyWeShowUp Want to learn more? Our Senior Advisor to Global Intersex Rights, @xoxykz.bsky.social#IntersexAwarenessDay#Intersex#WhyWeShowUpas there every step of the way. 👉 bit.ly/2025_Intersex_Day

Power belongs to the PEOPLE. We will not be intimidated. We Will March.

You know the rights of #LGBTIQ people matter. But when someone asks "what should the policy actually say?" or "what are other countries doing?"—do you have a clear answer? 🧵

Perform. Speak up for your teammates. Create a culture everyone wants to be a part of -- all while dealing with immense uncertainty, at her club and in the league. I tried to put into words just how impressive Lauren Barnes' run at Seattle Reign has been. www.sounderatheart.com/2025/10/the-...

Join advocates and allies from all over the globe for these five critical discussions shaping the future of LGBTIQ advocacy. Which #Outsummit2025 session are you the most excited for? ⬇️🧵

Save the date: #Outsummit2025 on Nov 7! 35 years of global LGBTIQ advocacy. One day of cutting-edge strategy. Learn. Share. Act. Free registration: https://bit.ly/Outsummit_2025_BS_1

🇺🇳 HISTORIC UN MOMENT IN GENEVA 🇺🇳 After over a decade of relentless advocacy, intersex human rights defenders celebrate a milestone: the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released the first-ever UN report on discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against intersex people.

We dissent - and we will not sit idly by while our constitutional freedoms and basic human rights are dismantled.

I sent her a response today: Washington state will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally baseless accusations.

The U.S. Department of State has erased abuses against LGBTIQ people from its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. When official reporting disappears, our communities speak louder. Consult our Global LGBTIQ Human Rights Country Overviews: outrightinternational.org/countries

Did you know that 100 United Nations member states celebrated #Pride in 2024? 🌈 Get the full story with our Pride Around the World Report, "Show Up With No Shame" interactive map 👉 outrightinternational.org/pride-map

Your first Reign FC match is on us! 🎫 In partnership with Alaska Airlines, we're inviting first-time fans to come experience the electrifying energy of a home match at Lumen Field, absolutely FREE! Details ➡️ rgnfc.com/3UckPKg

Today, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling declaring sections 132 and 133 of St. Lucia’s Criminal Code unconstitutional, effectively decriminalizing consensual same-sex intimacy between adults. 🇱🇨💛 Full details ⬇️

*clears throat*  Have you ever heard someone - a friend, colleague, teacher, community leader, funder, or company - say, “LGBTIQ issues aren’t a priority for me”? Here are 8 responses by our Director of Leadership Giving, @kghultquist.bsky.social. 👉 outrightinternational.org/insights/inv...

"First, leaders cast LGBTQ people as threats, creating a moral justification for increasingly repressive measures that limit expression and assembly. These measures can then provide legal frameworks and generate social tolerance for broader constraints on civil liberties." - @arimshaw.bsky.social

Who wants Some Good Gay News? During the early days of COVID, my family & I watched a web series by John Krasinski called "Some Good News," sharing stories of people helping others & raising $2M+ for charities. In a time of loss, Some Good News gave us a little shot of hope & joy every week. 1/7

I rarely comment on these things, but these are unusual times. 249 years ago the Declaration called Natives "Merciless Indian Savages.," and the Constitution excluded us from protection while enabling our dispossession. We remember this history not to cause harm, but to grasp the consequences./1

Pride will never be cancelled.

So according to SCOTUS, parents can decide which books their kids can or can't have access to in school, but they can't decide what medical care they receive? 🤨

In our new report “Show Up With No Shame”: Pride Around the World in 2024, Outright found Pride and other LGBTIQ visibility events held in 100 UN member states. Dive into the global report with us on June 26 at 11am EST. 💜 Register here: outrightinternational.org/take-action/...

Last week, a court ordered the Trump administration to allow all trans people to update their passports with the gender marker that's right for them. Learn more about how and when to apply.

My reflections on why Investing in LGBTIQ Causes is For Everyone: medium.com/@khultquist/...

This Pride Month, we're celebrating the incredible work of some of our wonderful partners. This week, we're in conversation with ‪@outrightintl.bsky.social‬

Support the Trans Youth Emergency Project. 🏳️‍⚧️

Today we marched for our rights, for our communities, for our country - and beyond. No Kings. Hands Off. We Shall Overcome.

Scenes/mood from the @outrightintl.bsky.social office as Pride Month kicks off: 🌈 Pride is a protest.

Be nice to everyone working at an LGBTQ+ organization in June because I guarantee you they’re going through it

Our strength comes from our communities, our history, our stories shared, our rights defended, and our love that refuses to be erased. We're standing together. Across borders. Across identities. Join #OutrightProud 👉  outrightinternational.org/toolkit

Transmissions columnist Gwen Smith writes, "Imagine if your very self was up for continual public debate, and the general consensus was that – at best – you weren't worth the trouble to defend."

🎙️ New episode: Special guest host @emilyfascilla.bsky.social sat down with @kghultquist.bsky.social of @outrightintl.bsky.social to talk about crypto’s role in sustaining LGBTIQ rights as $105M in funding disappears. 📺 YouTube: youtu.be/vwCON-k6MK8 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4gK4...

Around the world, millions in our LGBTQIA+ family are silenced by hate, criminalized by laws, and unable to celebrate #Pride openly. This Pride season, whether you're at your local Pride, at #WorldPride, or even virtually, you can march for someone who can’t. Join the movement at 🔗 MarchForAll.com

This #IDAHOBIT, we honor the power of communities. On this day in 1990, the WHO declassified homosexuality as a disorder, in part because of the advocacy of our LGBTIQ communities. Now, as govs retreat from global human rights reporting, our communities are again stepping up to document the truth.

Can't march at Pride? We'll march with your name. Marching? Carry someone else's. March For All lets you take to the streets at #WorldPride 2025 in DC, for LGBTQIA+ people worldwide kept away from #Pride by laws and hate. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Sign on with Outright + @capitalpridedc.bsky.social at MarchForAll.com

The average American has three friends.

We're getting women's hockey!

It's official: Lauren Barnes is the FIRST in NWSL history to reach 20K minutes! And ALL of them with Reign FC 💙

This #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we honor our history, celebrate how far we've come, and recommit to ensuring that #Lesbian and #LGBTIQ voices continue to be heard, protected, and celebrated in every space. 🎥🎞️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrC6...

This Lesbian Visibility Week, we celebrate the vastness of lesbian identity around the globe, honor the lesbians who came before us and those yet to come, and stand in community with both out and proud lesbians and those who cannot be visible. Join us this #LVW25 in celebrating ALL lesbians.