GIVEOUT LAUNCHES GERMANY CIRCLE

1 December 2023

• GiveOut Germany Circle launched for LGBTQI community and allies in Germany to support global LGBTQI rights movement. 

• Around the world, courageous activists are defending their communities in some of the  hardest places to be LGBTQI, but they receive a tiny amount of funding. 

• Launched with two events in Berlin and supported by LGBTQI investment fund IDENTITY Ventures, the GiveOut Germany Circle enables donors in Germany to give tax efficiently  to support the global LGBTQI rights movement. 

GiveOut has launched the Germany Circle to bring together the LGBTQI community and allies in Germany to  support the global LGBTQI human rights movement. 

Around the world, LGBTQI people face discrimination, violence, and other serious human rights  abuses simply for being who they are. Same-sex relations are criminalised in 65 jurisdictions, including 12 that impose the death penalty;  while 14 countries criminalise the gender identity and/or expression of trans people. 

Courageous activists are undertaking vital work to protect and improve LGBTQI lives, but they lack resources and funding is fragile, especially in the Global South and East. LGBTQI groups receive a tiny fraction of international development aid – just 0.04% of funding  provided by governments. The LGBTQI community and allies want to provide support, but it is not  always easy to do so. 

Established in the UK in 2018, GiveOut’s purpose is to help address this need by enabling the LGBTQI community and allies to give in one place to support global LGBTQI equality.

Donations are used to support GiveOut's work and to provide grants and other support to LGBTQI  organisations worldwide, ensuring they have the resources they need to defend our communities, tackle inequalities and campaign for lasting change. 

Launched with two events in Berlin at the end of 2023, the GiveOut Germany Circle brings together the LGBTQI community and allies in Germany to support GiveOut and the global movement for LGBTQI human rights. 

GiveOut has partnered with Transnational Giving Europe's German network, Maecenata Foundation, to allow supporters in Germany to donate tax-efficiently. 

The launch of GiveOut's Germany Circle is proudly supported by IDENTITY Ventures, the ground breaking LGBTQI investment fund.

Rupert Abbott, Executive Director of GiveOut, said: 

“We are excited and honoured to be launching the GiveOut Germany Circle, and to be working  with the LGBTQI community and our allies in Germany to support the global movement for LGBTQI  human rights. We would be delighted to hear from anyone who would like to get involved - we  invite you to join us in building a world where LGBTQI people everywhere can live their lives freely  and fully.” 

Neville Gabriel, a GiveOut Trustee and CEO of The Other Foundation in South Africa, said:

“LGBTQI people across Africa are facing a severe backlash against the progress they have made to  claim their full and equal citizenship. They need the support of our community and allies everywhere - including in Germany - to break through the backlash at a scale that will make the progress irreversible.” 

IDENTITY Ventures said: 

“We are very proud to support the launch of the GiveOut Germany Circle. IDENTITY Ventures is bringing more investment into LGBTQI-led businesses in Europe. At the same time, we want to  invest in our communities in some of the hardest places to be LGBTQI, which is why we are  donating a percentage of our profits to GiveOut." 

BACKGROUND

GiveOut 

GiveOut is an award-winning international LGBTQI charity headquartered in London. Their mission  is to grow giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights. They enable individuals  and businesses to give in one place to provide LGBTQI activists and their organisations with more  of the resources they need to defend their communities and campaign for equality. In five years  since GiveOut launched in 2018, they have channelled EUR €2 million in funding to over 40 life changing LGBTQI organisations across six continents. For more information, visit: giveout.org 

IDENTITY Ventures 

IDENTITY Ventures is a new LGBTQI investment fund. To find out more, visit: identity.vc 

GiveOut Germany Circle 

The GiveOut Germany Circle brings together the LGBTQI community and allies in Germany to  support the global LGBTQI human rights movement. For more details and information on  donating, visit: giveout.org/germanycircle 

For an interview and for any questions, please contact: 

Rupert Abbott 

Executive Director, GiveOut 

Email: rupert@giveout.org 

Tel: +44 7572 830 549