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LBQ-Connect is looking for researchers to help us dive into regional analyses and thematic case studies regarding LBQ spaces, organizations, and activists within LGBTIQ movements, especially in the Global South and East. If you or someone within your network possesses the expertise and passion for this cause, we encourage you to apply.

Research Objectives

This research aims to contribute to the knowledge and resources on global LBQ activism by examining the position of LBQ women and organizations within larger LGBTIQ movements. In doing so, this research seeks to identify the current status of LBQ activism and identify how LBQ inclusion can be bettered within broader LGBTIQ activism. Ultimately, this research hopes to become a helpful resource for activists looking for good practices of LBQ inclusion and leadership.

The objectives of the research can be summarized as follows: 
A. Document the overall contexts within which LBQ and LGBTIQ activism and movements exist per sub-region/region with specific reference to countries that have especially challenging or positive contexts. 
B. Document why some LBQ activists created their own spaces and/or are engaged in social justice movements, including feminist movements, rather than (or in addition to) LGBTIQ movements, in their respective regions, countries, or localities. 
C. Document what other social justice movements LBQ activists are engaged in. 
D. Document intersectional LBQ activist spaces that exist at the intersection of multiple forms of marginalization. 
E. Document LGBTIQ movements with LBQ people in leadership roles or positions. 
F. Describe how LGBTIQ movements’ priorities and programmatic work are connected to, or disconnected from, the lived realities of LBQ people. 
G. Describe what LGBTIQ organizations look like for LBQ women who want to access them in various capacities including as members, participants, beneficiaries, volunteers, staff members, and board members. 
H. Document the experiences, positive and negative, of LBQ activists in LGBTIQ spaces in their regions, countries, or localities. 
I. Understand how political and social contexts, especially hostile environments, impact LBQ inclusion in LGBTIQ spaces and how these contexts influence LBQ activism (inside and outside LGBTIQ movements). 
J. Understand the influence of funding in shaping priorities and leadership of LGBTIQ movements and the impact these have on LBQ activists and issues. 
K. Identify good practices and lessons learned for improved LBQ inclusion and leadership in LGBTIQ movements. 

The scope of the research is LBQ women in LBQ and LGBTIQ organizations in the Global South and East with a focus on the following regions: Asia, Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Outright will consider, but not priotize, research proposals that focus on other regions such as Europe or North America. The identification of the specific focus regions will be determined in coordination with the team of researchers and based on survey results.