Inclusive Security

Asher and Lyric LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Index (2023), a comprehensive global ranking of 203 countries based on how safe they are for LGBTQ+ travellers.

ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map annually ranks 49 European countries on a scale between 0% (gross violations of human rights, discrimination) and 100% (respect of human rights, full equality) on the basis of laws and policies that have a direct impact on LGBTI people’s human rights.

Edge Effect (2021) published a practical rapid assessment framework and guidance notes to help organisations evaluate how well their programming and humanitarian responses consider and include diverse SOGIESC communities. Apart of "The Only Way is Up"

Edge Effect (2024) published They Know What We Don’t: Meaningful Inclusion of LGBTIQ People in Humanitarian Action, a report examining gaps in humanitarian systems and offering recommendations to strengthen the meaningful inclusion of LGBTIQ people in policy and practice.

Queen's University Belfast (2023, revised 2024) published Queering the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: A Practice-Based Toolkit, a guide developed with partners (including Christian Aid and Colombia Diversa) offering practical steps for feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations to incorporate queer perspectives into the Women, Peace and Security framework.

RedR UK and the European Interagency Security Forum (2016) published Inclusion and Security of LGBTI Aid Workers: Workshop Report summarising a January 2016 workshop that explored challenges, practices and gaps in how humanitarian and development organisations recognise, protect and include LGBTI staff within policies, HR and security frameworks.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Smartraveller, updated 13 February 2026) provides travel advice for LGBTQIA+ travellers, outlining legal considerations, local risks and practical safety tips for travelling overseas.

A collection of LGBTQIA+ humanitarian resources, including 2025 fact sheets, legal analyses, situation reports (2025–2026), and newsletters covering crises, displacement, and legal environments.

An interactive map that lets users select a country to view references to sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in Universal Periodic Review (UPR) documents, along with UN voting records.

Equaldex is a collaborative, crowdsourced database that tracks and visualizes global LGBTQ+ rights, offering maps, timelines, legal data, and public‑opinion insights by country and region.

An interactive global map showing jurisdictions where LGBTQ+ people are criminalised, with filters for laws targeting same‑sex activity (male/female), transgender expression, discriminatory ages of consent, and countries imposing the death penalty. It also links to detailed country profiles.

An interactive set of country-by-country profiles summarizing laws, human rights issues, and notable events affecting LGBT people, drawn from the Human Rights Watch 2020 World Report and additional research.

A GISF(2017) resource explaining the digital threats LGBTQI aid workers face such as: surveillance, outing, harassment, and data misuse and how these risks can lead to real‑world harm.

A GISF (2018) resource explaining how an aid worker’s identity characteristics (e.g., gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability) intersect with context and organisational roles to shape personal security risks. It offers guidance for NGOs on meeting duty‑of‑care obligations, mitigating risks related to diverse profiles, and balancing staff safety with privacy and non‑discrimination.

GISF blog (2019) blog explaining why security risk management should be person‑centred, focusing on individuals rather than rigid procedures. It highlights how diverse identities influence risk, the need to adapt security measures to different staff profiles, and the importance of creating safe spaces where workers can share concerns.

The ILS Risk Focus page provides downloadable bulletins offering insights into current safety and security risks, published by International Location Safety (ILS).