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Alex Farrow

@alexfarrow.bsky.social
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CEO, Kaleidoscope Trust 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTI rights, activism, & democracy. Fascinated by people, orgs & how we change things. #FreeSafeEqual

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Hadley Stewart @wordsbyhadley.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
In the wake of president Trump’s dismantling of USAID funding, I sat down with Kaleidoscope Trust CEO @alexfarrow.bsky.social to discuss what this means for LGBTQ+ people across the world. vadamagazine.com/features/ale...
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“An enormous threat”: Kaleidoscope Trust CEO Alex Farrow on Trump’s influence on global LGBTQ+ rights.
In the wake of president Trump’s dismantling of USAID funding, Kaleidoscope CEO Alex Farrow sits down with Hadley Stewart to discuss what this means for LGBTQ+ people across the world.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Such a powerful article 👇 It’s a privilege to work alongside Glenroy & Dane - both featured in the article - as we fight for #LGBTI rights across the Commonwealth.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Hugely looking forward to #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LVW25!
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The news from the USA is overwhelming, but we must hold onto what *is* happening vs what’s being said and what we fear. Here’s a good primer on Trump’s gender-related executive order: www.them.us/story/trump-...
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Everything You Need to Know About Trump's Executive Order Attempting to Erase Trans Americans
The president signed the sweeping order within hours of taking office, signaling that curtailing the rights of trans people is a top priority for his administration.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Nigeria is one of the few counties that has the death penalty for gay men & some of the harshest anti-LGBTI+ laws. I’m no tourism expert, but that’s a strong reason why me & my #LGBTI friends can’t/won’t visit Nigeria. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d... @theguardian.com
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Beaches, beer and a rare suspended lake … why can’t Nigeria attract more tourists?
Visitor numbers to the African country lag far behind its neighbours due to lack of infrastructure and national planning. Now some are starting to demand changes
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
This is brilliant! Congrats @locality.bsky.social & @right-here.org.bsky.social 👏 This was a key recommendation in our NCVO 2021 levelling up report too: www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-ins...
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Our key recommendations
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
This is a truly horrifying report on the scale of sexual violence & the depravity of M23 men in DRC. I read this yesterday and can’t stop thinking about it. www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #Congo #Rwanda
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Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC
First-hand accounts from victims of unthinkable violence paint a gruesome picture of the brutality sweeping the central African country. How long is the West prepared to look away?
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The Anti-LGBTQ law of Ghana can proceed through parliament. The proposed law is insidious & one of the harshest of any country. It criminalise *identifying* as #LGBTI+, for expressing that, for advocating for rights, and denies gender affirming care.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Across all the #LGBTI+ policy discussions at ERC, there’s a fundamental problem: our opposition has more money than us. We’re grateful for the govts supporting us, but our movement needs more - and we need it now 👇 t.co/YxvmM8AfGW
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https://kaleidoscopetrust.com/securing-the-future-of-global-lgbti-advocacy-why-sustainable-investment-is-essential/
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Kicking off the Equal Rights Coalition conference in Berlin with a chance to meet global #LGBTI+ civil society orgs. The ERC is a coalition of the willing - bringing together govts & NGOs in partnership for progress on LGBTI+ rights.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Thank you both so much! We hugely appreciate your support 🙏
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The brutal truth is that we’re losing so many hard-won rights for #LGBTI+ people because our opposition has more money. We can change that this week as we DOUBLE your donation. Join our fight back: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
@markrusselluk.bsky.social hello! 👋
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Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Congratulations to @alexfarrow.bsky.social and the team at Kaleidoscope Trust for the fantastic "Year of Impact" event this evening. So much to celebrate, but a powerful reminder of how much more work is needed to ensure a world that is free, safe and equal for all LGBT+ people. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Love actually can win. But we’re at real risk of losing hard-won #LGBTI+ rights & freedoms. The reality is we’re being outspent. Let’s change that this week by doubling donations for Kaleidoscope Trust: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
@fcdoinclusion.bsky.social Hello FCDO! 👋
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Enrique Anarte @enriqueanartelazo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
🇳🇦 Namibia is going to the polls this week, and two young queer men are making history as the country’s first out LGBTQ+ candidates running for parliament - only a few months after it decriminalised gay relations. I interviewed them for Context:
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Namibia’s first out LGBTQ+ candidates aim to change laws and minds | Context
Namibians go to the polls next week with two out candidates running against backdrop of rising hate crime
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Huge thanks to the High Commission of Malta for hosting our roundtable on #LGBTI+ rights in the Commonwealth & how we sustain momentum after #CHOGM2024. We need to broaden our govt allies, coordinate across civil society, & focus on intersectional issues.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I’ve created a starter pack for #LGBTI sector folk in the UK. It’s certainly incomplete, so shout and I’ll you in 🙌 go.bsky.app/83E4uRC
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
@viclanger.bsky.social Congrats on your new role! 🙌
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Hugely looking forward to this tomorrow! After #CHOGM2024 and straight from #ILGA2024, we'll be talking about where LGBTI+ rights go next across the Commonwealth.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
@iamrobf.bsky.social 👋
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Enrique Anarte @enriqueanartelazo.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
🇳🇦 Two young queer men are making history as Namibia's first out LGBTQ+ candidates running for parliament - only a few months after their country decriminalised male same-sex relations. I interviewed them for Context 👇
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Namibia’s first out LGBTQ+ candidates aim to change laws and minds | Context
Namibians go to the polls next week with two out candidates running against backdrop of rising hate crime
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Such a special evening at #ILGA2024 - thank you to everyone who came to our Kaleidoscope & Open for Business reception. Our fight is for love & our movement is about relationships. It’s these bonds that see us through challenging times & give me hope.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Thank you David Lammy for inviting me to last night’s Commonwealth reception. I got to speak about #LGBTI+ issues with some of the Commonwealth’s most senior diplomats. Alongside activists & movements, we see this a vital part of how change will happen.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
I’ve joined other health & #LGBTI leaders in writing to David Lammy to support global #mpox efforts. The UK can lead action in 3 areas: 🧪 testing is critical 💉 vaccine production, delivery & sharing 💷 funding for global health bodies. stopaids.org.uk/2024/08/23/o...
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Over 55 leading UK Health Groups call for greater Government Action on Mpox - STOPAIDS
In a letter to the Foreign Secretary, over 55 domestic and globally-focused health groups have called on the UK to take ‘immediate, bold, and continuing action’ to prevent Mpox from developing into a ...
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
A whole population of women are dehumanised and abandoned in #Afghanistan. The only pressure possible is from the international community - political & economic. We cannot accept that a country does this to its people. www.moretoherstory.org/reporting/th...
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The Taliban Bans Women’s Faces and Voices in Public — More to Her Story
The Taliban bans women and girls from showing their faces and speaking in public. Photo / Ebrahim Noroozi
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
UK school librarians told to remove LGBTQ books, including titles like Heartstopper. This is Section 28 by the back door. You can’t teach children to be gay but you can teach them that it’s ok if they are. www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
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Heartstopper among titles targeted as 53% of school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, study says
"I feel frightened, intimidated," one school librarian has said on her fear of stocking LGBTQ+ books
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
#Valencia is stunningly beautiful!
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Bluesky has its flaws but unlike Twitter you can post about your life here without provoking death threats from strangers
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
“…removing barriers to opportunities…adds up, rather than zeroing down.” Interrupted my fiction-based holiday reading to read this 👇 by our new minister for women & equalities. Main thrust is that pro-equality policies and action benefit everyone. fabians.org.uk/publication/...
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Equal Footing - Fabian Society
For a long time, the UK was viewed as a leader in promoting equality. Yet as this pamphlet explains, over recent years that reputation has been substantially diminished. On a rhetorical level, the Con...
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
Insightful piece on the social justice movement in #Kenya 👇 Particularly interesting is the need to get organised (not just mobilise) and the misogyny & homophobia that is latent in civil society. intersectionally-by-wevyn-muganda.ck.page/posts/mobili...
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Mobilised vs Organised: What Next for the Gen Z Movement in Kenya?
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
What a great role! #charityjobs
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
At night one of #DNC2024, there was a lot of talk about Project 2025 - the Republican playbook for dismantling rights & freedoms if they win the Presidency. Here’s what it will mean for #LGBTI rights: accountable.us/wp-content/u...
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
Super useful starter list 👇
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
What’s so strange about BlueSky is the lack of panic when I’ve got a bunch of notifications. The low level of anxiety about the abuse that’s being hurled linger but isn’t found!
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
This is wild. I’m genuinely quite shocked by this. It’s 2024 and #LGBTI+ books are being taken out of libraries for children. t.co/6ZmEFOzJxp
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Heartstopper among titles targeted as 53% of school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, study says
"I feel frightened, intimidated," one school librarian has said on her fear of stocking LGBTQ+ books
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
Yes, leaving thousands of followers behind is tough… But I’m loving the thrill of getting individual new follower notifications! So 2009.
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Alex Farrow @alexfarrow.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
@kieranran.bsky.social well, here we are! Let’s start all over again :)
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
This is an important piece by @katie0martin.bsky.social - one that resonated for me and I'm sure will with many others too. Well worth a read www.ft.com/content/3edd...
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How to break up with your X
Four rules for exiting the site formerly known as Twitter
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