Kaleidoscope Trust is a nonprofit organisation that campaigns for the

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people around the world. Its mission is to help create a world where LGBT+ people are free, safe and equal everywhere.About The Kaleidoscope Trust
Accessed 13 January 2023 The Rt Hon. the Lord Fowler is President of the Trust, and Simon Millson is the current Chair of the Trust Board.

History

Kaleidoscope Trust was founded in 2011, and launched with a reception held by then

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MP. Kaleidoscope Trust has received support from former

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, and former Leader of the Opposition

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. Elton John and George Michael were also supporters. Its current patrons are champion diver and TV personality

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; screenwriter, director and producer

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; model and activist

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; fashion designer and stylist

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; and former professional swimmer and media personality Michael Gunning. Phyll Opoku-Gyimah joined Kaleidoscope Trust as Executive Director in August 2019. Opoku-Gyimah made history when she became the first black woman to head a leading LGBT+ organisation in the UK. A community builder and organiser, with strong ties to emergent LGBT+ movements around the world, Opoku-Gyimah is also the co-founder and executive director of UK Black Pride, dedicated to promoting "unity and co-operation among all Black people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern and Latin American descent, as well as their friends and families, who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender." Kaleidoscope Trust solicits public donations and receives funding from the UK, Canadian and Australian governments for its work in the Commonwealth.

Activities

The organisation works with existing groups campaigning for LGBT+ groups in other countries by using international lobbying in order to better enable groups to achieve their aims. It is based in the UK, which places it ideally for campaigning for LGBT rights across all the Commonwealth countries, where (as at 2023) 32 of 54 states criminalise homosexual activity. In March 2012, Kaleidoscope Trust was announced as the Official Charity Partner for World Pride 2012. In 2018, Kaleidoscope Trust was instrumental in persuading then British Prime Minister Theresa May to express "deep regret" for the colonial-era laws that criminalise LGBT+ people.

References

External links

Kaleidoscope Trust
- Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaleidoscope Trust LGBT organisations in London 2011 establishments in the United Kingdom Charities based in London