Equaldex Launches New LGBT Organizations Feature

Equaldex, the crowdsourced LGBT rights knowledge base, introduced a new feature making it easier to find the LGBT organizations making a difference in each country and region.

The new LGBT organizations feature provides a database of organizations across the globe. Organizations are listed on each country page on Equaldex (example: LGBT rights in Israel) allowing users to find the organizations who are fighting for LGBT rights, or providing resources for LGBT people in that region.

Equaldex now offers a feature to browse all LGBT organizations, as well as a timeline of LGBT organization was founded. 

Organizations are also listed on Equaldex’s timeline of LGBT rights on each year’s page (example: 1990 in LGBT rights).

Equaldex’s organizations database is still growing. If your favourite organization is missing, please suggest it!

Show Your Support for the Global LGBT Rights Movement, Donate a Social Post

Equaldex just started a Thunderclap campaign to promote the global LGBT rights movement. To support the campaign, all you need to do is donate a tweet, Tumblr post, or Facebook post.

If the campaign reaches 100 supporters by June 3rd, everyone will post at once at 12pm PDT.

In some countries, coming out as gay can mean losing your friends, in other countries, it can mean losing your life.

Not many people realize that there are over 75 countries where homosexual activity is illegal and in quite a few of those countries, the consequence can be life in prison, or even the death penalty.

In some of the most homophobic countries in the world, people can be killed for just being themselves. In South Africa and several other countries, lesbians have been “corrective raped" in an effort to "turn them heterosexual.”

The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) movement is a global one and it’s time to think global and show our support to those in need. Let’s urge our governments and people around us to recognize us as who we are; humans.

Equaldex is a new collaborative website aimed at crowdsourcing information about LGBT rights around the globe. Using data contributed by users, Equaldex will shine light on LGBT rights in a visual and compelling way.

Equaldex’s Interactive Map Shows Which Countries Are Most And Least Gay Friendly

Equaldex just released a new interactive visualization of the global opinion of homosexuality. Using PEW Research Center’s 2013 survey data, Equaldex now allows you to visualize which countries are the most and least gay-friendly.

View the global visualization of the acceptance of homosexuality

See also: Map of LGBT rights by country

Crowdsourced Website Equaldex Launches, Provides Global View of LGBT Rights

Equaldex, the collaborative LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights knowledge base has launched! The site is aimed at crowdsourcing every LGBT-related law around the world.

The site provides users an accurate and comprehensive global view of the LGBT movement, with the use of maps, LGBT rights timelines, statistics, and historical data in each country and region.

How Equaldex Works

Equaldex is completely collaborative; as LGBT laws change, users update the database, citing reputable sources for accuracy. Other users are encouraged to authenticate the accuracy of each update and the information becomes verified as site usage increases.

The site’s growing database includes a variety of LGBT-related issues for each region: gay marriage, serving in the military, discrimination protection, donating blood, same-sex adoption, the ability to legally change gender, and more.

Visualizing the LGBT Movement

Data on Equaldex is structured in a consistent format, which is displayed in the form of maps, visualizations, and statistics about the LGBT rights movement. Equaldex aims to become an invaluable educational resource and provide a comprehensive insight into how the LGBT rights movement is progressing and which areas of the world are falling behind.

User Contributions & Collaborative Research

Users are credited for contributing information to Equaldex, giving them an extra incentive to continuously update the site. Each user has a profile that shows contributions they’ve made, the amount of “accurate” votes their contributions received, and the regions to which they’ve contributed.

Using a “discussion” page on each region, users can collaborate by sharing resources, discussing the status of the region’s laws, and helping each other research missing or ambiguous information.

Visit Equaldex, The LGBT Knowledge Base

Equaldex, The Collaborative LGBT Knowledge Base, to Launch on February 25

After months of testing and contributions by hundreds of Alpha Testers, Equaldex will be launching to the public on Tuesday, February 25. The site is a global LGBT rights website that can be edited by anyone.

Aimed at becoming a comprehensive resource for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) laws and data in each country and region, Equaldex allows users to contribute data — along with sources — which becomes verified by other users.

Upon launching to the public, the entire Equaldex site will become publicly visible, while editing will be restricted to members who have been granted access. 

Want to try it out early? Request access to Equaldex.

Journalists: for press and media inquiries, please contact Dan Leveille (dan@equaldex.com) for additional information and a demo.

Teaser Screenshot of a New Equaldex Feature

Available to Equaldex Alpha Testers.

Want to Alpha test Equaldex? Sign Up at Equaldex.com

Equalitopia Rebranded As Equaldex, Alpha Site Launches Soon

To prepare for the private Alpha launch on Saturday, August 17th, Equalitopia has been rebranded as Equaldex.

After a very long hold period, the site is almost ready for its first private launch. Equaldex will open to a small group of Alpha testers next weekend, and if you’d like to get an early peek, sign up on equaldex.com.

For those of you who are unfamiliar, Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) movement.

New Name, New Logo
Over the years, many people misspelled and mispronounced Equalitopia, which is a major branding issue — especially an online brand that people will be typing into search engines and URL bars.

Want a sneak peek? Sign up on equaldex.com.