This rapid review from the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development programme maps how bilateral and multilateral donors are promoting and protecting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people globally. It sets out which donors have policies, implementation plans and programmes on LGBT+ rights, and what those commitments contain.

The review covers donor support across the global South and East, comparing bilateral donors, multilateral institutions and the projects they fund, and considers what is known about the impact of that work. It notes where evidence of effect is thin and where donor commitments have not translated into funded programming.