People continue to face injustices and violence because of who they are. To uncover and tackle these harms, Dataout conducts research and releases open data on discrimination and crimes based on SOGIESC. By providing accessible and reliable knowledge, we empower journalists, researchers, human rights defenders, and policymakers to improve the legal and social environment for LGBTQIA+ people and others affected by SOGIESC-based discrimination.
our missionWe aggregated court decisions penalising people and organisations for the so-called “LGBT propaganda” in Russia over twelve years. Our paper describing the data collection and representation has been published in the SEMANTiCS conference proceedings and received the Best Poster award. Read more
On 17 November, the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) published a hate crime report for 2024. The data are provided by the participating states and civil society organisations, including Dataout. We identified anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crimes in Russia by analysing court rulings. Read more
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) observed on May 17, 2025, the Dataout Foundation announces its mission: uncovering discrimination and crimes based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) through research and open data. Read more
