FORDHAM LAW NEWS — To mark its ninth annual symposium, Fordham Law’s OUTLaws student association is bringing together those involved in the international human rights system to discuss the state of LGBTQIA+ identity around the world and how regional organizers are tackling issues pertaining to anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation. The symposium, “International LGBTQIA+ Rights: Bridging Activism from Grassroots to Global Organizations,” will be held in a hybrid format from 11 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Friday, March 25. The regression of LGBTQIA+ rights has been an “unsettling trend” over the last few years and has harmed individuals, families, and communities globally, according to this year’s OUTLaws speaker and symposium chair, Georgianna Bonondona ’23. “Every area of the world has been touched by some sort of criminalization of LGBTQIA+ rights,” she said. “We want to emphasize regional voices and how they’re tackling these issues in their own countries, as well as the larger nongovernmental organizations who are either helping to support those efforts, working with the United Nations, or bringing awareness to this at the larger human rights system levels.”