This report explores how the humanitarian system is responding to the needs of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people during humanitarian crises. What
commitments have the global humanitarian system made that should apply to LGBTIQ people,
as they do to all others? What capacities must the system have to respond to the specific
needs and priorities of LGBTIQ people? What challenges exist within the system that may leave
those needs unmet? And, what solutions and resources are available to organizations working
within the system to make interventions more equitable regardless of sexual orientation,
gender identity and expression, or sex characteristics (SOGIESC)?