As the Department of Justice mounts attacks on LGBTQ communities, reversing guidance issued under the Obama administration that had extended workplace protections to transgender people and issuing sweeping guidance endorsing a broad license to discriminate under the guise of “protecting religious liberty," our network of funders committed to LGBTQ issues has identified four critical areas foundations can invest in now:

  • Support the legal defense of LGBTQ people from discrimination. This will be critical as this broad interpretation of religious freedom is tested in the courts.
  • Support public education efforts to raise awareness of the millions of LGBTQ Americans who lack basic legal protections. Fifty percent of LGBT people live in states that do not prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • Fund advocacy at a state and local level to enact policies that will protect LGBTQ people from discrimination and fight back against religious exemptions that erode those protections.
  • Support direct service organizations that are explicitly inclusive of LGBTQ people and families, so as to assure that LGBTQ people have full access to resources and services despite the incomplete protections these communities currently have.

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