This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · As news breaks that the royal family had its first same-sex wedding, Global Citizen discusses the struggles LGBTQ individuals face and the changes the UK has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In a follow-up to his post directed at progressives who use social justice language to attack each other, Nonprofit AF’s Vu Le flips the script a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Imogen Calderwood shares how photographer Allie Crewe is illuminating the stories of transgender women in a series of portraits. • How can funders support artwork that sheds…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More research is needed on programs that help tackle family-based stigma and discrimination against the LGBTQ population. Unfortunately, there is not sufficient evidence to prove the existing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An affirmative model of care for gender non-conforming and transgender children provides the space for physicians and parents to listen to the messages about gender and honor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Prom is a Broadway play centering around LGBTQ students that face discrimination when they want to bring their same-sex partners to the prom and how they overcome…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • After the suicide of a 9-year-old boy in Colorado who faced bullying after he came out, TIME analyzes the mental health challenges facing LGBTQ kids. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To many, gay rights feels like a fight of the past. The AIDS crisis is no longer a headline, and more people in the U.S. now support gay marriage than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marc Gunther shares his thought on Making Gay History, a podcast by Eric Marcus who interview a collection of gay rights activists. • How do projects like this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Reuters reports on Christine Hallquist, who won the Democratic nomination for Vermont governor, the first openly transgender person to win a major party nomination for statewide…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Justice Funders, Rini Banerjee at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation discusses her background advocating for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights and urges philanthropy to unlock…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Studies show that if gay teenagers join LGBTQ youth organizations or groups, they will stay in high school longer and be less likely to suffer from depression…