This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In these five areas, evidence shows how queer people are disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system: 1. There is a long history of criminalization of queer people and of violent police targeting of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Private philanthropists have helped to propel some of the most important stories of social impact of the past century: eradicating polio, establishing the 911 emergency service, securing the right to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the back room of a bustling Pride event, Laverne Cox sits on an aging brown leather chair with her legs elegantly crossed. The actress and activist nibbles on a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Third Wave Fund, an activist fund led by and for women of color and intersex, queer, and trans people under the age of 35, recently launched a pilot effort,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Following an outpouring of LGBTI pride marches and celebrations in the U.S. and abroad during June – and with many more still to come around the world – we should…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The year 2002 marked the first year the Human Rights Campaign released their Corporate Equality Index, a yearly ranking of the LGBTQ-friendliness of companies based on their non-discrimination policies and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. many states allow discrimination against LGBTQ people, so it’s legal for many nonprofits to openly discriminate this way. BMP’s Sean Thomas-Breitfield said, “What stands out is that the nonprofit sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Under the current U.S. Administration, philanthropic organizations and the nonprofit sector are now, more than ever, carrying the mantle for social change—be it for LGBTQ rights specifically or the struggles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Funders for LGBTQ Issues was founded in 1982, less than $250,000 was awarded to LGBTQ issues annually. In 2015, the last year for which data is available, foundations and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. October 2016 marked the release of Ava DuVernay’s documentary, 13th: the most prominent film to date to tackle the history of mass incarceration in the U.S. DuVernay tells her story…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Transgender students have been in the spotlight this year – from President Trump’s decision to rescind rules aimed at protecting them, to the Texas legislature battling over a bathroom bill.…