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June 7, 2019
For more than a decade, we have tracked and analyzed funding for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) issues. Our annual tracking report raises the visibility of LGBTQ issues in philanthropy by highlighting funding trends over time and helping grantmakers identify opportunities, gaps, and partners to strengthen their work in strategic ways. Each summer, we launch an appeal for LGBTQ grantmaking data, asking foundationsto help us produce the most accurate research possible. If your foundation has made any grants supporting organizations or programs that specifically focus on an LGBTQ issue in the calendar-year 2018, we would love to hear from […]
May 29, 2019
Last week the Trump Administration announced two policy changes that jeopardize the health and wellbeing of transgender people across the nation. Last Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed rolling back existing protections enacted under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that prohibit companies, hospitals, doctors, and nurses from discriminating against transgender patients. The day before, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed new policies to reverse the 2012 Equal Access Rule that ensured homeless shelters could not refuse services to people based on their gender identity. These announcements are the Trump Administration’s latest attempt to […]
