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The heart of our work is connecting with funders working throughout the South tackling a range of issues. During the past several months, we have continued our efforts to build a network of funders who care deeply about the South and who are interested in identifying concrete ways to support LGBTQ communities throughout the region. The recent rash of bad bills has been an opportunity to educate funders, both seasoned LGBTQ grantmakers and those who are new to the conversation, about how they might show their support for southern LGBTQ communities. See our recent QNotes article highlighting ways that funders can engage during […]

In state legislatures where almost 200 anti-LGBTQ bills  have been introduced this year alone, most are happening in southern states. Mississippi’s religious exemption bill and Tennessee’s anti LGBTQ counseling bill offer two examples of harsh bills aimed at codifying discrimination against LGBTQ southerners into state law.   In North Carolina, the passage of HB2, an anti-trans local pre-emption bill, has galvanized North Carolinians in response to this bill in powerful ways. Grassroots organizers, long standing coalitions,policy change advocates, business leaders, local municipalities, artists and national celebrities have taken public stands against HB2. The Institute for Southern Studies offers a case for why the HB2 boycotts are working. Funders are stepping up in many ways in […]

As an organization, as a network, and above all as a community, Funders for LGBTQ Issues is in mourning, in sympathy, and in solidarity with and for all those affected by this weekend’s tragic act of violence against the LGBTQ community. This past Saturday night, a man attacked Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando. It was Latin night, during Pride Month, a time when the LGBTQ community celebrates our heritage and history of activism. More than 100 people were hurt in the shooting, including 49 people who lost their lives, nearly all of them LGBTQ and Latino/a/x. The oldest of […]

Updated December 2016 On June 12, 2016, a gunman attacked an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, leaving at least 100 victims, nearly all LGBTQ, Latino/a, and young. It was one of the worst mass shootings in the U.S. since the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. For funders and individual donors concerned about this tragic act of anti-LGBTQ violence, there are a number of ways you can help. We welcome additional resources or recommendations, and will continue to update this list as we receive them. (If you have additional resources or recommendations, please email them to Lyle Matthew Kan, Director of Research & Communications, […]