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I am a love exile. I fell in love with a gay French man and everything in my life changed. There was no way to stay in Philadelphia with DOMA firmly in place. The only way we could stay together was if one of us had a complete and radical change to both our professional and public life. With years of immigration lawyers and wait-n-see not an option, our family’s solution was for me to immigrate to France to maintain our status. In doing so, we came face to face with a byzantine system of relocation. To survive, we had […]

We’re not even halfway through the year, but we are pleased to share the news that our members and funders have already contributed more than $800,000 to Funders for LGBTQ Issues. That’s more than we raised in all of 2012! We’re especially thankful to these leading funders who have provided generous grants to support our work:   Arcus Foundation California Wellness Foundation Ford Foundation Gill Foundation Jeff Chartrand Advised Fund Marguerite Casey Foundation Santa Fe Community Foundation The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund The Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation An Anonymous Donor     Thanks to these […]

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Who are you following on Twitter? Did you know that Arcus Foundation Executive Director, Kevin Jennings, joined the Twitterverse late last month? Just in time for Pride Month, check out our break down of 21 LGBTQ Philanthropoids we think you need to follow on Twitter: @Albert_Ruesga (Albert Ruesga) President of @GNOFoundation (Greater New Orleans Foundation). Blogger at White Courtesy Telephone. Thought Leader. Sophisticated philanthropic humor. @alfonsowenker (Alfonso Wenker) Bush Foundation Founding Fellow. Former @PfundFoundation staffer. Minnesotan. Sassy philanthroGeek. @ArcusKevin (Kevin Jennings) Executive Director of @ArcusLGBT/@ArcusGreatApes. LGBT rights. Conservation. Newest tweep to join the Twitterverse. @BiaFVieira (Bia Vieira) VP at The […]