GLOBAL #TransFunding, an incomplete thread. "The social justice grantees of #Arcus’ spring 2019 funding cycle will continue to be laser-focused on legal & media matters to ensure that members of the LGBTI community are protected & positively represented." arcusfoundation.org/partners-work-…
>>"Other partners will continue their work with faith leaders & allies to ensure the acceptance and inclusion of all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity." >> #TransFunding #Arcus
>>Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc- to train journalists in East & southern Africa to positively represent & report on the LGBTQI community. Such training will examine areas like the mis-gendering of LGBTQI persons in the media.." >> ire.org
>>"Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa will support litigation for sexual rights in Africa, in addition to other legal & related safety & communications work, including in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda." >> the-isla.org #TransFunding
>>"Inclusive & Affirming Ministries will promote acceptance & inclusion in communities of faith in East & southern Africa. Its work is critical in countering discriminatory attitudes toward the LGBTQ community in the faith arena. >>
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>>"The group will also hold regional & local dialogues to provide training, and will increase the capacity of allies and activists to develop a network of pro-LGBTQ faith leaders."
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>>Working to combat religious exemptions, the Proteus Fund for the Rights, Faith & Democracy Collab. will build strategic collaborations btw the reproductive justice & LGBTQ movements to create positive protections & acceptance in Georgia & New Mexico."> proteusfund.org
>>"ZANERELA+ will help combat stigma & religious oppression (Zambia). It will also help prepare faith leaders & allies for pending legislation & constitutional amendments that will happen in 2020, incl. advocating for a sexual orientation & gender ID inclusive Bill of Rights." >>
>>"With that in mind, it will hold policy dialogue meetings with stakeholders and facilitate community mobilization outreach.">> zanerela.weebly.com >>
>>"Also receiving grants this funding cycle are the Astraea Foundation.." (formerly #LESBIAN foundation now "the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe." >> astraeafoundation.org #Arcus #TransFunding >>
>>"Also receiving grants this funding cycle are Casa Ruby..." Casa Ruby provides social services & programs for LGBTQ in Washington DC & surrounding areas. The organization is run & led by TIMs of color. casaruby.org #Arcus #TransFunding >>
>>"Victory Institute’s International Program aims to increase the participation of LGBTI people in the democratic systems of their country to advance equality." Balkans, Colombia, Dom. Republic, Honduras, India, Peru, S. Africa. victoryinstitute.org/international/ #Arcus #TransFunding >>
>>The fiscal sponsor of Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute, Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project is stjamesinfirmary.org "peer-based occupational health & safety clinic for sex workers of all genders." #Arcus #TransFunding
>>"Also receiving grants this funding cycle is the Unión=Fuerza Latino Institute (fiscal sponsor: Center for Black Equity)." unionfuerza.org "organizing a national gathering of LGBTQ activism in Latinx communities." Dallas, Texas 2020 #Arcus #TransFunding >>
>> Arcus is also granting funds to "Southern African Christian Initiative." sachi-sadc.org "membership org/network of Faith Based Orgs & Civil Society Orgs in S. Africa advocating for social justice, peace & justice, religious tolerance & interfaith dialogue, etc." > >
>>"Also receiving grants this funding cycle is the Southeast Asia Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & Expression Caucus (ASC) which works for the inclusion of SOGIESC in the mandate of human rights duty bearers in the ASEAN region." aseansogiecaucus.org/about
>More #TransFunding for MEDIA: "Also receiving grants this funding cycle is the Washington Blade Foundation to fund enterprise journalism projects focused on LGBTQ & other underrepresented communities & to create scholarships for LGBTQ journalists." bladefoundation.org #Arcus
>>"Funders for Lesbian & Gay Issues will help organize LGBT foundations through a lens of racial, gender & economic justice. As a membership org, it will also engage with the philanthropic sector to build support for the most marginalized LGBTQ people." lgbtfunders.org>>
>>More about LGBTFunders who also use the #TransFunding hashtag to get other Foundations to adopt trans issues & priorities & are themselves focused on Trans only.
>> "Arcus funds help APF (the leading psychology org in the US) develop guidelines for establishing trans-affirmative psychological practices. Psychologists are 'encouraged' by those monies to modify their understanding of gender... identities." #BigPharma firstthings.com/web-exclusives…
