Grants

Technical Assistance

Al-Qaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Palestinian Society (Jerusalem, Israel) Grant supports organizational planning and political education activities for their leadership group, including a second exchange visit with Helem-Paris and a meeting with Arab LGBTI activists.$10,000

Coalition of African Lesbians (Boksburg, South Africa) Grant supports a meeting of organizational leadership from across Africa to determine a three-year operational plan based on strategic priorities.$6,535

Travel and Peer-to-Peer Learning

Aireana—Grupo por los Derechos de las Lesbianas (Asunción, Paraguay) Grant supports participation in a seminar promoting lesbian visibility and human rights as part of the IX Meeting of Human Rights Authorities and Chancelleries of MERCOSUR and Associate Status in Montevideo, Uruguay. $800

Freedom and Roam Uganda (Kampala, Uganda) Grant supports participation of a sports team of 10 LGBTQI women and transgender FAR-UG members in the August 2008 International Lesbian and Gay Football World Championships in London. $2,000

Mulabi—Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Grant supports participation in a London conference, Genital Cutting in a Globalized Age, as well as strategy meetings with key stakeholders on the rights of people with intersex conditions.$780 mulabi.org

Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (Seoul, Korea) Grant supports a learning exchange visit to New York City to meet with LGBTI social justice and HIV/AIDS organizations.$1,000

Grants for travel and participation of LGBTI organizations to promote LGBTI human rights at the May 2008 Organization of American States General Assembly in Medellin, Colombia.

Aireana—Grupo por los Derechos de las Lesbianas (Asunción, Paraguay) $1,758

Corporación Promoción de la Mujer/Taller de Comunicación Mujer (Quito, Ecuador) uses a feminist perspective to engage in educational activities promoting lesbian and LGBTI rights. $933

Instituto Runa de Desarrollo y Estudios sobre Género (Lima, Perú) $978

Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (Kingston, Jamaica) $1,342

Mesa Joven por la Diversidad Sexual (Bogotá, Colombia) advocates for, and builds the capacity of, young people to participate in LGBTI movements. This grant supported three Colombian activists, from Mesa Joven, Lideres en Acción and Colectivo Sentimos Diverso. $2,219

Organización de Transexuales por la Dignidad de la Diversidad (Rancagua, Chile) $1,300

Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (Georgetown, Guyana) $2,225

United Belize Advocacy Movement (Belize City, Belize) works to reduce stigma against LGBTI communities and people living with HIV/AIDS through educational and media activities, advocacy and HIV/AIDS prevention programs.$2,361

Convenings

Beijing Aizhixing Institute (Beijing, China) Grant supports a strategic meeting of LGBTI activists and organizations to develop and launch China’s first LGBTI Media Watch program.$3,000

Coalition of African Lesbians (Boksburg, South Africa) Grant supports the International Dialogue on Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS, held in Johannesburg in December 2007, in collaboration with ARC International. $7,500

Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (Kingston, Jamaica) Grant supports the regional Caribbean LGBT Human Rights Network meeting in Barbados in May 2008. $10,000

Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir— Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina) Grant supports a national interdenominational summit on LGBTI rights. $6,000