Grants

Astraea's U.S. Emergency Fund is a rapid-response grantmaking mechanism, providing timely support for organizations to address urgent and strategic political opportunities and crises affecting LGBTI communities.

Utopia Roaming, Brooklyn, NY, for the New York State tour of this lesbian performance art project.

Pa 'Fuera, Pa 'Lante, New York, NY, for the 2nd Regional Northeast Organizing Conference of the Latino/a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community.

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services, Seattle, WA, for a June 1998 National Deaf Lesbian Conference.

El Telarañazo, El Paso, TX, for a newsletter for Latina lesbian writers.

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, San Antonio, TX, to support their fight against attempts by local conservative groups pressuring the City Council to withdraw arts funding to the Center.

International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, San Francisco, CA, for the 1998 Felipa Awards for l/g/b/t human rights activists.

Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA, for the Lesbian Film Initiative, "All About Us" screenings and discussion, April 1998.

Political Research Associates, Somerville, MA, in collaboration with National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and Equal Partners in Faith, for Calculated Compassion: How the Ex-Gay Movement Serves the Right's Attack on Democracy.

Women's Funding Network, St. Paul, MN, for the April 1998 conference on "Building Women's and Girl's Economic and Political Power."