Grantee News

Astraea grantee partner, Zuna Institute, published the needs assessment report Black Lesbians Matter this week, revealing that Black lesbian visibility is an essential element in the political and economic landscape and providing a glimpse into the lives of an often-overlooked group. [More]

A newly formed national coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, two spirit, transgender and gender nonconforming groups working for economic justice announced a new agenda for the queer rights movement on Saturday at the United States Social Forum (USSF) in Detroit.
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Astraea grantee partners past and present were five of 40 leading activists featured in The Advocate’s “Forty Under 40.”  Kenyon Farrow of Queers for Economic Justice; Mia Mingus of SPARK Reproductive Justice; Frank Mugisha of Sexual Minorities Uganda; Dean Spade, founder of Sylvia Rivera Law Project; and Selly Thiam of None on Record (stories of queer Africa) joined other luminaries in this highlight of LGBTI leadership. [More]

Astraea grantee partner Q-Wave brought in the Year of the Tiger with the first-ever LGBTQ contingent in New York's Lunar New Year Parade.  The organization garnered unprecedented support from elected officials and a wide range of Asian organizations. They partnered with Asian LGBT groups and invited members of the LGBTI Irish and South Asian communities, barred from their own cultural parades, to join them. Hundreds of LBGTQ people, family and friends marched to challenge homophobia and celebrate family in all of its forms. [More]

The Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law in Uganda speaks out against the draconian Anti-gay Bill in the Ugandan Parliament.  Astraea stands with our grantee and civil society partners in our deepest objection to the bill.  Astraea recognizes this bill as a crucial human rights issue and supports Ugandan-led solutions to defend civil society, honor democracy, and celebrate diversity.
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Astraea grantee partners Audre Lorde Project, Queers for Economic Justice and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project working with Housing Works secured a crucial victory today in New York's Human Resources Administration (HRA).  After six years of advocacy, the HRA has approved a new procedure to end discrimination and harassment of transgender and gender-non-conforming New Yorkers who utilize the welfare system.

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Astraea grantee partners including Lesbian & Gay Equality Project, Engender and Intersex South Africa added their support to a joint press statement decrying the controversy surrounding Caster Semenya's gold-medal win. [More]

Astraea grantee partners around the world are charting the course for a global social-justice-feminist movement.  On nearly every continent, in myriad languages and cultures, they are collectively seizing opportunities and laying the groundwork for LGBTI people to live freely and safely.  Today's TIME Magazine story investigates changing tides in Asia and highlights Sunil Pant, longtime grantee partner-turned-legislator in Kathmandu, Nepal. [More]