ACCEPT - Bucharest Acceptance Group (Bucharest, Romania) increases awareness of students and educators on LGBT issues.  ACCEPT's goals are to change public policy and practices in the field of education in Romania and to foster acceptance of LGBT people in society at large. Grant is the first year award for a three-year project. $7,000

Anjaree (Bangkok, Thailand) is Thailand's most prominent group working for the rights of the LGBT community.  A lesbian group, Anjaree builds lesbian community through meetings and workshops, runs a support and referral service, and conducts public education and media campaigns designed to mobilze public support. In 2002, Anjaree pressured the Department of Mental Health/Ministry of Public Health to issue an official statement declaring that homosexuality is not a psychological disorder. $20,000

Centro De Investigación Y Promoción Para America Central De Derechos Humanos de Gays, Lesbianas Y Personas Transgenericas (CIPAC/GLT) (The Center for Investigation and Promotion for Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay and Transgendered People) (San Jose, Costa Rica) addresses discriminatory legislation issued by Costa Rica's Department of Labor and Social Security. Cases have included denial of medical access for women not in legal marriages, labor discrimination based on sexual orientation, and the refusal to acknowledge same-sex couples as a family. $20,000

Coletivo de Feministas Lésbicas de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil) for a year-long project targeting several governmental institutions-including the Education and Penitentiary Office, Justice State Department, National Congress and all candidates for President-in efforts to eradicate discrimination and violence against lesbians in Brazil. $10,000

Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays /J-FLAG (Kingston, Jamaica) for a three-year campaign to raise wider public awareness of issues faced by LGBT people in Jamaica.  The project will include public education programs, educator training programs, and a leadership training program poor lesbians living in isolated townships.  J-FLAG will issue a report documenting changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices for those who have participated in these programs.  $20,000

Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Federation/ LGHRF (Seoul, Korea) for Hope Opens Tomorrow (HOT)-Line Project: Korean Sexual Minority Community Empowerment through Changing Heterosexist Society and Improving the Quality of LGBT Life, a multi-faceted project dealing with issues faced by the LGBT communities.  Issues addressed include the misconception of homosexuality as sexual deviance, the blockage of LGBT websites for Korean public access, and the lack of counseling and services.  $17,000

The Rainbow Project (Windhoek, Namibia) for a multi-pronged approach to strengthening community via an awareness-raising campaign and a sexual/emotional health project.  Grant will also include capacity-building for leadership and employment, and a human rights education project. Grant is for the first major coordinated outreach program aimed specifically at lesbians and transgender people living across Namibia outside Windhoek, the capital. $17,000