Grants in Action
Americas / Caribbean 2008-2009
ASTRAEA’S INTERNATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM Astraea's International Fund for Sexual Minorities was established in 1996, the first institutional fund in the U.S. devoted to supporting LBGTI organizations worldwide. Since its inception, the Fund has invested in innovative LGBTI-led human rights and social change organizations and projects in over 70 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States and the Middle East.
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Meet a Grantee: Sindicato de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras Lesbianas, Gays y Bisexuales (Sindicato Luis Gauthier)
(Santiago, Chile)
Sindicato Nacional is a leading organization for LGBT and workers’ movements. It provides research and advocacy for key labor and anti-discrimination legislation pending in the Chilean Congress, and holds labor trainings to build peer support for LGBT workers. At the 2009 World Social Forum in Brazil, it proposed solutions to unions to combat labor discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
To meet more of our grantees and learn about their important work, click here
Aireana–Grupo por los Derechos de las Lesbianas (Asuncion, Paraguay)
International Fund Panel $10,000
Movement Resource Fund $2,330
aireana.org.py
Asamblea Feminista/Comunidad Mujeres Creando (La Paz, Bolivia)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $9,085
Movement Resource Fund $850
Asociación Lesbiapolis (Cali, Colómbia)
International Fund Panel $5,000
Centro Para La Educación y Prevención Del Sida (Managua, Nicaragua)
Social Change Opportunity Fund $75,000 over 3 years beginning in 2006
cepresi.org.ni
Colectiva Feminista ‘La Revuelta’
(Neuquén, Argentina)
International Fund Panel $5,000
larevuelta.com.ar
Colectiva Feminista La Mestiza
(Lima, Perú)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $9,020
lamestizacolectiva.blogspot.com
Colectivo de Investigación Acción en Derechos Trans–Familia Galán
(La Paz, Bolivia)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $9,381
Colectivo Sentimos Diverso
(Bogotá, Colómbia)
International LGBTQQ Youth Fund $8,000
Movement Resource Fund $4,430
Colombia Diversa
(Bogotá, Colómbia)
Social Change Opportunity Fund $75,000
over 3 years beginning in 2007
colombiadiversa.org
Comité Diversidades Sexuales y Genéricas Cochabamba (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
International Fund Panel $4,000
boliviales.com
Coordinadora Universitaria por la Diversidad Sexual (CUDS)
(Santiago, Chile)
International Fund Panel $5,000
International LGBTQQ Youth Fund $11,000
cuds.cl
Corporación OPCION
(Bogotá, Colómbia)
International Fund Panel $5,000
Movement Resource Fund $5,729
Corporación Promoción de la Mujer/Taller de Comunicación Mujer
(Quito, Ecuador)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $10,536
Movement Resource Fund $4,936
Desalambrando Buenos Aires
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
International Fund Panel $7,000
Fanal Otenik Sant D’A Jakmel (FOSAJ) (Jacmel, Haiti)
International Fund Panel $6,000
fosaj.ht
Fundación de Desarrollo Humano Integral CAUSANA (Quito, Ecuador)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $8,447
Fundación Desarrollo y Paz (FUNDEPAZ) (Pasto, Colómbia)
International Fund Panel $4,000
fundepaz.org
Grupo de Mujeres de la Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Social Change Opportunity Fund $30,000
over 2 years beginning in 2008
grupodemujeres.org.ar
Grupo Latinoamericano de Estudio Formación y Acción en Sexualidades, Género y Cultura (GLEFAS)
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
International Fund Panel $4,000
Grupo Safo (Managua, Nicaragua)
International Fund Panel $7,000
gruposafo.org
Instituto Runa de Desarrollo y Estudios sobre Género (Lima, Perú)
Movement Resource Fund $2,783
Social Change Opportunity Fund $40,000 over 2 years beginning in 2008
runa.org.pe
Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) (Kingston, Jamaica)
Collaborative Fund $5,000
International Fund Panel $6,000
Movement Resource Fund $1,880
Social Change Opportunity Fund $60,000 over 2 years beginning in 2009
jflag.org
Las Tres Gatas
(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $10,000
Movement Resource Fund $932
Lesbianas Independientes Feministas y Socialistas (Lima, Perú)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $10,350
lifsPerú.blogspot.com
Movimiento de Acción Lésbica Feminista (Aguascalientes, México)
International Fund Panel $5,000
Movement Resource Fund $5,000
elmaldeaguascalientes.blogspot.com
Mulabi–Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $16,500
Movement Resource Fund $5,473
Social Change Opportunity Fund $75,000 over 3 years beginning in 2007
mulabi.org
Organización de Transexuales por la Dignidad de la Diversidad
(Rancagua, Chile)
International Fund Panel $8,000
Movement Resource Fund $10,000
hombrestransdechile.cl; transexualesdechile.org
Pride In Action
(Kingston, Jamaica)
International Fund Panel $5,000
International LGBTQQ Youth Fund $6,000
Proyecto Transgenero
(Quito, Ecuador)
International Fund Panel $5,000
proyecto-transgenero.org
Sindicato de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras Lesbianas, Gays y Bisexuales (Sindicato Luis Gauthier)
(Santiago, Chile)
International Fund Panel $6,000
Movement Resource Fund $1,472
Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD)
(Georgetown, Guyana)
Movement Resource Fund $1,000
geocities.com/sasod_guyana; sasod.org.gy
Transsa Dominicana
(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
Consortium of Latin American Women’s
Funds LBT Project $12,640
Movement Resource Fund $1,070
transdominicana.blogspot.com