
International Fund awardees include (clockwise from top left) Mitini Nepal, Lesbianas Independientes Feministas y Socialistas, Mujeres Al Borde, and GALANG Philippines, Inc.
Astraea grantee partners advance LGBTQI human rights in a number of key areas, including Transgender Human Rights Protections, Economic Rights, Safety/Anti Criminalization, and Family Protections. These groups use a variety of social change strategies, from policy advocacy to grassroots organizing and arts and cultural activism. We are pleased to bring on three new grantee partners and renew support to many long-standing partners.
*Some grantee names have been withheld due to security considerations.
Economic Rights, Employment, Livelihood
Our grantee partners engage innovative work to advance economic justice for LGBTQI communities. Some strategies include securing employment protections, creating opportunities for livelihood, empowering rural and urban working class/poor, lesbian/bisexual/transgender communities, and addressing broader economic inequities affecting LGBTQ communities.
GALANG Philippines, Inc
Quezon City, Philippines
LINK Davao Incorporated
Davao City, Philippines
Mitini Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Movimiento de Acción Lésbica Feminista
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Family Protections
Securing LGBTQI family protections is important to many communities across the globe. Our grantee partners advance LGBTQI parental rights, and work towards the recognition of same-sex unions and alternate family structures.
Campaign Against Homophobia/Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (KPH)
Warsaw, Poland
Lesbian Organization Rijeka (LORI)
Rijeka, Croatia
SKUC-LL
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy
Taipei, Taiwan
Hubs and Networks
Connecting across borders, skills, and issues is a key part of strengthening local movements to build global movements. Our grantee partners host, convene, and train other LGBTQI organizations in their regions and countries. Working together, they are breaking isolation, and sharing resources, information, and strategies.
1er Encuentro Feminista LESBITRANSINTER Latinoamericano y del Caribe Venir al Sur
Asuncion, Paraguay
Chinese Lala Alliance
Beijing, China
Comisión Organizadora ELFLAC 2012
La Paz, Bolivia
Corporación Promoción de la Mujer/Taller de Comunicación Mujer
Quito, Ecuador
Grupo Latinoamericano de Estudio Formación y Acción Feminista (GLEFAS)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rompiendo el Silencio
Santiago, Chile
United and Strong
Castries, St. Lucia
Media, Arts and Cultural Activism
Using arts and cultural practices, media and video, our grantee partners empower LGBTQI communities by increasing their visibility, raising awareness of LGBTQI human rights issues, and preserving shared cultural histories. Across mediums, artists and cultural workers shape images of LGBTQI people and use art as a tool for social change.
Asociación Queretana de Educación para las Sexualidades Humanas, A.C.
Querétaro, Mexico
Chengdu Les’GO
Chengdu, China
China Queer Independent Films
Beijing, China
Colectivo Sentimos Diverso
Quito, Ecuador
Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Labrisz Lesbian Association
Budapest, Hungary
les+ workshop
Beijing, China
Mujeres Al Borde
Bogota, Colombia
Mujeres Y Cultura Subterránea, A.C.
Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico
PA/F Space
Tokyo, Japan
Shanghai Nvai Lesbian Group
Shanghai, China
Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD)
Georgetown, Guyana
Thai Youth Action Programs Foundation
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Racial Justice
Our grantee partners build solidarity and advance rights at the intersection of racial justice, sexuality, and gender. These groups fight for the recognition of rights and self-determination of black, arab, migrant, indigenous, and Roma LGBTQI people in their national contexts, as well as LGBTQI communities living under occupation.
alQaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society
Jerusalem, Israel
Aswat – Palestinian Gay Women
Haifa, Israel
Forum for the Empowerment of Women
Johannesburg, South Africa
Community Safety, Freedom from Violence/Criminalization
Our grantee partners lead a diverse range of campaigns to increase safety for LGBTQ communities and end many forms of violence. Some groups tackle hate violence and domestic and family violence. Others address institutional violence that endangers LGBTQI dignity and well-being. Many groups fight policies that criminalize aspects of LGBTQI people’s self-expression and livelihoods: consensual sex between same-sex adults, cross-dressing, and sex work.
Aireana – Grupo por los Derechos de las Lesbianas
Asuncion, Paraguay
Common Language
Beijing, China
Pembe Hayat LGBTT Dayanisma Dernegi
Ankara, Turkey
Red Lésbica ‘CATTRACHAS’
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Rromnjako Ilo
Novi Becej, Serbia
Santamaria Fundacion GLBT
Cali, Colombia
Sayoni
Singapore, Singapore
Transgender Human Rights Protections
Astraea grantees partners are paving the way to secure human rights protections for trans* and gender non-conforming people. Addressing discrimination, they are securing access to comprehensive healthcare, ensuring the right to change gender markers on legal documents, and addressing violence and discrimination based on Gender Identity.
Gender DynamiX
Athlone, South Africa
Organización de Transexuales por la Dignidad de la Diversidad
Rancagua, Chile
Trans Bantu Association of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia
Transgender and Intersex Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Transgender Resource Center
Hong Kong, SAR