Issue Highlights
Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations
If all the challenges succeed, the number of nations with anti-LGBTQ laws would drop to 57.
National LGBTQ Task Force marks 50 years
Founded as the Gay and Lesbian Task Force in 1973 in New York City, the organization has advanced the rights of LGBTQ people for five decades
LGBTQ Social Justice
Opinion | Caster Semenya: I Shouldn’t Have to Change My Body in Order to Race - The New York Times
Playing sports and having muscles and a deep voice make me less feminine, yes. I’m a different kind of woman, I know, but I’m still a woman.
Georgia Is Now Required to Pay for Trans State Employees' Gender-Affirming Care | Them
In a statement, attorneys for the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), which brought the lawsuit against the state, said the settlement guarantees that the Georgia State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) will now cover gender-affirming care for all state employees, their spouses, and any dependents, effective immediately
FBI crime statistics show anti-LGBTQ hate crimes on the rise | The Hill
Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes rose sharply in 2022, jumping more than 19 percent over 2021, according to the FBI’s annual crime report
Pulse nightclub sold
The property, which is currently home to an interim memorial to the victims of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub attack, has been the source of controversy for the last several years.
Victims, families, and survivors have long wanted a permanent memorial on the site.
The onePULSE Foundation has been working toward that but severed ties with the property owners earlier this year.
That led families to reach out to the city of Orlando and Orange County, asking them to intervene.
Great Apes & Gibbons
Orangutan killings in Borneo likely still occurring in large numbers | Endangered species | The Guardian
even when there are nearby projects to save the critically endangered primate
'It's a real mess': Mining and deforestation threaten unparalleled DRC wildlife haven
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo protects unique biodiversity, including approximately one-fifth of the global okapi population, the country’s largest forest elephant and chimpanzee populations and 17 primate species, and it safeguards forest access for the Indigenous Mbuti and Efe peoples.
How do gorillas avoid inbreeding? - Dian Fossey
mate choice strategies these gorillas use do considerably reduce the amount of inbreeding in groups where relatives live together
Philanthropy
Time for funders to step up and resource Indigenous communities - Alliance magazine
Data shows that the largest share (41 percent) of funding for Indigenous Peoples comes from environmentally-focused funders. While Indigenous activists are doing critical work to mitigate climate change and restore ecosystems, they are also working to secure their citizenship rights, preserve Indigenous knowledge, revitalize their traditions, and advance labor rights, disability justice, and queer liberation. Funders can support Indigenous movements by providing funding from all our programmatic strategies.
How Philanthropy and Nonprofits Can Build AI for Impact
Through sustained partnership, the social sector can build an AI future that champions human dignity and community aspirations for global progress.
Eight Questions for Bia Vieira, President and CEO of Women's Foundation California | Inside Philanthropy
Vieira is the first Latina CEO to lead the foundation. Prior to her appointment, she served the foundation for five years as chief strategist.
Why National Estate Planning Awareness Week Matters for LGBTIQ Donors and Causes | Inside Philanthropy
Through planned giving, LGBTIQ people — and those who care about them — can help create a world with safety, dignity and equality for everyone, often by making transformational gifts much larger than what they can give during their lifetimes. In addition, by investing in planned giving now, LGBTIQ causes can empower and encourage these donors to leave a legacy that will impact future generations of LGBTIQ people everywhere.