Issue Highlights
Anti-LGBTQ Laws Cost Uganda $1.6 Billion in 12 Months, Study Finds - Bloomberg
The losses from the legislation, which includes life imprisonment for certain sexual acts and the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” — defined in part as engaging in sex if one is HIV-positive — include foreign direct investment, international aid, trade and tourism and could total as much as 3.2% of gross domestic product, Open for Business said in a report.
ACLU Attorney Chase Strangio Will Present Argument at Supreme Court on Behalf of Private Plaintiffs in Upcoming Landmark Transgender Rights Case | American Civil Liberties Union
James Esseks, co-director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “He has argued the issues before the court in Skrmetti four times before federal appeals courts, more than any attorney in the country. Anyone who has worked with Chase knows the intelligence, compassion, and courage he brings to every fight for the rights and well-being of his plaintiffs. It remains one of the great honors of my career to work alongside Chase and I have no doubt the court will be likewise impressed by the depth of his knowledge, the strength of his arguments, and the power of his empathy.”
LGBTQ Social Justice
Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba wins prestigious human rights award
named by Human Rights First as the winner of this year’s prestigious William D. Zabel Human Rights Award in recognition of her remarkable work in advocating for the rights of LGBTQI+ people in Uganda.
Pope urged at LGBT meeting to reverse church ban on gender-affirming care | Reuters
The 80-minute meeting, held privately at the guesthouse where the pope lives, included a Catholic sister who works with LGBTQ people, a member of the transgender community, and a U.S. medical doctor who helps run a clinic providing gender-affirming hormonal care for adults.
Few trans youth report regretting gender-affirming care, study finds - The Washington Post
Trans youth survey by Princeton indicates those who received puberty blockers, hormones or other gender-affirming medical care largely did not regret receiving treatment.
3% of American High Schoolers Identify as Transgender, First National Survey Finds - The New York Times
A survey by the C.D.C. found high rates of sadness, bullying and suicide attempts among transgender and gender-questioning teenagers.
Trans Southerners Can’t Wait for Healthcare. Here’s How to Help Them Get It Out-of-State | Them
As gender-affirming care bans have spread, our program has grown. Just a few months ago, we expanded our project from only states in the South to any state with a ban. We have provided education about gender-affirming care bills and patient navigation to thousands of families. In total, we have given over $600,000 in grants to support their travel across state lines to get care.
The more you know: Key facts about Black nonprofit leadership
Black CEOs are more prevalent in the South but still underrepresented
Great Apes & Gibbons
WWF report offers glimmer of conservation hope — yet warns of a planet in peril
With recent conservation efforts and the involvement of Indigenous peoples and local communities in managing protected areas, forest elephant populations are on the verge of stabilizing,in at least one national park. This is, among other things, what WWF Africa said during a recent press briefing for the launch of the Living Planet Report. Elephant populations, […]
Indigenous knowledge proves key in a study of plants gorillas use to self-medicate
when researchers set out to determine the bioactive properties of plants consumed by the park’s western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), and which the Vungu also use for medicine, the community’s knowledge proved vital to their findings.
Wildlife Board Defers Permit for Oil Exploration by Vedanta In Assam's Endangered Gibbon Habitat - The Wire
It is a safe haven for the endangered Western Hoolock Gibbon and bears the distinction of “harbouring the highest primate species diversity for any Indian PA” according to the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
Chennai Customs seize four Siamang Gibbons, 52 green iguanas from Malaysian passenger at airport
Sources informed that the animals were brought in to fuel the huge exotic species pet trade in the country.
A Safe Place for Endangered Apes
“The idea is to create a safe population,” says Skollar, an adviser to the Gibbon Species Survival Plan (SSP), a program devoted to gibbon breeding, welfare, and management. “If something happens with them in the wild, they can use that population to repopulate areas.”
Philanthropy
Transgender Law Center, Emergent Fund launch rapid response fund | Philanthropy news | PND
Grants of about $10,000 will be awarded to BIPOC trans leaders, rural organizers, and others who are often overlooked, especially in the U.S. South and Midwest. The fund was created in response to increased attacks on BIPOC and LGBTQ communities across the United States.
Elisa Crespo named executive director of Stonewall Community Foundation
Crespo is joining the Stonewall Community Foundation after serving as the first full-time executive director of a statewide LGBTQ organization known as New Pride Agenda.
Opinion | There Is No Leadership Without Risk - The New York Times
As I prepare to step down from the Ford Foundation, having served through the years on more than a dozen boards of directors across sectors and industries, I see a gathering crisis of leadership.
You Know What They Say About Assumptions: A Reflection on New Research About Intermediary Funders | The Center for Effective Philanthropy
as a sector we really need to avoid the continual temptation to assume that we’ve found a transformative new philanthropic approach, or even that there is a single one out there to find. That’s particularly true when that assumption becomes a distraction to the very hard work of understanding the performance of organizations using various approaches — new and old — and improving their implementation!
Inclusive AI adoption to drive nonprofit missions | Candid insights
How can funders support inclusive AI adoption?