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Contents:
- GAY PHILANTHROPY EXPANDS, GO MASTREAM
- GAY ISSU ENTER THE WORLD OF PHILANTHROPY
- GAY AND LBIAN CHARI LOOK TO LIFE BEYOND AIDS
- JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- GAY AND LBIAN CHARI LOOK TO LIFE BEYOND AIDS
- CLTON RENAM GAY PHILANTHROPIST AS ENVOY
GAY PHILANTHROPY EXPANDS, GO MASTREAM
Funrs for LGBTQ Issu works to crease the sle and impact of philanthropic rourc aimed at enhancg the well-beg of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muni, promotg equy, and advancg racial, enomic and genr jtice. * gay philanthropist *
Found by Reed Erickson, a transgenr man, the Erickson Edutn Fund first started fundg gay and transgenr anizatns and rearch 1964 — five years before the Stonewall Rts and six years before any other known funr vted LGBTQ muni.
Gay, lbian, and bisexual people make up 16. However, the percentage of LGBTQ people varied pendg on a foundatn’s foc, wh gay, lbian, and bisexual people acuntg for 22.
GAY ISSU ENTER THE WORLD OF PHILANTHROPY
Gay Philanthropy Expands, Go Mastream. Supported by wealthy gay people and foundatns that creasgly view gay life as part of mastream Ameri, the field of gay philanthropy is expandg, and is also relied upon eply nservative regns to provi social servic and advocy.... * gay philanthropist *
As gay polician Peter Buttigieg showed his recent mpaign for the Democratic Party nomatn the Uned Stat, proment gay donors n be a strong base of fancial support for even amb projects. This is due to the greater gree of homophobia velopg untri, the impact of relign those areas, e dispersn of the populatn, the lack of a tradn of muny givg, and the fact many LGBTQ dividuals the velopg world are the closet.
The term “transgenr” wasn’t monly ed Marsha’s lifetime, but she intified as a “transvte, ” gay and a drag queen and ed she/her pronouns. The clash wh the New York police marked a turng pot for the gay liberatn movement the US and spired Pri march around the world today.
Johnson worked as an activist participatg monstratns and march as part of the Gay Liberatn Front, which formed the wake of Stonewall. Harvey Milk was one of the first openly gay policians elected to office the Uned Stat, and the first openly gay official elected California.
GAY AND LBIAN CHARI LOOK TO LIFE BEYOND AIDS
Gay men and lbians, who were largely spurred to charable givg by AIDS crisis, are now expandg their philanthropy to other as well; photo (M) * gay philanthropist *
“We want gays to reprent gays, ” Milk told the San Francis Examer 1977, and his posn as an LGBTQ public official helped brg the muny’s issu to promence. While servg as a cy supervisor, he troduced legislatn to protect the gay muny, cludg a gay rights ordance 1978 to ban discrimatn agast LGBTQ hog or employment. He and other activists also succeed strikg down Proposn 6, which would have mandated the firg of any gay or lbian teachers California.
He was one of the first to sound the alarm for the HIV/AIDS crisis 1981 when the New York Tim wrote about a rare type of “ncer” affectg gay men.
JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach, is the first male ach a major U.S. men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay philanthropist *
Kramer -found the advocy groups GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis) and ACT UP (AIDS Coaln to Unleash Power), which ed the inic SILENCE = DEATH logo that beme a symbol for the AIDS crisis. His ntributns to the LGBTQ muny boil down to the impact he ma as a pneer drag, and how “Drag Race” drastilly changed the way lns of Amerins view — and appreciate — a key facet of gay culture. The gay-rights movements and anizatns that emerged durg Ameri’s sexual revolutn the 1960s bear ltle remblance to the behemoth LGBT NGO juggernts operatg today.
Pri Month is celebrated annually June to honor the history of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, two-spir + lears, celebrate the progrs toward equaly, and ll attentn to the experienc of the LGBTQIA2S+ muny.
Through the power of the arts, Dreams of Hope provis the regn’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, asexual, and allied (LGBTQA+) youth a welg environment to grow nfince, exprs themselv, and velop as lears. Rabow Fai supports, t and nnects lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ+) fai, parents and prospective parents by offerg a wi variety of tn programs, support groups, opportuni to nnect and more. As the anizatn puts , “Whether you are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, a straight ally – or jt don’t want to be labeled, you will be weled here… While at Time Out Youth, you are not expected to be anyone or anythg except who you are.
GAY AND LBIAN CHARI LOOK TO LIFE BEYOND AIDS
Gay men and lbians, who were largely spurred to charable givg by AIDS crisis, are now expandg their philanthropy to other as well; photo (M) * gay philanthropist *
Supported by many wealthy gay people and by foundatns that creasgly view gay life as part of mastream Ameri, the field of gay philanthropy is growg — even eply nservative regns that tradnally have not been welg to the gay and lbian muny, the New York Tim reports. Nonprofs servg gay people agree that discrimatn still thriv certa areas, such as Colorado Sprgs, headquarters of many Christian groups that strongly disapprove of homosexualy as well as the U.
CLTON RENAM GAY PHILANTHROPIST AS ENVOY
The cy's young gay populatn gets help om Insi/Out Youth Servic, which holds meetgs, offers support, and teach s clients life skills, cludg self-fense. Acrdg to Insi/Out executive director Deborah Surat, the climate of harsh judgment a place like Colorado Sprgs extends to the home, which is why 10 percent to 25 percent of gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr young people the area are is supported primarily by grants om the Denver-based Gill Foundatn, tablished by Colorado native Tim Gill, a gay man who vented Quark software. Last year, the foundatn supported groups servg gay people wh grants totalg $12 ln.