• In recognition of the ongoing struggle for full Black liberation, and in support of the national uprising against the ongoing pandemic of anti-Black racism and police brutality, Funders for LGBTQ Issues has called on grantmakers to fund the struggle against anti-Black racism and to stand in solidarity with ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities in their call for philanthropy to take action on anti-Black racism.

• While many of our members issued powerful statements, we want to spotlight the personal and moving statements from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, PFund, Stonewall Community Foundation, and Trans Justice Funding Project.

• In Nonprofit Quarterly, Funders for LGBTQ Issues member Will Cordery calls on philanthropy to fund movements that are building power to counter anti-Black racism.

• On the PEAK Grantmaking Journal, Grantmakers United for Trans Communities (GUTC) Fellow Darius Soler shares a personal perspective on being Black and non-binary in philanthropy--and strategies for bringing your full authentic self to our sector.

• Hundreds of LGBTQ organizations around the nation issued a joint statement condemning racist violence and in support of Black lives.

• The Movement for Black Lives and leading philanthropic networks have called on funders to bring $50 Million in new resources to support the growing movement for racial justice in defense of Black lives.

• As we continue to engage our network in addressing anti-Black racism, we encourage you to read the New York Times article, “How a March for Black Trans Lives Became a Huge Event” and check out “32 Black-led Queer and Trans Organizations to Support”.

• This month, we also celebrated the Supreme Court ruling that the Trump administration could not proceed with its attempt to dismantle Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). In our statement, Luis Rey Ramirez, Research & Communications Associate, shared, “Eight years ago, DACA changed my life. Though [this decision] was a major win, we must not lose sight of the struggles of our Black and Brown family. We must not forget that the system is still broken, we must not forget the original DREAMers–our parents–are still living under the shadows.”

• In the wake of this Supreme Court decision, The Williams Institute released an updated research brief identifying 81,000 LGBT dreamers and 39,000 LGBT DACA recipients.

• In an Op-Ed in the Orlando Sentinel, Funders for LGBTQ Issues member and Out in the South grantee Marco Antonio Quiroga of the Contigo Fund articulates the power of the DACA victory for himself and other DACA recipients--and the need to continue the larger struggle for liberation. 

• This month also saw the Supreme Court rule in a landmark 6-3 decision to affirm federal workplace protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. As we note in our statement, “In the midst of racist violence and transphobic attacks, including Trump’s cruel and likely unconstitutional rollback of healthcare protections for transgender people that was finalized last Friday, we find reasons to be hopeful.”

• As Movement Advancement Project noted in their statement, before the ruling “only 22 states and D.C. had laws that explicitly prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity....Now, 100% of LGBTQ people in the United States, regardless of whether they live in states with nondiscrimination laws, are protected from employment discrimination under federal law.” 

• MAP also noted that studies “suggests that nearly 50% of LGBTQ workers remain closeted at work and fear being stereotyped or jeopardizing professional connections” and that “27% of transgender workers reported being fired, not hired, or denied promotion in the past year.”  Our own research in The Philanthropic Closet: LGBTQ People in Philanthropy, found that the majority of LGBTQ people in philanthropy are in the closet at work - meaning there is much to do in making philanthropy more LGBTQ-inclusive.

• Work remains to secure full nondiscrimination protections, particularly in housing and public accommodations. As articulated by many LGBTQ movement organizations, including Freedom for All Americans and TLDEF, LGBTQ people still lack protection from discrimination in many walks of life, from restaurants to adoption agencies.

• New Vibrant Yet Under-resourced: The State of Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movements Report

• A Court Victory for DREAMErs in a Larger Struggle for Justice

• Amalgamated Bank on Celebrating An Intersectional Pride

• Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People

• Five Foundations Commit $1.7+ Billion to Pandemic Recovery

• New Building Movement Project Program Report on Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gaps

• Philanthropy Women Interviews Desiree Flores of Arcus Foundation

• The Smithsonian Magazine Highlights Former GUTC Fellow’s Work

• Black-Led Movement Fund Announces New Grantees

• Greater New Orleans Foundation Highlights $70,000 in LGBTQ Fund Grants

• LGBT Community Endowment Awards Grants to Four Local Nonprofits

• Point Foundation Announces 2020 Scholarship Recipients

• Trans Justice Funding Project (TJFP) Announces 2020 Grantees

• The Women’s Foundation of California COVID-19 Relief and Resilience Fund