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JUSTICEIN THE MAKINGAstraea LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE2008 Annual Report

JUSTICE IN THE MAKINGAstraea Lesbian Foundation for JusticeX

CONTENTS234568101218222630343640464748Message from the Executive Director and Board ChairMissionWho We AreWho We FundCelebrating 30 Years2007–2008 Grants ProgramAstraea’s U.S. Grants ProgramGrantee Highlight: Center for Artistic RevolutionGrantee Highlight: Amigas LatinasAstraea’s International Grants ProgramGrantee Highlight: Organization QGrantee Highlight: MulabiDevelopment ProgramsOur Partners In PhilanthropyDonor Highlight: Theo Yang CopleyFinancial StatementAstraea Staff, Board and PanelsCreditsBlue Diamond Society (Kathmandu, Nepal) membersparticipate in joint civil society pressure to abolish themonarchy and reinstate Parliament. BDS is the mainnational LGBTI organization in Nepal working for thehealth, human rights and well-being of sexual minorities.See page 29. bds.org.npPhoto courtesy of Blue Diamond Societyastraeafoundation.orgX1

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIRThis annual report is an important snapshot of Astraea’s workand that of our grantee and donor partners. It chroniclesour 30th Anniversary year—a busy and accomplished onein which we awarded more than $2.2 million to 198 organizationsand 21 individuals in 120 cities and towns and 47countries around the world. We recognize that change does notcome quickly, or without human and financial costs. It’s one ofthe reasons that our extensive grants program includes multiyeargrants designed to support vital organizations working tokeep our community strong and secure over the long haul.Astraea Lesbian Foundation for JusticeDuring President Obama’s historic campaign, Americans weremoved to new heights of activism. Those with little money ortime gave both. People used vacation days to knock on doorsin swing states. They used cell-phone minutes to phone-bank.And they waited on line for hours to vote.It was a welcome and exhilarating sight. At Astraea we witnessthis kind of passion for justice every day.Right now Astraea grantees are fighting for LGBTI and humanrights in democratic countries as well as in some of the mostoppressive regimes on the planet. They are creating communityfor queer people living in isolation and fear. They aregiving voice to survivors of abuse and harassment through artand culture. Although separated by language and continents,these activists share the same goal of creating a world freefrom racism, sexism, homophobia and gender oppression. Wemarvel at their heroism and smart strategies.In Nicaragua, activists providing shelter for women fleeingfamily abuse because of their sexual orientation helped decriminalizehomosexuality. In Oregon, organizers creating schooland neighborhood Hate-Free Zones educated and mobilizedstudents to fight for queer rights.In Brazil, activists running an arts and culture project for Blacklesbians launched the country’s first national lesbian short storyand essay contest. And in New York, activists created an audiodocumentary series featuring the stories and struggles of LGBTIpeople from the African continent.We wish that those of you who see Astraea at work in yourown communities could see the same groundbreaking workacross the entire U.S. and the globe. This year, among the 289grants issued, we funded:• the only LGBTI center in Mauritius• the first transgender center in Bolivia• the only Black theater company in Kentucky• Hungary’s only organization for lesbianand bisexual women• the first lesbian organization in Shanghai• the first-ever community center for lesbiansand lesbigay youth of African descent in Illinois2 Alice Y. Hom (l) and Katherine Acey

MISSIONDespite our collective accomplishments, our work is far fromcomplete. Still, in staggering numbers, LGBTI people are deniedbasic rights. Still, we are beaten and murdered. And the elationthat so many in our community felt after helping to elect thefirst African American President of the United States turnedbittersweet when California revoked the constitutional rights ofqueer people to marry, and Arkansas voted to ban unmarriedpeople from adopting.Such reprehensible laws and violence serve as constant remindersthat we must stay focused and buoyant. We must stay strong andmobilized.Astraea is the world’s only foundation solely dedicated to supportingLGBTI organizations in the U.S. and internationally. Thiscoming year, we will issue more than $2.4 million in grants. Wewill complete an exciting, ambitious five-year strategic plan. Andwe will continue to collaborate with colleagues and grantee anddonor partners to ensure the day when all of us will live freely,safely and with dignity.The election of President Obama was History in the Making.This annual report is brimming with Justice in the Making. Aslong as people are marginalized because of whom they love, orthe color of their skin, Astraea—thanks to your support—willstand with them.In Peace,Katherine T. AceyExecutive DirectorAlice Y. HomBoard ChairThe Astraea Lesbian Foundationfor Justice works for social,racial and economic justicein the U.S. and internationally.Our grantmaking and philanthropicadvocacy programs helplesbians and allied communitieschallenge oppression and claimtheir human rights.“Right now Astraea granteesare fighting for LGBTI andhuman rights in democraticcountries as well as in someof the most oppressiveregimes on the planet.”astraeafoundation.org3X

WHO WE AREAstraea is the world’s only foundation solely dedicated to funding LGBTIgroups in both the U.S. and internationally. This past year Astraea gave morethan $2.2 million to 198 organizations and 21 individuals in 120 cities andtowns and 47 countries around the world.From Bogotá to Brooklyn, Shanghai to Seattle, Astraea grantees—often inthe face of grave physical danger—are working strategically and tirelessly tosecure human rights for us all.Astraea raises funds and issues grants based on a Philanthropy of Inclusion—ourbelief that all people can participate in the philanthropic process, from givingto grantmaking.Astraea’s programs help build the infrastructure and the political capacity ofgrantee partners. Governed by a national board of directors, our staff is supportedby an array of advisory and grants panels, volunteers and committees. We receivesupport from individual members, foundations and corporations.Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice4As a social justice feminist funding institution, Astraea’s primary goal is tosupport the sectors of our movement best positioned to be engines for change,and which have the least access to mainstream funding resources. Whileseparated by continents, language and culture, Astraea grantee partners arecollectively transforming our world, seizing opportunities and laying thegroundwork for women and LGBTI people to live freely and safely.Graciela Sánchez, Executive Director,Esperanza Peace and Justice Center (San Antonio, TX)See page 15. esperanzacenter.orgPhoto by Jennifer Einhorn

WHO WE FUNDAstraea believes that social change results from the powerful collective actionof people working together. We prioritize funding for lesbian- and trans-ledcommunities of color and organizations doing multi-racial, anti-racist work.• Our grantee partners work at the intersections of oppression, and frequentlywith communities who have been unjustly marginalized and thathave limited financial resources.• Many utilize art and cultural projects as powerful tools for resistance andinspiration—necessary components in building a future guaranteeing humanrights for all.• Astraea is often one of the first—if not the first—institutional fundersto support social change organizations and projects in LGBTI communitiesaround the world.• In number of grants issued, Astraea ranks first among LGBTI grantmakersin the Global South and East 1 and second among LGBTI grantmakers in theU.S.. 2 Astraea is also first in total grants and second in total giving supportingLGBTI people of color organizations and projects in the U.S.. 3Astraea’s grantmaking process is rigorous and inclusive. The majority of ourgrants are determined by a diverse group of activists, leaders and culturalworkers with expertise in specific funding areas and regions where weprovide support. Their participation helps build transformative movementsfor social change based on a multitude of voices, classes, races, perspectivesand issues.1Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, A Global Gaze: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and IntersexGrantmaking in the Global South and East, Calendar Year 2007. (New York: FLGI, 2008)2Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, LGBTQ Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations, Calendar Year 2005.(New York: FLGI, 2006)3Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, LGBTQ Grantmakers 2008 Report Card on Racial Equity. (NewYork: FLGI, 2008)astraeafoundation.org5

CELEBRATING 30 YEARSToshi Reagon and BIGLovely rocked the house. Emcee Kate Clinton delivered an uproariously funny and incisive performance.And the words of grantee and donor activists inspired more than 250 Astraea friends, family and colleagues who gathered tocelebrate the Foundation and recognize the talents and courage of awardees.Fikile Vilakazi accepted The Human Rights and Feminism Award on behalf of Boksburg-based Coalition of African Lesbians, a groupwith members from eleven countries that is working to secure human rights for lesbians throughout Africa. Glo Ross andRickke Mananzala accepted The Lynn Campbell Award for Outstanding Leadership on behalf of New York City-based FIERCE,fighting for the dignity and safety of young queer and trans people of color in New York City. And Marta Drury received ThePhilanthropic Activism Award in recognition of her longtime support for Astraea, and for her work as an activist and funder ofwomen’s and LGBTI projects in the Balkans.“Tonight’s awardees embody the Astraea family—grantees and donors alike,” said Katherine Acey, Astraea’s Executive Director.“They mirror Astraea’s commitment to racial, economic and gender justice; and they exemplify the importance of everyonehaving a place at the table.”

2007–2008 GRANTS PROGRAMAstraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice8

In 2007–2008, Astraea experienced a 20%increase in the number of grants made and inthe number of cities and countries in which weissue grants. Additionally, we have grown 13%in the amount of monies awarded and 9% inthe total number of organizations supported.This year, Astraea awarded more than $2.2 million to 198 organizations and21 individuals in 120 cities and towns and 47 countries around the world.Astraea partners with grantees, donors, colleagues, institutions and othersto fund social change and build communities advancing social, racial,economic and gender justice in the U.S. and globally.Astraea understands that transformation and movement-building happengradually—not over the course of a single year, and not necessarily around asingle issue. Our grants programs, especially our multi-year and multi-issuegrants, enable activists to build strategic and sustainable alliances.Astraea grantee partners incorporate issues of sexual orientation and genderidentity and expression into their work and analysis. While working ona broad range of issues within the LGBTI framework, many activistsincorporate issues that include poverty, immigration, criminal justice andviolence into their strategies as well.SKUC-LL (Ljubljana, Slovenia) was the first lesbian-led activist group formedin Eastern Europe and has played a decisive role in transforming the cultural,educational and political landscape for Slovenia’s LGBT community. Pictured at leftis a member during a street action in Maribor. See page 28. ljudmila.org/lesboPhoto by Orto-Lesbijkaastraeafoundation.org9

ASTRAEA’S U.S. GRANTS PROGRAMAstraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice10THIS YEAR, THE U.S. GRANTSPROGRAM ISSUED A TOTAL OF$1,253,365 TO 104 ORGANIZATIONSAND 21 INDIVIDUALS IN 55 TOWNSAND CITIES ACROSS 29 STATES.The U.S. Grants Program includes:• U.S. Panel Grants• U.S. Multi-Year Movement-BuildingInitiative• U.S. Emergency Fund• U.S. Movement Resource Fund• U.S. Collaborative Grants• U.S. Philanthropic Grants• Astraea Visual Arts Fund• Lesbian Writers Fund• Margot Karle Scholarship Fund• U.S. Donor-Advised Funds & GrantsU.S. PANEL GRANTSU.S. Panel Grants are issued to U.S.-basedlesbian, trans and LGBTI social changeorganizations and projects, including culturaland fi lm/video projects. U.S. Panel Grantsare determined by a diverse and committedactivist Community Funding Panel. Thisyear, the U.S. Fund Panel issued a total of$337,050 to 48 organizations in 26 townsand cities across 18 states.NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTICBest Practices Policy Project (Washington,DC) For the work of this national leadershipand policy center to build organizational capacityof sex workers’ rights organizations and tostrengthen sex workers’ rights movements inthe U.S.. $2,500 bestpracticespolicy.orgCasa Atabex Aché (New York, NY) For theHealing the Rainbow initiative, fosteringsustainable activism, healing and affirmingspiritual practices in queer women of colorcommunities. $10,000 casaatabexache.orgChica Luna Productions (New York, NY)For Pandora, Chica Luna’s multi-media theaterproduction highlighting issues faced by urban,queer Latinas. Pandora premiered June 2008in New York City and will travel nationally.$8,000 chicaluna.comFire and Ink, Inc., (Hyattsville, MD) promotesunderstanding and visibility of the works ofLGBT writers of African descent and heritage.Strategies include gathering writers to exchange skillsand information, and educating readers through theirliteracy project. $10,000 fireandink.orgHimaphiliac CineLabs LLC (New York, NY)For post-production of Loving in the Shadows andthe creation of a companion website and digitalquilt. The film tells a story of LGBTQI intimatepartner abuse by melding narrative experimentalform with documentary-style testimonies. $6,000International Muslim Dialogue Project(New York, NY) For distribution of A Jihad forLove through screening and speaking toursat festivals and cinemas. Filmed in twelvecountries and nine languages, the documentaryfilm explores the experiences of gay andlesbian Muslims around the world. $4,000ajihadforlove.comJessica Danser/dansfolk (Bronx, NY) For thecreation and performance of new work by JessicaDanser at the Bronx Academy of Arts andDance, a contemporary company that createsmodern dance rooted in traditional forms withpowerful social messages. $3,050Outright Vermont (Burlington, VT) buildssafe, healthy and supportive environmentsfor LGBT, queer and questioning youth. Grantsupports Outright Vermont’s growing queeryouth empowerment and leadership work,as well as organizing to counter an expectedbacklash against same sex marriage efforts inVermont. $6,000 outrightvt.org

Left: Dulce Reyes, Astraea; Madeline Lim, QWOCMAP; PatriciaTumang and Jenesha de Rivera, National Queer Asian PacificIslander AllianceCenter: Miguel Chernus-Goldstein, Purple Moon Dance ProjectRight: Gaylon Alcaraz and Affinity outgoing Board VP Flecia ThomasBelow: QWOCMAP staff and membersPride at Work/AFL-CIO (Washington, DC)mobilizes support between the organized Labormovement and the LGBT community to achievesocial and economic justice. The alliance is instrumentalin recruiting Labor to support LGBTrights through non-discrimination policies anddomestic partner benefits, promoting an end tocivil marriage discriminations, and extendinghealth benefits to transgender people.$6,000 prideatwork.orgQueer Black Cinema (New York, NY), NewYork’s first and only Black LGBTQ monthlymicro-cinema series, is a volunteer-runorganization dedicated to showcasing independentnarrative and documentary works byemerging U.S. and international Black LGBTQfilmmakers. Grant supports QBC in doublingits showcase frequency.$10,000 queerblackcinema.orgQueers for Economic Justice (New York, NY)For the Welfare Organizing Project, whichorganizes low-income LGBTI and gender nonconformingpeople to make changes to thewelfare system. See page 15. Lynn CampbellMemorial Fund. $10,000 q4ej.orgSpectaculum Productions (Brooklyn, NY)For post-production of At Your Cervix, a featurelengthdocumentary offering an in-depthcritique of traditional medical and nursingeducation and its disproportionate impact onpoor women, women of color, queer women andtrans people. $7,000 atyourcervixmovie.comSylvia Rivera Law Project (New York, NY)is a collective organization founded on the understandingthat gender self-determination isinextricably intertwined with racial, social andeconomic justice. SRLP increases the politicalpower of low-income people of color who aretransgender, intersex or gender non-conformingthrough policy and organizing programs.$10,000 srlp.orgMIDWESTAffinity Community Services (Chicago, IL)For general support. See page 15.$10,000 affinity95.orgAmigas Latinas (Chicago, IL) is a communityorganization serving LBTQ Latinas in Chicago.Building on their community needs assessmentresearch, Amigas is implementing amembership education and mobilization plan,which will include a leadership summit to focuson critical issues voiced by its constituency.See page 18. $10,000 amigaslatinas.orgEquality Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) engagesin public education to end discriminationbased on sexual orientation and gender identityat work, in schools, in housing or in publicaccommodations in Cincinnati and the surroundingregion. $5,000 equalitycincinnati.orgLGBT Resource Center of the Seven RiversRegion (La Crosse, WI) is based in a primarilyrural area of Wisconsin and builds communityamong, and secures justice for, LGBT people andother oppressed communities. Grant supportsexpansion of their speakers’ bureau project.$5,000 7riverslgbt.orgMinnesota Transgender Health Coalition(Minneapolis, MN) is a volunteer-run groupof trans and allied activists working toimprove health care access and quality fortransgender, transsexual, intersex, genderqueerand other gender variant people livingin Minnesota. $5,000 mntranshealth.orgMoving Train Media and MamSir Productions(Chicago, IL) For the joint project Transfeminism,which highlights trans women participating inand leading campaigns which address issues ofracism, poverty, police/state violence, reproductiverights, feminism and gender rights. $8,000astraeafoundation.org11

Combating a Racist, Homophobic Landscape in ARKANSASCAR members line Capitol steps on the 2008 Day ofSilence organized to oppose a law banning queer peoplefrom becoming adoptive or foster parents.Astraea12CENTER FOR ARTISTIC REVOLUTIONartisticrevolution.orgThis November, Arkansas voters passed a law banning unmarried couples from adopting children. Arkansas has no civil rights office, nor does it havehate crime laws of any kind. What it does have—much to the chagrin of a racist and homophobic majority—is the Center for Artistic Revolution(North Little Rock, Arkansas). With a focus on LGBTQI rights, CAR helps remarkably divergent communities fi nd common ground and forgecollaborations. Best known for waging a three-year campaign that helped force Arkansas State to retire their offensive (“Indian family”) sportsmascot, CAR is mobilizing to secure a state moratorium on the death penalty, and working to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. With one full-time staffmember, they publish the state’s only LGBTQI publication—a lifeline to many living in evangelical and rural areas. CAR is a founding member of ArkansasFamilies First, which is documenting how Act One is affecting alternative families and the more than 1,000 children languishing in foster care.Photo courtesy of CAR

None on Record (Chicago, IL) For the audio documentaryseries, None on Record: Stories of QueerAfrica, which showcases the lives and strugglesof LGBT people from the African continent andits diaspora. NEWMR Fund for the Promotion ofWomen’s Music and Culture.$10,000 noneonrecord.comOld Lesbians Organizing for Change(Athens, OH) Grant will expand OLOC’s fieldorganizing project and assist low-income anddisabled members in attending their nationalconference. $6,000 oloc.orgPink Ice Promotions (Southfield, MI) empowerswomen loving women in the African Americancommunity by combining arts and entertainmentwith cultural awareness. Grant will support theirStaller to Scholar project, in a hip-hop lyrics formatdesigned to reach youth communities. $5,000Two Spirit Press Room (Minneapolis, MN) Forthis media project’s work to increase mainstreammedia’s cultural literacy, and to increase medialiteracy in Indigenous GLBT communities.$10,000 home.earthlink.net/~lafor002NORTHWEST/MOUNTAIN STATESAdvocates for Informed Choice (Cotati, CA) Fortheir medical education campaign, which increasesawareness of the civil rights of children with intersexconditions. $5,000 iiclaw.orgAsian American Queer Women Activists(Los Angeles, CA) For their Visibility Project andleadership development workshops. AAQWA isa network of Asian American queer women inSouthern California working to create community,increase visibility and build political power withinthe API LGBTQ community. $10,000Basic Rights Education Fund (Portland, OR)For the racial justice organizing of this statewideLGBT advocacy and education organization.Work will include training, education and alliancebuildingwith organizations serving communitiesof color. $7,000 basicrights.orgCOLAGE (San Francisco, CA) is a nationalorganization with local chapters working tobreak the social isolation and discriminationfaced by people with LGBT parents. COLAGEsecures respect, dignity and rights for LGBTfamilies through youth empowerment, leadershipdevelopment, education and advocacy.$4,000 colage.orgCommunities Against Rape and Abuse(Seattle, WA) is a community organizing projectworking to combat sexual violence. Grant will helpcombat law enforcement violence against womenand trans people of color in and outside theprison industry; support survivors; and facilitatecommunity-based alternatives for accountability.$5,000 cara-seattle.orgCommunity Alliance of Lane County (Eugene,OR) educates and mobilizes local communitymembers to work for peace, human dignity andsocial, racial and economic justice. Grant supportsorganizing in schools and neighborhoods tomaintain Hate-Free Zones, and to mobilize highschool students to fight for LGBT rights in thedistricts. $8,000 calclane.orgFresh Meat Productions (San Francisco, CA)builds community by producing and presentingyear-round multidisciplinary arts programs thatauthentically reflect and explore the transgenderexperience. Grant supports the creation andworld premiere of Fresh Meat 2009, a multidisciplinaryproduction that challenges conventionalways of thinking about gender, race and sexualorientation.$8,000 freshmeatproductions.orgHuman Dignity Coalition (Bend, OR) Forleadership development of LGBT, queer, questioning,intersex, asexual, pansexual and alliedyouth through the Central Oregon Gay StraightAlliance Network. Founded in 1992 in responseto anti-gay legislation, HDC is a multi-issue,social justice organization focusing on education,advocacy and grassroots organizing.$4,000 humandignitycoalition.orgMarea Media (San Francisco, CA) For productionof the first documentary made about theThai tom-dee community. This film is a collaborationbetween Thai academics/activists andU.S.-based filmmakers. $5,000 mareamedia.comMontana Human Rights Network (Helena,MT) For the development of a multi-yeargrassroots organizing program for a fullyinclusive Human Rights Act that would addressdiscrimination faced by LGBTI and Two Spiritpeople. $8,000 mhrn.orgPurple Moon Dance Project (San Francisco,CA) increases the visibility of lesbians andwomen of color and encourages social change,astraeafoundation.org13

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice14peace and healing through the mediumof dance. Grant supports the expansion oftheir youth-oriented and multi-generationalprograms, and their artist apprenticeshipprogram. $6,000 purplemoondance.orgQueer Radical Voices (Berkeley, CA) is a collectiveof LGBTQ radio activists who produce anddistribute in-depth radio programs rich in gender,race, class and queer/trans visibility. $7,000Satrang (Los Angeles, CA) Grant will helpfight isolation and build visibility of the South AsianLGBTIQ community in Los Angeles via an educationalworkshop and a new communicationsstrategy. Satrang recently marked two milestones—agroundbreaking South Asian LGBTIQneeds assessment survey and an historic queerprocession in Little India. $10,000 satrang.orgTenth Muse Productions (San Francisco, CA)For the development, production and promotionof the opera Juana, including buildingcommunity awareness about the story’shistorical relevance to lesbian empowerment,religious freedom and feminism. $6,000The Dancing Tree (Berkeley, CA) For SinsInvalid, a multi-media program in which artistswith disabilities present work that explores andexplodes notions of the disabled body, beauty andsexuality using poetry, spoken word, film and dance.$10,000 thedancingtree.orgTransgender Law Center (San Francisco,CA) For the 4th Annual Transgender LeadershipSummit (Spring 2009) for transgender activiststo build skills and networks, and energizecapacity for statewide rights-based actions.$10,000 transgenderlawcenter.orgTriangle Speakers (Santa Cruz, CA) For theSpeakers Bureau, a team of over 200 trainedvolunteer LGBT people and family memberswho provide workshops and presentationsaddressing fear and discrimination againstLGBT people to K–12 schools, colleges,government and faith-based institutions.$6,000 trianglespeakers.orgWomen of Color Resource Center (Oakland,CA) For the production of Do Tell—UntoldStories of Queer Women in the US Military,documenting lesbian and women of colorexperiences in the military through digitalstorytelling. The Center works with women ofcolor veterans who are supporting each otherin healing from military service and takingleadership in speaking out for peace. JoyceWarshow Fund for the Promotion of Women’sMedia Production. $10,000 coloredgirls.orgSOUTH/SOUTHWESTCenter for Artistic Revolution (North LittleRock, AR) combines education and organizingskills with creativity and cultural work tobuild stronger communities. CAR conductsdirect action campaigns and facilitates communityexchanges across Arkansas on LGBTQQIissues, immigration and the death penalty.See page 12. $10,000 artisticrevolution.orgDesiree Alliance (Henderson, NV) createsspace for sex workers and allies to present aunited front to defend sex workers’ human, laborand civil rights. A coalition of community groups,the Alliance is committed to grassroots leadershiprepresenting diverse sex worker communities.Grant supports the attendance of LBT sex workersof color at the 2008 national bi-annual conferenceof sex workers’ rights organizers in Chicago.$7,000 desireealliance.orgJuneteenth Legacy Theatre (Kentucky/NewYork) is the longest continuously operatingBlack theater arts organization in Louisvilleand the only professional Black theater companyin Kentucky. Juneteenth, which expandedto New York City in 2002, empowers artists byproducing works about the African Americanexperience—inclusive of LGBT communities.$6,500 juneteenthlegacytheatre.comJuvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (NewOrleans, LA) For the GLBTQ Youth Project’sproduction and distribution of a report on theexperiences of incarcerated GLBTQ youth inLouisiana, including recommendations forimproving prison conditions. $6,000 jjpl.orgThe Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival(Colorado Springs, CO) For the 9th Annual FilmFestival. PPLFF makes international GLBTIfilms available to audiences in the Rocky Mountainregion, home to bastions of the politicalRight Wing. $4,000 pplff.orgVox Rising! (Jamestown, CO) is a free alternativeschool and safe-space feminist theater foryouth. Grant supports production of two youthrunmulti-media shows. $4,000 voxfeminista.orgZami (Decatur, GA) empowers lesbians ofAfrican descent through advocacy, education,leadership development, scholarship funds andcultural activities. Grant supports Zami’s collaborationwith the Los Angeles-based black lesbianplaywright Joy Shani A’Che, who is bringing hertheater production to Atlanta. $4,000 zami.orgU.S. MULTI-YEAR MOVEMENT-BUILDING INITIATIVEIn 2006, Astraea initiated a multi-yeargrantmaking program in the U.S..Grants are made to organizations that demonstratesignificant movement, leadershipand creative community organization strategiesfor social change within and beyond

Left: Elaine Gan, Astraea Visual Arts Fund granteeCenter: Sylvia Rivera Law Project CollectiveRight: Sistahs of the Drum perform at Purple MoonDance Project eventBelow: Suzanne Pharr, Organizer, Strategist and AuthorLGBTI communities. Each of the following isa 3-year grant totaling $150,000 ($50,000per year). Additionally, each of the followingorganizations participate in strategic Astraeaconvenings where they share experiences,strategies and build skills to forward theirorganizational and movement efforts.ALLGO (Austin, TX) is the nation’s onlystatewide queer, multi-racial, people-of-colororganization working to create and sustain astatewide network of queer activists, organizationsand allies. Grant supports developmentof statewide action teams on issues including:immigrant rights and HIV/AIDS; an annualstatewide convening of queer people of coloractivists/organizations; and infrastructuredevelopment to enhance their ability to serve astatewide constituency. (Second year) allgo.orgAffinity Community Services (Chicago,IL) combines community organizing with serviceprovision to address issues of health and socialconsciousness-raising within the African Americanlesbian and bisexual women’s community. Based inChicago’s predominantly African American SouthSide, Affinity’s work includes: providing educationon issues relating to healthcare access; social justiceadvocacy; coordination of a drop-in center; andpartnerships with other social justice organizations.(First year) affinity95.orgAudre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) is thenation’s only community organizing center ledby and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit,transgender and gender-non-conformingcommunities of color. Grant supports community-basedstrategies to address violence, aswell as organizing work around transgenderemployment, immigrant rights and HIV/AIDS.(Second year) alp.orgEsperanza Peace and Justice Center (SanAntonio, TX) is a multi-issue, grassrootssocial justice and cultural organization with ahistory of organizing San Antonio’s progressivecommunities in the midst of significant rightwingattacks. Grant supports the developmentof a coalition of organizations in San Antonioand South Texas, as well as the Puentes de PoderCommunity School, to build a core of trainedorganizers and activists in southern Texas.(Third year) esperanzacenter.orgFIERCE (New York, NY) is a communityorganizing project for transgender, lesbian,gay, bisexual, two spirit, queer and questioningyouth of color in New York City. FIERCE uses amix of leadership development, political educationand campaign development to organizearound critical issues including employment,education, violence and access to public space.(Third year) fiercenyc.orgNational Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance(Washington, DC) is a federation of LGBTAsian American, South Asian and PacificIslander organizations. Through advocacyand leadership trainings, they expand theorganizing capacity of local LGBT API groups,enhance local grassroots networks and build anational alliance to further a collective socialchange agenda. (First year) nqapia.orgQueers for Economic Justice (New York, NY)was founded by members of the QEJ Network,a coalition for advocacy and education aboutqueer poverty issues. Led by queer peopledirectly impacted by poverty, QEJ promoteseconomic justice in a context of sexual andgender liberation through grassroots organizing,public education, advocacy and research.(First year) q4ej.orgQueer Women of Color Media Arts Project(San Francisco, CA) creates and promotesfilmmaking in queer women of color communitiesto include their voices in the socialchange movement. QWOCMAP conducts afree, 16-week film training program; holdsfilm screenings in collaboration with community-basedorganizations; organizes panels;and hosts an Annual Queer Women of ColorFilm Festival. (First year) qwocmap.orgastraeafoundation.org15

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice16Southerners on New Ground (Durham,NC) builds progressive movements across theSouth by integrating work against racism, sexismand economic injustice into LGBT organizing,and anti-homophobia work into other freedomstruggles in the South. SONG’s programs concentrateon leadership development and createcritical spaces for progressive LGBT leaders tobuild effective organizing strategies in the South.(Third year) southernersonnewground.orgTransgender, Gender Variant and IntersexJustice Project (Oakland, CA) works to end humanrights abuses committed against transgender,gender variant/genderqueer and intersex peoplein California prisons and those outside the state.Recognizing that poverty resulting from pervasivediscrimination and marginalization of TGIpeople is a major underlying cause of why TGIpeople end up in prison, the group addresses humanrights abuses against TGI prisoners throughcommunity organizing and direct services.(Third year) tgijp.orgU.S. EMERGENCY FUNDAstraea’s Emergency Fund is a rapid-responsegrantmaking mechanism, providing timelysupport for organizations to address urgentand strategic political opportunities andcrises affecting LGBTI communities.Peoples’ Justice (New York, NY) For citywidemobilization and education around the Sean Bellpolice brutality case, and other cases of police andstate violence facing people of color, immigrant andLGBTST communities. $5,000U.S. MOVEMENT RESOURCE FUNDAstraea’s Movement Resource Fundprovides grants to enhance the capacityand effectiveness of LGBTI organizationsto engage in movement-building work.Grants are generally provided in three areas:Technical Assistance, Travel and Peer-to-PeerLearning and Historic Convenings.Technical AssistanceALLGO (Austin, TX) For communications andfundraising strategies. See page 15. $10,000Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) Grantsupports the organization’s strategic planningprocess. See page 15. $10,000Committee on Women, Population and theEnvironment (Atlanta, GA) is a multi-racial allianceof feminist activists, health practitioners andscholars. Committed to promoting the social andeconomic empowerment of women in a context ofglobal peace and justice, CWPE works to eliminatepoverty, inequality, racism and environmentaldegradation. Grant supports the organization’sstrategic planning process. $5,000FIERCE (New York, NY) For completion of theorganization’s strategic planning process.See page 15. $2,800Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project(San Francisco, CA) Grant supports fundraisingtraining for staff, the first board-staff organizationalretreat and leadership developmentactivities. See page 15. $10,000Southerners on New Ground (Durham, NC)For the development of an innovative fundraisingand base-building strategy. See above. $10,000Transgender, Gender Variant and IntersexJustice Project (San Francisco, CA) For theirleadership transition plan and related strategicplanning. See above. $10,000Unid@s—The National LGBT Latina/o HumanRights Organization (Austin, TX) Forthe organization’s first strategic planning process.Unid@s is a newly established organization usingadvocacy, education and convenings to bringtogether Latina/o LGBT organizations and individualsfrom the U.S. and Puerto Rico. $10,000Travel and Peer-to-Peer LearningAudre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) Fortravel to the National Network of Immigrant andRefugee Rights National Conference in Houston,TX. See page 15. $2,000Esperanza Peace and Justice Center (SanAntonio, TX) Grant supports a 10-membercultural exchange and political education tripto 4 cities in México. See page 15. $2,000FIERCE (New York, NY) Grant supports theirparticipation in Transforming Justice: Ending theMass Imprisonment of Transgender and GenderNon-Conforming People, a conference held inOakland, CA, and in a national action coordinatedby the Right to the City Alliance in Miami,FL, in June 2008. See page 15. $4,800Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project(San Francisco, CA) Grant supports exchangevisits with LGBT organizations engaged inimmigrants’ rights work in Austin, TX, andNew York, NY. See page 15. $2,000Sylvia Rivera Law Project (New York, NY)For travel to and participation in TransformingJustice, a conference held in Oakland, CA.See page 11. $1,200

Left: Anne Tamar-Mattis, Advocates for Informed ChoiceCenter: Southerns on New Ground staff and membersRight: Alicia Gaspar de Alba (l), co-librettist, and CarlaLucero, composer and co-librettist, Tenth Muse ProductionsBelow: Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic JusticeTrangender, Gender Variant and IntersexJustice Project (San Francisco, CA) Forparticipation in the 2009 U.N. review of U.S.compliance with the Durban Declaration andProgramme of Action, which came out of theDurban Conference Against Racism.See page 16. $2,000Zami (Decatur, GA) For travel to, and participationin, the National Black Lesbian Conference,hosted by the Zuna Institute in Las Vegas, NV.See page 14. $2,000Grant supports travel to and participation inthe Power of Us 2008, hosted by the NationalBlack Justice Coalition.Colorado Anti-Violence Program (Denver,CO) is a state-wide organization working toincrease services available to survivors ofviolence, and end violence within and againstLGBTQ communities. $1,113GRIOT Circle (Brooklyn, NY) See page 19.$2,164National Youth Advocacy Coalition(Washington, DC) $1,696Old Lesbians Organizing for Change(Athens, OH) See page 13. $1,817Zuna Institute (Sacramento, CA)See below. $1,743Grants for participation in Raising Change2008 and Astraea’s one-day meeting of U.S.Multi-Year Movement Building InitiativeGrantees. (See pages 15–16 for descriptions.)Affinity Community Services (Chicago, IL)$3,000ALLGO (Austin, TX) $2,500Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) $3,000FIERCE (New York, NY) $3,000National Queer Asian Pacific IslanderAlliance (Washington, DC) $3,500Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project(San Francisco, CA) $250Queers for Economic Justice (New York, NY)$3,000Southerners on New Ground (Durham, NC)$3,000Transgender, Gender Variant and IntersexJustice Project (San Francisco, CA) $300ConveningsNational Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance(Washington, DC) For a training and issue briefingfor leaders of LGBT API organizations to enhancelocal grassroots organizing and build organizationalinfrastructure and capacity. See page 15. $10,000Tongues/Que Viva (Los Angeles, CA) For athree-day meeting to address issues of queerwomen of color in debates related to immigrationreform, healthcare initiatives and localorganizing. $5,000 tonguesla.orgTwo Spirit Press Room (Minneapolis, MN) Forthe 20th Anniversary of the International TwoSpirit Gathering. See page 13. $2,000Zuna Institute (Sacramento, CA) For the NationalBlack Lesbian Conference, including a leadershipsummit for leaders of local Black lesbian organizationsand communities. $7,500 zunainstitute.orgU.S. COLLABORATIVE GRANTSU.S. Collaborative Grants are issued toorganizations with whom we work inpartnership.Applied Research Center (New York, NY) Fortravel to workshops on race and sexuality for theFacing Race conference, held in November 2008 inOakland, CA. $5,000 arc.orgAudre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) For sponsorshipof the 2008 Power We Have communitycelebration event. See page 15. $1,000 alp.orgFIERCE (New York, NY) For general support, aspart of the Lynn Campbell Award for OutstandingLeadership, presented at the Astraea 30th AnniversaryGala. $5,000 An additional grant supportsorganizing for the young lesbians charged in theJersey 4 case. $1,600astraeafoundation.org17

Empowering Latina LBTQ Women in CHICAGOAmigas Latinas memberparticipates in Chicago Pride.Astraea18AMIGAS LATINASamigaslatinas.orgAmigas Latinas (Chicago, Illinois) is the only organization in Chicago focused exclusively on the Latina LBTQ community. Their comprehensive needsassessment, Proyecto Latina Survey, revealed a population enduring oppression, violence and discrimination in staggering and disproportionate numbers.Amigas is intent on creating change using this newfound data. They are engaging service providers and government officials with hopes of procuring newand vital services. They are empowering Latina LBTQ women to learn and practice healthy behaviors; and they have partnered with the Lesbian CommunityCancer Project on breast and cervical cancer workshops. Through youth and senior groups, children’s picnics and bowling nights, Amigas is helping to healfamilies fractured by pervasive and deep-rooted homo- and trans-phobia. This year, the group marked its thirteenth anniversary by shoring up its infrastructure: itincreased the hours of its first staff member; secured its first office space; and hired its first web designer. To be sure, Amigas is in it for the long haul.Photo courtesy of Amigas Latinas

Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training(Oakland, CA) For sponsorship of Raising Change2008 and for conference registration for 19 representativesfrom Astraea’s Movement-Buildinggrantee partner organizations.$7,565 grassrootsfundraising.orgGRIOT Circle (Brooklyn, NY) In honor ofRegina Shavers, grant supports this intergenerationaland culturally diverse communityorganization addressing the needs of LGBTelders, particularly elders of color. $1,000An additional grant supports GRIOT Circle’s12th Anniversary Event. $500 griot.orgHighlander Research and Education Center(New Market, TN) For the 75th Anniversaryof Highlander’s work for social and economicjustice in Appalachia and the South.$2,000 highlandercenter.orgKhushDC (Washington, DC) For their SecondAnnual Women’s History Month Event,Dancing at the Intersections: UnderstandingGender Variance in South Asian LGBTQ Communities.$500 khushdc.orgSylvia Rivera Law Project (New York, NY)For their 5th Anniversary event. See page 11.$250Women of Color Resource Center (Oakland, CA)For the 9th Annual Sisters of Fire Awards. $1,000U.S. PHILANTHROPIC GRANTSU.S. Philanthropic Grants are issued tophilanthropic entities with whom we workin partnership.Disability Funders Network (Midlothian,VA) For institutional membership.$1,667 disabilityfunders.orgFunders for Lesbian and Gay Issues (NewYork, NY) For institutional membership.$2,000 An additional grant is for productionof the 2007 Report on LGBTI Grantmaking inthe Global South and East.$5,000 lgbtfunders.orgGrantmakers Without Borders (Boston,MA) For institutional membership.$1,000 internationaldonors.orgGrants Managers Network (Metairie, LA)For institutional membership.$250 gmnetwork.orgGrassroots Institute for Fundraising Training(Oakland, CA) General support. $500 grassrootsfundraising.orgInternational Human Rights FundersGroup (New York, NY) For institutional membership.$1,000 hrfunders.orgMaking Money Make Change (San Francisco,CA) For their 10th Anniversary conference.$2,000 makingmoneymakechange.orgNorth Star Fund (New York, NY) For their 2008Community Gala. $1,000 northstarfund.orgRESIST, Inc. (Somerville, MA) For their 40thAnniversary Event. $1,000 resistinc.orgWomen’s Funding Network (San Francisco, CA)For institutional membership. $2,500 wfnet.orgASTRAEA VISUAL ARTS FUNDThe Astraea Visual Arts Fund promotesthe work of contemporary lesbian visualartists who show artistic merit and shareAstraea’s commitment to LGBTI visibilityand social justice. Each year, three grantsof $2,500 are awarded to artists workingin an array of media including sculpture,painting, prints, mixed media and workson paper. Two grants are supported byan endowed gift from founding motherand artist Joan Watts. A third grant ismade possible by Skip’s Sappho Fund,established at Astraea by a bequest fromSkip Neal, a lesbian artist. The awards aredetermined by a distinguished panel of artistsand art professionals.Jess Dunn (Albuquerque, NM) is an installationbasedvisual artist and landscape designer. Her artfocuses on ecological sustainability—generatingconversations where the familiar opposition of natureand culture is reworked in fragile, hybrid andintensely corporeal ways. Her three-dimensionaland installation projects speak to how humanpopulations intersect and transect natural worlds.astraeafoundation.org19

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice20Elaine Gan (New York, NY) was born andraised in Manila and works primarily in the publicdomain seeking to reconfigure urban spaces, socialroles and popular images. Her work exposes institutionalizednetworks of hierarchy and privilege thatbind certain people together as much as discriminateviolently (often invisibly) against others.amey gee (Minneapolis, MN) Astraea hashonored amey’s request to print an unedited versionof her bio: The genesis of the Art is Spiritualand was the Soul’s Sole Way to connect andRay!connect with niece Tali, then preliterate when2 oceanSeparated us from face-to-face phase ofintHerActions. The Art was thus born and theTreatment RaySisTant DeePressin (TRD) was thusborne if but barely over the last 3.5 decades. I haveexhibited at multiple! Juried and curated RxHibitsand received a Very Special Arts Minnesota ArtistsRecognition Grant in 2005 and the ConsumerSurvivor Network minigrants in 2006 and 2007.Honorable Mention: Caitlin Rose-Applegate(Lincoln, NE) creates sculptures that explorethe ways that we define ourselves for others andwhat happens when pretense is stripped away.LESBIAN WRITERS FUNDThe Lesbian Writers Fund provides grants toemerging lesbian poets and fi ction writersacross the U.S.. Grants are determined by apanel of judges. This year, the Fund awardeda total of $26,600 to 12 women whosework shows extraordinary promise in thearenas of fi ction and poetry. A portion ofthese awards was made possible by Skip’sSappho Fund at Astraea.FictionRacquel Goodison (New York, NY) minesthe memories of her Jamaican childhood forher writing. She is currently finishing herPhD while working as a high school Englishteacher. She has been a Glimmertrain FictionOpen finalist and a recipient of a summerscholarship from the Fine Arts Work Center inProvincetown, MA. Goodison is in the processof completing her first collection of stories.$10,000Finalists: Rebecca Chekouras (San Francisco,CA) and Brandy T. Wilson (Tallahassee, FL)$1,500 eachHonorable Mentions: emily m. danforth(Lincoln, NE); Maggie McKnight (Iowa City,IA); Maida Tilchen (Somerville, MA) $100 eachPoetryStacie Cassarino (Brooklyn, NY) has receivednumerous awards including the 2005 Discovery/The Nation prize, and was a 2007 finalist forthe Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award. Currently, sheteaches literature, creative writing and culturalstudies at Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn,NY, and Middlebury College in Middlebury,VT. She will be pursuing a PhD in English atUCLA in Fall 2008. $10,000Finalists: Niki Herd, Skip’s Sappho Award(Tuscon, AZ) and gabrielle s. jesiolowski(Portland, ME) $1,500 eachHonorable Mentions: Zaedryn Meade(Brooklyn, NY); Luiza Flynn-Goodlett(Nashville, TN); Nancy Kathleen Pearson(Wellfleet, MA) $100 eachMARGOT KARLE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDThe Margot Karle Scholarship Fund wasestablished to honor the life of Margot,who made signifi cant contributions to thestruggle for human rights. The Margot KarleScholarship is available to full-time, femaleundergraduate students attending a CityUniversity of New York (CUNY) school.Nickkita Ramnine (Brooklyn, NY) is a WestIndian immigrant studying Anthropology,Women’s Studies and Sociology. An athlete, peereducator and community organizer, Nickkita’spassion for social justice inspires her to workwith queer youth, women and people living withHIV/AIDS. Nickkita would like to continue thiswork both in the U.S. and internationally. $1,000U.S. DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS & GRANTSAstraea’s Donor-Advised Fund programenables donors to establish a fund at Astraeathrough which they may recommend specificorganizations or projects for support. Astraeastaff also work with donors to identifyorganizations in need of support whose workmatches the interests of the donor.Heller-Bernard FundAnderson Gold Films (Brooklyn, NY) For theproduction of PASSIONATE POLITICS Pass, afilm about Charlotte Bunch. $5,000Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY) Fortheir 10th Anniversary. See page 15. $10,000The Feminist Press (New York, NY) Generalsupport. $1,000 feministpress.orgCharis Circle (Atlanta, GA) General support.$9,000 over three years. chariscircle.orgGRIOT Circle (Brooklyn, NY) General support.See page 19. $10,500 over three years.Mautner Project (Washington, DC)General support. $10,500 over three years.mautnerproject.orgNational Black Justice Coalition (Washington,DC) For their 2008 Power of Us conference inWashington, DC. $5,000 nbjcoalition.org

Left: Jess Dunn, Astraea Visual Arts Fund granteeCenter: At Your Cervix promotional postcardRight: QWOCMAP Film Festival panelOld Lesbians Organizing for Change (Athens,OH) General support. See page 13.$9,000 over three years.Southerners on New Ground (Durham, NC)General support. See page 16.$10,500 over three years.Marsha Day Memorial FundLong Island Crisis Center (Bellmore, NY)Supporting a summer camp for underresourcedLGBT young people.$750 longislandcrisiscenter.orgNorth Fork Women for Women Fund(Greenport, NY) For the HelpHer program,providing practical assistance to lesbians facinghealth-related crises. $1,000 nfwfwf.orgMiscellaneous Donor-Advised FundSan Francisco Dyke March (San Francisco,CA) For the Senior/Disabled Cable Car of theSan Francisco Dyke March.$1,000 thedykemarch.orgPass the Butter FundCoalition on Homelessness, San Francisco(San Francisco, CA) General support.$1,500 cohsf.orgPurple Lady FundEquality California Institute (San Francisco,CA) For the Let California Ring campaign. $250Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation(Los Angeles, CA) General support. $250Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network(New York, NY) General support. $1,000Horizons Foundation (San Francisco, CA)General support. $250Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund(New York, NY) General support. $2,500National Center for Lesbian Rights (SanFrancisco, CA) General support. $2,750National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation(Washington, DC) General support. $2,250Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays(Washington, DC) General support. $500Service Members Legal Defense Network(Washington, DC) General support. $500That All May Freely Serve (Rochester, NY)General support. $1,000Right Action FundACLU Foundation (New York, NY) For theLGBT and AIDS Project. $1,000Bread for the Journey International (MillValley, CA) General support. $1,000Changemakers Project (San Francisco, CA)General support. $500Community Foundation of Santa CruzCounty (Soquel, CA) For the endowed DiversityPartnership Fund for grants to LGBT-servingorganizations in the County. $1,000Ms. Foundation for Women (New York, NY)General support. $5,000National Center for Lesbian Rights (SanFrancisco, CA) General support. $2,500Santa Fe Community Foundation (Santa Fe,NM) Grant supports their general endowment.$5,000 An additional grant supportstheir Lesbian and Gay Community PartnershipEndowment. $10,000Roots and Wings FundChildren’s Music Network (Evanston, IL)General support. $500Lambda Legal Defense and EducationFund (New York, NY) General support. $500Lesbian Herstory Archives (New York, NY)General support. $500National Center for Lesbian Rights(San Francisco, CA) General support. $3,000National Women’s Health Network(Washington, DC) General support. $500The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and TransgenderCommunity Center (New York, NY) Generalsupport. $1,500astraeafoundation.org21

ASTRAEA’S INTERNATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAMAstraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice22THIS YEAR ASTRAEA ISSUED ATOTAL OF $978,175 TO 95 LGBTIHUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIALCHANGE ORGANIZATIONS BASEDIN 65 CITIES AND TOWNS IN 46COUNTRIES.The International Grants Programincludes:• International Fund Panel Grants• Social Change Opportunity Fund• International Emergency Fund• International Movement Resource Fund• International Collaborative Fund• International Philanthropic Fund• International Donor-Advised GrantsINTERNATIONAL FUND PANELGRANTSInternational Fund Panel Grants aredetermined by a panel of activists withexpertise in the specifi c regions eligible forfunding. An International Advisory Board,comprised primarily of activists livingand organizing in the regions we fund,also provides signifi cant input and guidancein our grants process. This year, theInternational Fund Panel issued a total of$469,831 to 74 organizations based in55 towns and cities across 40 countries.AFRICAAlternatives-Cameroun (Douala, Cameroon)Grant is for research, public education andelectronic media work related to an antihomophobiacampaign throughout Cameroon.$5,000Botswana Network on Ethics, Law andHIV/AIDS—Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexualsof Botswana Project (Gabarone, Botswana)Grant supports their Human Rights and HIVprogram, which educates the communitythrough monthly radio shows and biweeklynewspaper ads. $6,000 legabibo.org.bwCollectif Arc-En-Ciel (Quatre Bornes, Mauritius)Grant supports staffing and operation costs fortheir drop-in center—the only LGBT center in thecountry—and for the development of communityeducation and organizing materials. $4,000Freedom and Roam Uganda (Kampala,Uganda) Grant is for rent, staff salaries, a sportsclub and an advocacy program encouraging localpolicy makers and women’s rights groups tosupport lesbian rights. $10,000 faruganda.orgGender DynamiX (Athlone, South Africa)Grant is for community outreach, researchand advocacy on behalf of transgender issuesin South Africa, and for the development oftransgender awareness and leadership inother parts of the African continent.$5,000 genderdynamix.org.zaHorizons Community Association (Kigali,Rwanda) Grant supports Horizon’s first officespace, as well as community education andadvocacy for the defense of LGBTI people inRwanda. $5,000Icebreakers Uganda (Kampala, Uganda) isthe only youth-specific LGBT organization inUganda. Grant supports training and communityoutreach, human rights advocacy andHIV prevention work, and the development ofa website. $5,000Lambda-Mozambique Association for SexualMinority Rights (Maputo, Mozambique)Grant helps to challenge the morality laws thateffectively criminalize those who transgresssexual and gender norms, and supportscommunity education about LGBT people.$7,000 lambda.org.mz

Left: Helem membersCenter: Kontra logoRight: La Serafina’s new buildingBelow: GSRAT membersSMUG—Sexual Minorities Uganda (Kampala,Uganda) Grant supports this coalition of fourLGBT groups to develop local strategy and coordinateemergency support for activists persecutedfor their human rights advocacy.$9,961 sexualminoritiesuganda.orgSouth African Youth Liberating Organisation(Estcourt, South Africa) Grant supports trainingand education on sexual orientation and diversity,human rights and HIV/AIDS prevention forschool staff and students in rural areas. $5,000Tanzania Lesbian Association (Dar Es Salaam,Tanzania) Grant supports lesbian human rightsmonitoring and their lesbian-led “clean-up”project addressing local government neglect ofthe environment. $10,000AMERICASAireana—Grupo por los Derechos delas Lesbianas (Asunción, Paraguay) Grantsupports weekly consciousness-raising andleadership meetings and campaigns pressingfor a national anti-discrimination law; andan Inter-American convention on sexual andreproductive rights. $10,000Asamblea Feminista (La Paz, Bolivia) Grantsupports expenses associated with this lesbianfeminist group’s refurbishing of the Carcajadasfeminist coffeehouse, and for traveling communityorganizing sessions throughout Bolivia.$5,000Associaçao Lésbica de Minas (BeloHorizonte, Brazil) Grant supports this Blacklesbian organization’s mobilization of womento strengthen multi-issue social movements,and build community knowledge on the newnational domestic violence law.$7,000 alem.org.brAsociación ALFIL (Quito, Ecuador) Grantsupports this transgender-led organization’sconsciousness-raising work on genderidentity, sexual orientation and sexual healththrough theater and peer outreach. $5,000Asociación Queretana de Educación paralas Sexualidades Humanas (Querétaro,México) Grant supports staffing, travel,advocacy meetings and education materialsassociated with the group’s anti-homophobiacampaign in five rural towns.$6,000 mx.geocities.com/aquesex_acCentro de Documentaçao e InformaçaoCoisa De Mulher (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Grant supports the lesbian art and cultureproject of COLERJ, CEDOICOM’s program forBlack lesbians. Projects include Brazil’s firstnational lesbian short story and essay contest,a performance exhibition and a magazine.$5,000 coisademulher.org.brColectiva Feminista “La Revuelta” (Neuquén,Argentina) Grant supports La DiversidadSexual en el Cine, a lesbian film festival andfilmmaking project. $5,000Colectiva Lesbo Muro Activista La Perlita(Santiago, Chile) Grant supports lesbian socialactivism tools including the purchase of aprinting press and the creation of InformaLES,an independent news bulletin that seeks tocounteract mainstream media’s silence on issuesof marginalized communities nationwide.$7,000 fotolog.com/laperlitaColectivo de Investigación Acción en DerechoTrans-Familia Galán (La Paz, Bolivia)Grant supports the establishment of Bolivia’sfirst center for transgender activists andacademics. $6,000astraeafoundation.orgastraeafoundation.org23X

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice24Colectivo Sentimos Diverso (Bogotá,Colombia) Grant supports staffing and officecosts for this organization serving LGBTyouth. $5,000Coordinadora Universitaria por la DiversidadSexual (Santiago, Chile) Grant supportsthis organization of public university studentsin their efforts to engage the student communityon sexual diversity issues and todevelop anti-discrimination policies in publicuniversities. $6,000 cuds.clCorporación Triangulo Negro (Bogotá,Colombia) Grant supports planning for thesecond Sexually Diverse Women’s Summit, andstrengthening the organization’s new chapterin Barranquilla, a conservative town in Colombia.$7,000 triangulonegro.orgDesalambrando Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires,Argentina) In an effort to decrease intimatepartner violence among lesbians in Argentinaand throughout Latin America, grant supportscommunity education, direct services, researchand advocacy. $9,000La Casa del Encuentro (Buenos Aires,Argentina) Grant supports Carpa CallejeraMensual, a lesbian traveling tent visitingmarginalized areas in and around BuenosAires to organize women against sexist andlesbophobic prejudice and violence.$5,000 lacasadelencuentro.com.arFortaleciendo la Diversidad (San Luis Potosí,México) Grant supports this organization oftransgender women’s peer-to-peer Know YourRights training, human rights monitoring withsex workers, and advocacy efforts with localpolice authorities. $6,000Fundación de Desarrollo Humano IntegralCAUSANA (Quito, Ecuador) Grant supportsthe Lesbianas Alzando la Voz project, whichseeks to develop lesbian leadership and activeinvolvement in Ecuador’s current constitutionalprocess through workshops, actionsand summits. $5,000Futuro Transgenérico (Buenos Aires,Argentina) Grant supports this transgendersex workers’ organization, which uses art andculture as a tool for community-buildingand organizing. Grant will also assist in thedevelopment of alternative income-generationprojects for its members. $8,000Grupo Afirmativo de Mulheres Independentesdo RN (Natal, Brazil) Grant supportsefforts to: engage lesbian and bisexual womenin developing a lesbian feminist identity; preventHIV/AIDS in light of the tourism-drivensex work industry in the area; and strategizealternative income-generating activities.$6,000Grupo de Mujeres de la Argentina (BuenosAires, Argentina) Grant works to improveconditions of incarcerated LBT women inArgentina’s prison system. Grant also supportscosts of sexual health print and multimediamaterials, and office expenses. $5,000Grupo de Mujeres Safo (Managua, Nicaragua)Grant is for general support, workshop facilitatorsand a temporary shelter for women fleeingfamily abuse due to their sexual orientation. Theorganization, part of a visible LGBT coalition,can be credited for passage of a new countrypenal code decriminalizing homosexuality.$7,000Grupo Transas do Corpo (Goiânia, Brazil)Grant supports the development of the lesbianfeminist group Lilases, serving young womenin the state of Goiás, in central western Brazil.$5,000Instituto Runa de Desarrollo y Estudiossobre Género (Lima, Perú) Grant supportsthis organization’s transgender rights trainingproject for grassroots groups, the police forceand the auxiliary police in an area of hightrans-phobic violence. $6,000 runa.org.peLesbianas Independientes Feministas ySocialistas (Lima, Perú) Grant supports twopart-time staff, an office and outreach materialsfor this multi-issue lesbian organization.$4,000 lifsperu.blogspot.com

Left: Blue Diamond Society membersCenter: Aireana membersRight: Women’s Support Group membersBelow: Rauda Marcos, AswatMujeres al Borde (Bogotá, Colombia) Grantsupports the first physical space for this lesbianand bisexual women’s cultural group, as well asdevelopment of socially conscious film, theaterand community education workshops. Mujeresal Borde’s productions have won critical acclaimin independent art forums in Colombia andthroughout the Latin American region.$10,000 mujeresalborde.orgMujeres y Cultura Subterránea (Nezahualcoyotl,México) Grant supports promotion ofsexual health and sexual rights for low-incomelesbians through alternative art expression anddevelopment. $6,000Organización de Transexuales por laDignidad de la Diversidad (Rancagua, Chile)Grant supports advocacy for laws and policiesthat ensure the dignity and freedom of transgenderpeople in Chile.$6,000 hombrestransdechile.clRed de Respuesta Lésbica “Cattrachas”(Tegucigalpa, Honduras) Grant supports thislesbian network’s media and human rightsmonitoring program; public policy advocacy;and community-building work in regionsoutside the capital city. $8,000Rompiendo el Silencio (Santiago, Chile)Grant supports the launch of Chile’s first lesbianprint magazine by this media organization.$6,000 rompiendoelsilencio.clSindicato Nacional de Trabajadoras yTrabajadores Lesbianas, Gays, y BisexualesLuis Gauthier (Santiago, Chile) Grant supports a12-week course for low-income union leaders ongender, sexuality and power and their connectionsto labor and economic justice. The course developsLGBT allies among rank and file workers andbuilds peer support for LGBT workers. $6,000Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination(Georgetown, Guyana) Grantsupports this human rights advocacy andeducation organization’s fourth annual filmfestival, raising consciousness and visibilityof LGBT issues throughout the region.$5,000 geocities.com/sasod_guyanaTelemanita, A.C. (Tepoztlán, México) Grantsupports a project to train 16 lesbian activiststo use film as a tool for social change and totransfer a portion of their VHS archives intoDVD format. $5,000 telemanita.netTRANS-SER—Red de Apoyo a Transgeneristas(Bogotá, Colombia) Grant supportsthis multi-strategy network advocating forand serving transgender people in Colombia.$5,000 trans-ser.orgASIAArus Pelangi (Jakarta, Indonesia) Grantsupports a hotline, advocacy and communitymobilization, legal aid and support services forthe LGBT community in a religious-conservativeenvironment. $7,000 aruspelangi.or.idAwakening Foundation (Taipei, Taiwan)Grant supports this feminist organization’sVariform Family Law project, which seeksofficial redefinition of the concept of familyand diverse family forms.$4,000 awakening.org.twBlue Diamond Society (Kathmandu, Nepal)Grant supports opening centers for LBTwomen in all five geographic areas of Nepal aswell as developing services and advocacy toaddress sexism, lesbophobia and transphobia.See page 29. $6,000 bds.org.npChengdu Les’ Go (Chengdu, China) Grantsupports this lesbian organization’s mediaoutreach tools including a web forum, anonline broadcasting system, a permanentspace for community activities, and a libraryresource room. $4,000 ylh.netsh.com.cnastraeafoundation.org25

Fighting for LGBTIQ Human Rights and Visibility in BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINASvetlana Durkovic, Executive Director,Udruzenje Q/Organization QPhoto by Jennifer EinhornAstraea26UDRUZENJE Q/ORGANIZATION Q queer.ba/udruzenjeq/en/udruzenje.htmUdruzenje Q/Organization Q (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Bosnia-Herzegovina’s fi rst LGBTIQ group, has made signifi cant strides forLGBTIQ people with its HIV/AIDS photo exhibit, human rights work and studies documenting marginalization of intersex and queer students. “Whenwe fi rst opened our offi ce,” said Executive Director Svetlana Durkovic, “people would come and say, ‘This is the fi rst time I’ve felt such freedom.This is the fi rst time I feel like myself’.” To expand this safe space, Organization Q spent a year organizing the country’s fi rst Queer Sarajevo Festival.Upon learning that the festival coincided with a religious holiday, fundamentalist leaders claimed it was a direct provocation promoting “sick anddeviant behavior.” Organization Q was evicted from its offi ce and received terrifying death threats. At the opening ceremony, perpetrators enteredthe grounds infl icting violence. Chaos ensued and the space was closed. Determined to persevere, Organization Q transformed the programminginto a yearlong festival. The documentation project and seminars continue, and it has secured a new offi ce. There is too much at stake to stop now.

Common Language (Beijing, China) Grantis for hosting the 2008 Lala Camp Tour, atraveling leadership institute in five regionsof China. The group co-organized the historic2007 Lala Camp in southern China, whichconvened close to 100 LBT activists for thefirst time. $10,000 lalabar.comles + workshop (Beijing, China) Grantsupports the production and distributionof six issues of China’s only lesbianprint magazine, one of the most importantresources connecting the lesbian movement inthe country. $5,000 blog.sina.com.cn/lesplusNutongxueshe (Hong Kong) Grant supportscultural and public education; a website andwebcast station; and a popular tongzhi (LGBT)art exhibit designed to generate LGBT mediacoverage to combat Christian-fundamentalist–ledbacklash campaigns in Hong Kong.$5,000 leslovestudy.comPA/F Space (Tokyo, Japan) Grant is for therent and maintenance expenses of this lesbianledcultural center in Japan where LGBT people,feminists, immigrants and progressive activistsplan and celebrate social justice work.$6,000 pafnight.comRainbow Rights Project, Inc. (Manila,Philippines) Grant supports planning,implementation and resource materials forparticipants of this lesbian-led organization’sRainbow Exchanges/Dyke Dialogues—monthly discussion groups designed to spurlocal organizing. $7,000Rainbow Sky (Bangkok, Thailand) Grantsupports this LGBT group’s hiring of a parttimelesbian program coordinator, weeklymeetings, and leadership development sessionsfor 30 lesbians. $4,000 fasiroong.orgSappho for Equality (Kolkata, India) Grantsupports the Chetana Sexuality ResourceCenter, which offers: sexual rights educationand advocacy workshops; a psychological andlegal counseling hotline; youth mobilizationopportunities; and a leadership developmentprogram for lesbians, bisexual women andtrans people. $10,000 sapphokolkata.orgShanghai Nuai Lesbian Group (Shanghai,China) Grant is for general support of the firstlesbian organization in Shanghai and theiroral history project—one of four regularprograms designed to strengthen and supportthe local lesbian community. $5,000Women Coalition of HKSAR (Hong Kong)Grant supports this LBT women’s organization’spublic education and advocacy programs forthe rights of sexual minorities in cultural, legaland educational institutions in Hong Kong.$5,000 wchk.orgEASTERN EUROPE/COMMONWEALTHOF INDEPENDENT STATESExpanse of Gender and Media CultureCommon Zone (Zagreb, Croatia) Grant is forthis media arts organization’s production ofTransgenderosity—the first-ever documentaryabout transgender people and issues in theformer Yugoslavia. $7,000 cunterview.netFundacja Przestrzen Kobiet/Women’sSpace Foundation (Szczawnica, Poland)Grant supports office costs and communitytrainings throughout Poland for the antisexismand anti-homophobia work of thisfeminist organization.$5,000 przestrzenkobiet.blox.plGayten LGBT-Center for the Promotionof LGBT Human Rights (Belgrade, Serbia)Grant is for the first-ever trans-focusedprogram in Eastern Europe. The programcurrently includes a support group, a communityeducation forum and website development.$6,000 gay-serbia.comLabrisz Leszbikus Egyesület (Budapest,Hungary) Grant supports rent and maintenancecosts for Hungary’s only organizationfor lesbian and bisexual women.$7,000 labrisz.huLesbian Organization Rijeka LORI (Rijeka,Croatia) Grant is for this lesbian organization’spsychosocial support to lesbians and a campaignfor the acceptance of LGBTIQ people bytheir families. $6,000 lori.hrLezbijska Grupa Kontra (Zagreb, Croatia)Grant supports staffing and an upgradeof technological and financial systems forthis lesbian feminist organization. Via legal,media and policy advocacy, the group worksto defend and secure human rights for LGBTpeople in Croatia. $9,000 kontra.hrastraeafoundation.org27

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice28Museion (Bratislava, Slovakia) Grant supportsa national and regional LGBT activist networkand the establishment of Queer Forum, avehicle to introduce LGBT rights to the public.$8,000Novi Sad Lesbian Organization (Novi Sad,Serbia) Grant supports a three-day festival ofarts, culture and political education hosted bythis lesbian organization located in a non-urbanarea of Serbia. $5,000Qendra per Emancipim Shoqeror (Prishtina,Kosovo) Grant is for the first LGBT organizationin the newest country in the world todevelop a lesbian and bisexual women’s programto strengthen community and increasevisibility. $5,000 qesh-ks.orgQueer Beograd (Belgrade, Serbia) Grant supportsa four-day festival designed to addressthe invisibility of LGBT people in Belgradepublic spaces, where there have not been majorstreet gatherings since the violent pride event in2001. $5,000 queerbeograd.orgRromjako Ilo (Belgrade, Serbia) Grantsupports this feminist organization’s gender,sexuality and lesbian identity workshops—thefirst-ever effort to explicitly integrate lesbianissues into the Roma women’s rights agenda.$5,000Sbadnati Mechti (Blagoedgrav, Bulgaria)Grant supports the Equal Chance For All of Usproject to engage the local LGBT communityand educate local business and civic leaderson homophobia, LGBT issues and multipletypes of discrimination in this remote area ofSouthwestern Bulgaria.$4,000 sbadnatimechti@abv.bgSKUC-LL (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Grant supportsstaffing and office expenses for one of the oldestLGBT groups in Eastern Europe. For over twodecades, their LGBT library and archive projecthas served as a critical resource for the region’ssexual rights movement.$10,000 ljudmila.org/lesboUdruzenje Q/Organization Q (Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina) Grant is for generalsupport, as well as membership and communitybuilding.In the past year this LGBTIQ organizationengaged in a strategic planning process and workedto change the sexist and homophobic language oftextbooks used in Bosnian schools. See pages 26and 29. $10,000 queer.ba/udruzenje.htmMIDDLE EASTAswat—Palestinian Gay Women (Haifa,Israel) Grant supports organizing and advocacyactivities in Israel and the Middle East from aPalestinian, feminist, gay-women’s perspective,as well as the development of a long-term fundraisingstrategy. $10,000 aswatgroup.orgMeem—A Lesbian Community in Lebanon(Beirut, Lebanon) Grant is for the group’sfirst office space, a quarterly magazine and asurvival guide for lesbians.$5,000 meemgroup.orgSOCIAL CHANGE OPPORTUNITY FUNDThe Social Change Opportunity Fund is aninitiative providing multi-year support toLGBTI organizations with impressive trackrecords conducting timely social change workin their countries. Applications are solicitedfrom past recipients of Astraea’s InternationalFund Panel Grants. The grantee partnersbelow work on projects that promoteinstitutional and policy change.Behind the Mask (Johannesburg, South Africa)is internationally recognized as an extensivesource of reliable information on LGBTI affairsin Africa. Their local work includes educationalworkshops, job skills training and activism withthe black LGBTI population. The multi-yearfunds will support a regional communicationsinitiative in Francophone LGBTI communitiesby developing an investigative reportingprocess, journalism training and promotion ofa website. $80,000 over three years mask.org.za

Left: Coalition of African Lesbians logoCenter: Desdenosotras membersRight: Lala Camp (Organized by Common Language) participantsBelow: Kampania Prezeciw Homobii at Cracow March forToleranceBlue Diamond Society (Kathmandu, Nepal)Grant supports the Social Change ThroughMaking Constitution, Good Law and StatePolicies project, which will work to prohibitsexual orientation and gender identitydiscrimination in Nepal’s new permanentconstitution. The funding will also supportBDS’s legal strategies at the Supreme Courtlevel; their human rights abuses and mediacoverage monitoring; and coordination ofa regional South Asian LGBTIQ conference.$75,000 over two years bds.org.npColombia Diversa (Bogotá, Colombia) is aLGBT organization with national reach workingfor the full inclusion, recognition and mobilizationof LGBT people. Grant supports a unique,timely opportunity to mobilize large-scale policychange through constitutional work. $75,000over three years, completing year one, andadditional $17,000 increase this year. colombiadiversa.orgGrupo de Mujeres de la Argentina (BuenosAires, Argentina) defends the human rightsof incarcerated and institutionalized LGBTTpeople, and influences public officials ongender and sexual identity policy. Grantsupports work to protect LBTT women withchildren and to obtain appropriate genderhousing assignments for incarcerated travestisand trans people.$30,000 over two years grupodemujeres.org.arInstituto Runa de Desarrollo y Estudiossobre Género (Lima, Perú) promotes culturaldevelopment, human rights and sexual diversity,and social and economic justice in Perú, witha particular focus on young people, womenand trans communities. Grant supports thedevelopment of human rights training materialrelated to trans protection, targeting communityleaders and public officials.$40,000 over two years runa.org.peMulabi—Espacio Latinoamericano deSexualidades y Derechos (Buenos Aires,Argentina) Grant supports the timely publicationof books on intersexuality and intersectionality,as well as Mulabi’s participation in theSexual Rights Initiative, a project advocatingfor sexual rights in the international humanrights system. This year, Astraea supported theparticipation of Mulabi and nine other LGBTIorganizations in promoting LGBTI issues as partof the civil society within the Organization ofAmerican States. During the May 2008 GeneralAssembly, the 34 countries of the Americasapproved a historic resolution containing thewords “sexual orientation and gender identity.”This development is a significant step forward forinclusion in an Inter-American Convention AgainstRacism and All Forms of Discrimination.$75,000 over three years, completing year one,and additional $10,000 increase this year.See page 30. mulabi.orgUdruzenje Q/Organization Q (Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina) addresses socialexclusion, discrimination and hate speechagainst LGBTIQ people by working with theMinistry of Education and governmentaland school representatives. Grant supportsthe Create Open Minds project focusing onpolicies and systematic changes related totextbook content and the educational system.See page 26.$40,000 over two years queer.ba/udruzenje.htmWomen Coalition of HKSAR (Hong Kong)Grant supports their Family Diversity andFamily Policy Campaign, mobilizing the LGBTcommunity and allies to affect changes ingovernment agencies, mainstream media andfamily and social institutions.$30,000 over two years wchk.orgThe following are past SCOF awardees inthe process of completing their grants.Centre for Popular Education and HumanRights (Accra, Ghana) Completing year two ofa two-year, $30,000 grant. cepehrg.netastraeafoundation.org29

Combating Invisibility and Violence in LATIN AMERICAAndrés Rivera, director of the Organización deTransexuales por la Dignidad de las Diversidad, one ofthe more than 20 activists organized by Mulabi at theOrganization of American States meetingPhoto courtesy of MulabiAstraea30MULABI ESPACIO LATINOAMERICA DE SEXUALIDADES Y DERECHOSmulabi.orgThis year, the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution condemning human rights violations based on sexual orientation andgender identity. It was a monumental step, and one which will hopefully eradicate the deadening silence that surrounds violence plaguing LGBTIpeople in many parts of Latin America. The resolution would never have passed if not for Mulabi Espacio Latinoamerica de Sexualidades y Derechos(Buenos Aires, Argentina). Together with colleagues including IGLHRC and Global Rights, Mulabi helped provide advocacy and leadership trainingfor more than twenty activists who successfully negotiated with OAS members. This kind of direct and personal approach to activism is a cornerstone ofMulabi’s mission—generating visibility and programs for low-income trans and intersex people throughout Latin America. From México to Argentina,Chile to Nicaragua, Mulabi operates with a small staff, a small budget and no formal office space. Its recent campaign empowering adolescents whodon’t conform to stereotypical gender roles is helping to provide access to life-saving health, legal and educational services. See page 29.

Centro Para La Educación y Prevención delSida (Managua, Nicaragua) Completing year twoof a three-year, $75,000 grant. cepresi.org.niCoalition of African Lesbians (Boksburg,South Africa) Completing year two of a twoyear,$40,000 grant. See below and page 33.cal.org.zaGays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (Harare,Zimbabwe) Completing year three of a threeyear,$50,000 grant. galz.co.zwGender/Sexuality Rights Association ofTaiwan (Taipei, Taiwan) Completing year twoof a three-year, $75,000 grant. gsrat.netHELEM—Hemaya Lebnaneya Lil Milthayeen(Beirut, Lebanon) Completing yearthree of a three-year, $50,000 grant. helem.netJamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexualsand Gays (Kingston, Jamaica) Completing yeartwo of a two-year, $50,000 grant. jflag.orgKampania Przeciw Homofobii/CampaignAgainst Homophobia (Warsaw, Poland)Completing year one of a three-year, $75,000grant. kampania.org.plLezbijska Grupa Kontra (Zagreb, Croatia)See page 27. Completing year two of a threeyear,$75,000 grant.INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY FUNDAstraea’s International Emergency Fund isa rapid-response grantmaking mechanismthat provides timely support for organizationsto address urgent and strategic emergingpolitical opportunities and crises affectingLGBTI communities. Three grants totaling$9,500 have been omitted from this listingbecause of safety concerns for the grantees.SMUG—Sexual Minorities Uganda (Kampala,Uganda) Grant supports safe accommodationsand security measures for Rwandan LGBTI activistsfollowing a period of sensationalist Rwandanmedia exposure and arrests after an LGBTIconvening in Nairobi in September 2007. $5,000A second grant supports safety measures andlegal expenses for the court cases of 3 LGBTIhuman rights activists arrested for engaging ina peaceful protest at the 2008 HIV ImplementersMeeting in Uganda in June 2008. See page 23.$5,000The Independent Project for Equal Rights(Lagos, Nigeria) Grant supports a meeting ofdefendants, attorneys and organizations workingon LGBTI human rights to determine legal andorganizing strategies around the homophobicand transphobic arrests and trials of 18 youngmen in Bauchi, Nigeria. $10,000INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENTRESOURCE FUNDAstraea’s Movement Resource Fund (MRF)provides grants to enhance the capacityand effectiveness of LGBTI organizationsto engage in movement-building work.Grants are generally provided in fourareas: Technical Assistance; Travel andPeer-to-Peer Learning; Historic Convenings;and other movement-building infrastructure.Grantees of Astraea’s InternationalFund Panel are prioritized for MRF grants.Technical AssistanceAl-Qaws for Sexual and Gender Diversityin the Palestinian Society (Jerusalem, Israel)Grant supports organizational planning andpolitical education activities for their leadershipgroup, including a second exchange visit withHelem-Paris and a meeting with Arab LGBTIactivists. $10,000Coalition of African Lesbians (Boksburg,South Africa) Grant supports a meeting of organizationalleadership from across Africa todetermine a three-year operational plan basedon strategic priorities. See left. $6,535Travel and Peer-to-Peer LearningAireana—Grupo por los Derechos de lasLesbianas (Asunción, Paraguay) Grant supportsparticipation in a seminar promoting lesbian visibilityand human rights as part of the IX Meetingof Human Rights Authorities and Chancelleries ofMERCOSUR and Associate Status in Montevideo,Uruguay. See pages 23 and 32. $800astraeafoundation.org31

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice32Freedom and Roam Uganda (Kampala,Uganda) Grant supports participation of a sportsteam of 10 LGBTQI women and transgenderFAR-UG members in the August 2008 InternationalLesbian and Gay Football World Championshipsin London. See page 22. $2,000Mulabi—Espacio Latinoamericano deSexualidades y Derechos (Buenos Aires,Argentina) Grant supports participation in aLondon conference, Genital Cutting in a GlobalizedAge, as well as strategy meetings withkey stakeholders on the rights of people withintersex conditions. See pages 29 and 30.$780 mulabi.orgSolidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea(Seoul, Korea) Grant supports a learningexchange visit to New York City to meet withLGBTI social justice and HIV/AIDS organizations.$1,000Grants for travel and participation ofLGBTI organizations to promote LGBTIhuman rights at the May 2008 Organizationof American States General Assembly inMedellin, Colombia. See page 29.Aireana—Grupo por los Derechos de lasLesbianas (Asunción, Paraguay) See pages23 and 31. $1,758Corporación Promoción de la Mujer/Tallerde Comunicación Mujer (Quito, Ecuador)uses a feminist perspective to engage ineducational activities promoting lesbian andLGBTI rights. $933Instituto Runa de Desarrollo y Estudiossobre Género (Lima, Perú) See page 24. $978Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexualsand Gays (Kingston, Jamaica)See page 31. $1,342Mesa Joven por la Diversidad Sexual(Bogotá, Colombia) advocates for, and buildsthe capacity of, young people to participatein LGBTI movements. This grant supportedthree Colombian activists, from Mesa Joven,Lideres en Acción and Colectivo SentimosDiverso. $2,219Organización de Transexuales por laDignidad de la Diversidad (Rancagua, Chile)See page 25. $1,300Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination(Georgetown, Guyana)See page 25. $2,225United Belize Advocacy Movement (BelizeCity, Belize) works to reduce stigma againstLGBTI communities and people living withHIV/AIDS through educational and mediaactivities, advocacy and HIV/AIDS preventionprograms. $2,361ConveningsBeijing Aizhixing Institute (Beijing, China)Grant supports a strategic meeting of LGBTIactivists and organizations to develop andlaunch China’s first LGBTI Media Watch program.$3,000Coalition of African Lesbians (Boksburg,South Africa) Grant supports the InternationalDialogue on Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS,held in Johannesburg in December 2007, incollaboration with ARC International.See page 31. $7,500Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexualsand Gays (Kingston, Jamaica) Grant supportsthe regional Caribbean LGBT Human RightsNetwork meeting in Barbados in May 2008.See above and page 31. $10,000Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir—Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina) Grant supportsa national interdenominational summit onLGBTI rights. $6,000INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE FUNDInternational Collaborative Fund grants areissued to organizations with whom we workin partnership.Blue Diamond Society (Kathmandu, Nepal)Grant monies were raised at a fundraisingand educational event held in May 2007 inconjunction with BDS’s visit to New York,NY, to accept IGHLRC’s Felipa de Souzaaward. See page 29. $3,313Centre for Popular Education and HumanRights Ghana (Accra, Ghana) Grant is forgeneral support. See page 29. $500

Left: Grupo de Mujeres Safo memberCenter: Desdenosotras banner at LGTTTB pride marchRight: Mujeres al Borde’s Festival de la diversidadBelow: Reading books at the SKUC-LL Lesbian Library MarchINTERNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC FUNDInternational Philanthropic Fund grants areissued to philanthropic entities with whomwe work in partnership.International Network of Women’s Funds(Simon’s Town, South Africa) Grant supportsthe International Network of Women’s Fundsretreat and Grantmakers Without Bordersparticipation. $1,000 An additional grantsupports institutional membership.$2,000 inwf.orgCoalition of African Lesbians (Boksburg,South Africa) Grant is for general supportas part of the Human Rights and FeminismAward presented at Astraea’s 30th AnniversaryGala. See page 31. $5,000CREA—Creating Resources for Empowermentin Action (New Delhi, India) Grantsupports CREA’s 2008 Sexuality, Gender andRights Institute. $4,550 web.creaworld.orgGays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (Harare,Zimbabwe) Grant is for general support.$4,750International Gay and Lesbian HumanRights Commission (New York, NY)See right column. $10,000INTERNATIONAL DONOR-ADVISEDGRANTSAstraea’s Donor-Advised Grants programenables donors to establish a fund atAstraea through which they may recommendspecific organizations or projects for support.Astraea staff also works with donors toidentify organizations in need of supportwhose work matches the interests of thedonor.International Gay and Lesbian HumanRights Commission (New York, NY) worksto secure human rights for communitiessubject to discrimination on the basis ofsexual orientation and gender identity orexpression, and/or HIV status. The globalorganization effects this mission throughadvocacy, documentation, coalition building,public education and technical assistance.$58,000 iglhrc.orgastraeafoundation.org33

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMSAstraea believes in a Philanthropy of Inclusion in which everyone, regardlessof income or giving level, can participate. In fact, democratizing philanthropy bybuilding a diverse, informed and strategic community of donors across theeconomic spectrum harnesses incredible power. We partner with individualsto help facilitate their philanthropy through retreats, workshops, briefings andone-on-one meetings. Our goal is to link activists, donors and the LGBTI globalcommunity through education and action. Together, we are transforming the socialjustice landscape for LGBTI people around the world.MEMBERSHIPOur membership program is committed to building a strong, broadand informed donor base. Astraea relies on the annual support of manyindividuals to grow and strengthen our grants programs and ourphilanthropic advocacy and education efforts.Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice34EVENTSFrom New York to New Mexico, from Maine to Minnesota, Astraea board membersand supporters held house parties to introduce our work to a variety of communities.This year, we celebrated 30 years of Justice in the Making with a lively and inspiringgala honoring grantee and donor partners. We also held a number of activist panelsto link grantees and donors alike with global LGBTI work, hosted a studio visit fora past Astraea Visual Arts awardee, and screened an Academy Award-winningdocumentary that was funded by Astraea.PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPSDonor-Advised Funds allow individuals wishing to be actively involved in grantmakingto partner with Astraea by establishing a fund to support lesbian, LGBTI,women’s and progressive organizations. With a minimum of $10,000, your fundis managed by an expertly-advised organization, and administrative expenses areminimized while donor dollars to the community are maximized.

RAISING FUNDS, CREATING COMMUNITYA PERMANENT LEGACYAstraea knows that lasting social change requires planning for the future. We continueto build our Endowment as one means of insuring a secure financial future.PLANNED GIVINGThere are many ways of making a planned gift to Astraea. The Women Will Circlerecognizes those who have designated Astraea as a beneficiary of their estate duringtheir lifetime and involves them more intimately in the Foundation’s work. (Seepage 44 for a list of Women Will Circle members.) Planned gifts can reflect a donor’sparticular interests and each planned giving vehicle has a distinct tax advantage.For example, trusts can enable individuals to make gifts of assets during theirlifetime and still benefit from the income generated by that gift.WAYS TO GIVE• General Cash Contributions• Matching Gifts Through Your Workplace• Memorial and Honorary Gifts• Appreciated Stocks• Women Will Circle: Bequests and Trusts• The Endowment Fund• Donor-Advised Funds• Hosting a Justice Social, Houseparty or EventWe can help with these giving opportunities. Contact Beverly Blake, Directorof Development, at 212.529.8021, ext. 41, or bblake@astraeafoundation.org;or visit us at astraeafoundation.org to learn more.Jewelle Gomez (l) and Diane Sabin, longtime Astraea donor partners and one of fifteenplaintiff couples in the groundbreaking California Marriage Case.Photo by Melissa Hoskinsastraeafoundation.org35

OUR PARTNERS IN PHILANTHROPY“Astraea lives andbreathes democratizingphilanthropy.For emerging andlongstanding foundations,Astraea isa model for puttingyour grantee first.”––Kathy LeMay, DonorKathy LeMayPhoto by Angela JimenezAstraea thanks everyone who hasmade a contribution—of money,time and/or talent—in supportof our work. All contributions aredeeply appreciated and vital toadvancing the human rights ofthe communities we serve.HONORING OURSUPPORTERS *We are grateful for the commitmentof the followingfoundations, organizations,and individuals. Their supportbetween July 1, 2007, andJune 30, 2008, made our workpossible.Giving levels include gifts to theAnnual Fund, to the Endowment,to events and/or to Donor-AdvisedFunds housed at Astraea.LEADERSHIP GIFT CIRCLEGifts of $1,200 +Gifts of Transformation($450,000 +)Dreilinden gGmbH, GermanyFord FoundationAnonymousGifts of Courage ($100,000 +)Arcus FoundationFunders for Lesbian and Gay IssuesStarry Night Fund/Tides FoundationGifts of Vision ($25,000 +)Ralph AlpertDiane L. BernardM. Quinn Delaney &Wayne D. JordanOpen Society InstituteGifts of Wisdom ($10,000 +)Aria Foundation/Adam &Rachel AlbrightEstate of Sylva BillueCommon Stream, Inc.Michael Dively Fund/Community Foundation of theFlorida KeysDobkin Family FoundationKatherine M. Franke/FrankeFamily Charitable FoundationKerry Lobel & Marta Drury/girls just want to have fund/Horizons FoundationKicking Assets Fund/Tides FoundationLive Oak Fund/HorizonsFoundationBarbara J. Meislin/JewishCommunity Endowment FundNancy Meyer & Marc N. WeissMichelle O’BrienSusan Penick/Albert Penick FundNancy D. PolikoffDorothy E. SanderThe Sister FundTed Snowdon FoundationHenry van Ameringen/van Ameringen FoundationJennifer WilsonBarbara J. Wright & Dee KennyAnonymous/Schwab CharitableGift FundAnonymous (2)Gifts of Insight ($5,000 +)Aria Foundation/Mika AlbrightElizabeth BremnerThe Calamus FoundationChambers Family FundInstitute of International Educ.Ethel Klein & Edward KrugmanLoving Lesbians FundAmy Mandel & Katina RodisFund/Morton and BarbaraMandel Family FoundationEstate of Leonard ManheimerGaylord NeelyO’Hanlan-Walker LGBT EqualityFund/Horizons FoundationOurChart.comUte A. PfeiferMichael Ratner & Karen RanucciUnderdog Fund/Tides Foundation* Great care has been taken to check all names and giving levels listed in this report. We apologize for any errors and ask thatyou notify us so that we may correct our records should you fi nd an incorrect listing.

Left: Tucker Farley and Eunice SamuelsCenter: (top row) Angela Aidala, Susan Davis, Pam Westrom,Carol Jaspin, (first row) Jean Schmidt, Rhonda SantamourRight: Tisha RilleyAnonymous/Nutter,McClennen & FishAnonymous/Funding ExchangeAnonymousGifts of Knowledge ($2,500 +)Katherine T. AceyDavid P. BeckerChiqui Cartagena &Jennifer KnightSusan M. DavisDouble Platinum, LLC /Stephanie K. Blackwood &Arthur R. KorantDeborah Drysdale Fund/Women’sFoundation of CaliforniaLaurie Emrich & Gael MurphyFunding ExchangeNanette Gartrell & Diane MosbacherTracy Duvivier GaryGill FoundationJewelle Gomez & Diane SabinAugusta O. Gooch &Deborah HeikesHCROA: A CFC Human andCivil Rights FederationLiz Hirsch & Karen Pratt/Funding ExchangePatricia W. Houck &Lyssa JenkensRobert Howard & Barbara PhillipsTracey LakePat Mullan & Lucy Jane BledsoeMary F. O’Sullivan & Francie BallAmy K. PosnerMary Beth Salerno & Denise KleisJoan W. WattsAnonymousGifts of Spirit ($1,200 +)Patricia AckermanMargaret M. AdamJehan F. Agrama & Dwora FriedCarol B. Alpert &Sarina B. ScialabbaDr. Sharon L. AukermanMarion Banzhaf & Eve RosahnJean BeardGay Block & Malka DruckerFund/Houston JewishCommunity FoundationSharon BrickArlene E. BronsteinVictoria C. BrushRuth CallardClark Family Fund at theNew York Community TrustCathy J. Cohen & Beth RichieTheodora Yang CopleyBev Scott & CourtneyKaren CrowRosalind Dutton &Jill Gates SmithElana Dykewomon &Susan LevinkindMartha Easter-WellsTucker Pamella FarleyThe Felshin/Ferdun CharitableFund/Fidelity CharitableGift Fundfilia. die frauenstiftungKatrina Franklin & Felicia MillerDalila Fridi & Elizabeth McKnightDipti Ghosh & Meggy GotwacoAllan D. Gilmour/The Gilmour FundGlobal Fund for WomenDr. Susan A. Gore &Dr. Ann WigodskyMargaret A. L. HickmanMarjorie J. Hill, Ph.D.Alice Y. HomJames C. HormelLeslye M. HuffAdele JamesAmy Jamrog & Kimberly CookTina LearMetropolitan Tennis Group, Inc.Microsoft Giving CampaignAna OliveiraJennifer PariseauKay F. QuamMartha RichardsPatsy RogersRebecca Rolfe & Susan MooneyRobin Rosenbluth & Tracy ScottMichael S. Seltzer &Ralph G. TachukEllen Shapiro & Carol PageBeth Stephens & Elly BulkinCindy SterlingAlexandra TeixeiraJoy A. TomchinBernice TsaiUrvashi Vaid & Kate ClintonGwen WaldenSandy & Jovida Guevara-Ross/Working Assets Funding ServiceMonona Yin & Steve FahrerKaren B. Zelermyer & Tami GoldAmelie S. Zurn & Licia GalinskyInvestors ($500 +)Susan S. AlleeEllen AlpertLinda Lee AlterJoni Anderson & Yvonne D. KingCynthia Attwood & Kathy WoodrellWard AuerbachSam AvrettC. Edwin BakerKomal BhojwaniTerry L. BoggisHollis Bulleit & Cher StanleyCharlotte Bunch & Roxanna CarilloThe K.O. Burkhardt Fund/Fidelity Charitable Gift FundSarah Buttenwieser &Hosea BaskinMary Campbell & Warren CampbellEvette Cardona & Mona NoriegaEllen CartonAlexandra Chasin/The Philanthropic CollaborativeChicago Foundation for Womenastraeafoundation.org37

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice38Dr. Elizabeth B. Conant &Camille Cox/Legacy IIPhilanthropic Fund/CommunityFoundation for Greater BuffaloRhonda CopelonArleen DalleryJudith DambowicDaughters Fund/CombinedJewish PhilanthropiesBarbara J. DobsonAnne DormanR. Erica Doyle & A. Naomi JacksonJennifer A. DryfoosKatherine B. Durgin &Elaine McKinleyEast 16th Street RealtyPaula L. EttelbrickLucinda B. Ewing & Luchie TiczonMegan Fannin/FidelityCharitable Gift FundPatricia M. FontaineGillian Francis & Sarah SalmLynn Gernert & Susan WeilerSue GoldwomonSara GouldJan GriesingerPatricia GuttmannLouisa Haefele & Ardel ThomasChristopher M. HarrisJudith HelfandKris HermannsAnne Hess & Craig KaplanFred P. Hochberg & Thomas Healy/The Heyday FoundationHousing Works Inc.Emily D. HoweJazmine Irizarry & Nydia MendezHarriet A. JacksonCarol Jaspin & Rhonda SantamourIleana Jimenez & Cecelia MartinDr. Deirdre KidderLynne Kimmel & Portia CornellEvan KingDonna A. KoronesJudith A. KramerLaura I. Kramer &Deborrah MarketteFrances Kunreuther &Ann S. HolderDebbie J. LandauTerry Lawler & Chris StraayerMartha LegareKathy LeMay & Michelle BelliciDeborah Ann LightNergis MavalvalaCynthia MayVinny McGeeElizabeth Seja Min &Susan G. FreundlichMildred MurphyRagnar D. Naess & David CharlesNational Center for Lesbian RightsNorth Star FundJane Clayton Oakes & Joa DattiloEleanor PalaciosJezzika Lee PerezMona Pittinger/TulsaCommunity FoundationAchebe B. PowellVicki Gail Price & Veda LuftigSusan K. RaffoShad A. Reinstein &Jody Laine WhiteSandra J. Robinson & Juanita DeansGeorge RolfeEmily Rosenberg &Darlene de ManincorCynthia RothschildGraciella SanchezJean L. SchmidtJamie SchweserWendy A. Sealey &Inés V. GonzálezRebecca Stilling & Jean ReevesMark M. Sexton & W. Kirk Wallace/Stonewall Community FoundationSulica FundKim VanceWinnie TamColleen Tate & Geoff Tate/Tate Family Fund of the SiliconValley Community FoundationThird Wave FoundationThomas and Sue Pick Family FundJill Weller Nelson/WellerInvestment CompanyWomen’s Funding NetworkAnonymous (4)Partners (up to $499)Dorothy AbbottPaula A. AboudKimberly AcevesAudra AceyJo-Ann M. AceyMary AceyWanda L. AcostaMichael AdamsMerrilee AdlerAnnette Aguilar & Lara FrioKiran AhujaMary AlfordLillie Allen & Margherita VacchianoJerri Allyn & Zebra DavisKeith AmparadoConstance L. AndersonKelly Anderson & Carmen VazquezKay AndrzejakKaren AnsisAnti-Violence ProjectLaurie ArbeiterBruce ArbitRita ArdittiMarie ArielMelis Z. ArikJudy ArnowHeather Dawn Artemis &Maryanne E. TravaglioneJanice L. AustinS. Bryn AustinCharlotte L. Avery &Arden EversmeyerPatrick & Cheri BakerJuan A. BalmasedaMichael Bann & Rebecca BannKate BarbeeNathaniel BarbeeElisabeth M. Barkey & Sorrel PageJill A. BarkleyMonica BarronJoAnn BartonLenore BeakySara & Stephen BeckerBonnie BeebeJennifer C. BeedyLorette H. Belgraier & Joy JacobsWendy E. Belkin & Linda K. BryantJames BellChristopher Bellis & Eddie BennettStacey BellumCarol BergenRae M. BermanDr. Linda BernhardBigshot Creative DevelopmentKris A. BillhardtKevin BiondiJoan E. BirenMelissa BlancoAmy S. BloomEileen Blumenthal & Patricia DunnUlrike G. BoehmerLaura J. BolducMary Anne Bollen & Jean Grove

Left: Katherine Acey and Gloria SteinemCenter: Eve Ensler and Laura FlandersRight: Barbara J. Wright and Dee KennyMarsha BonnerGary W. BooherSusan Borke & Marion McGrathDebra BorkovitzMark K. BorowBoston Women’s FundGrace Bottitta-WilliamsonDiann BowomanLila BraineJulie A. BrandelenMartha E. Brandwene &Rita M. McWilliamsDr. Judith V. Branzburg &Margaret A. RyanJennifer M. Brier &Kathryn J. HindmandKristin BriggsElizabeth R. BrillRuth Brink & Tom P. AbelesShari Brink & Judith A. KramerPatricia BronsteinBronx Community Pride Center, Inc.Lecia J. BrooksBernadette J. BrootenDenslow Brown & Linda SmithLynne J. BrownGilda Bruckman & Judith T. WachsJulia Bruno & Sandra C. DelzottiNaomi BrusselBarbara Bryant, Esq.Linda BrzustowiczChris BuckSangeeta BudhirajaPaul Buono & David R. ConchadoRichard D. BurnsMartha Burt and Betty-Carol SellenLeslie CalmanPamela CalvertJenna CapeciMona C. Cardell & Berta BritzRea CareyKatherine F. CarmichaelCatherine CarrJoan T. CasaleDonna CassydKevin CathcartSusan CavinDorie ClarkCheryl Clarke & Barbara J. BallietKaren L. CluteEileen B. CohenMisha R. CohenConstance Cohrt & Amy ReichmanElizabeth CokerAllison ColemanIan CondryCarolyn ConferGina ContiJacqueline L. CookRuth Copeland & Theodora FadelTheresa CorriganClare M. Coss &Blanche Weisen CookDawn E. CostickJennifer L. Costley &Judith E. TurkelGail CowieCREAAna CriquillionNancy E. CunninghamLiane CurtisDaniel Cushing & Sue RedkeyAnn CvetkovichLuna DalvaLisa M. Darak & Diana Jani DruckAnya E. DarrowEmily J. DavidsonDiane M. De Paolis & Nadia TelseyIndrani De SilvaThomas DefrantzMargaret R. DellenbaughSandra Delzotti & Jul BrunoAnne J. DhirBarbara J. Di Bernard &Judith GibsonMonique G. DiCarloMiramar DichosoLeslie DiMarioEstelle DischRowena DodsonAnne DohnaJulie R. Dorf & Jenni OlsonJ.B. DremeMartha DufferAlice DunnEileen DunnMary Ann Dutton & Jean VetaCharles P. EaderMarsha A. East & Jeni FabianJessica EastwoodJudith EbertKate EdgarJennifer EdwardsDr. Herman EfronRachel Efron, Ph.D.David EhrichElinor & Theodore EinhornElaine EisnerHilla P. ElkindSara Jane Elliot & Rita CliffordAnn P. EllmanJean M. EntineEqualityMaine FoundationTimothy W. EubanksEileen FaganLaura FarhaAlan FarleyIvory Farley & Wilfred RiosJames M. FauntleroyAnn Ferguson & Carol SheaMarjorie FineKatherine Palmer FinnAnnette Firestein & Larry BilickNita Firestone & Jane R. BaileyBerenice M. Fisher & Linda MarksRobert K. FittermanHelen Fitzsimmons &Laura MamoLaura FlandersCheri FlemingDwight FoleyJane E. Foote & John M. TartagliaKim L. FordMatt Foreman &Francisco A. DeLeonastraeafoundation.org39

Michele Forsten &Barbara SchroderMiranda C. FoslienCliff FrasierLisa A. FreemanPaulette FrenchDebbie FriedmanDonna M. FullertonBrenda FunchesCynthia E. Funk &Janice KuhagenLinda Gaal & Adina BackAnne C. GableLois Galgay ReckittValerie GallinMaria J. GarciaLinda GarnetsChristine M. GarzaSusan D. GedankeEllen C. GeigerDorothy GenevichMary GentileEllen Gerber & Pearl BerlinAlison GerigSheila Gershen & Sy BaldwinDonald R. Gerten &Barbara GertenIlsa GilbertKerry GillichJudith GlassgoldCarol GlassmanTierney GleasonMiles GoffAlvia Golden &Carroll Smith-RosenbergNancy GoldenMarilyn R. Goldfarb &Amanda BakerFrances GoldinJulie Goldscheid &Penelope DamaskosEda G. GoldsteinGina GoldsteinLetitia A. GomezBelma GonzalezEllen Goodman & Bianca deVriesLeni Goodman“I’m excited about being a member ofAstraea because of the amazing group ofgrantees I help support and the activistledgrantmaking process through whichthey are selected.In the U.S., organizations such asSoutherners on New Ground and TheAudre Lorde Project are precisely thekinds of organizations I am looking tofund––organizations led by people ofcolor with strategies targeting socialand economic injustices that particularlyaffect the queer, people of colorcommunity.I also really appreciate Astraea’s internationalgrantmaking because I wantto fund LGBTI community and supportservices internationally and trust Astraea’sknowledge and experience.”THEO YANG COPLEY (New York, New York)Theo is a member of Resource Generation’s CORE AdvisoryCommittee, which seeks to build community for, and engageyoung people of color with wealth in, social justice philanthropy.Some of her interests include food justice and food sovereignty,the disability rights and harm reduction movements, andactivist-led giving models. Theo is also interested in connectionsbetween emotional well-being and the practice of generosity.Theo Yang Copely at Astraea’s 30th Anniversary CelebrationPhoto by Angela Jimenez

Left: Wanda Acosta and Elaine GanCenter: Juanita Deans and Sandra RobinsonRight: Dorothy Sander, Linda Stein and Barbara GlassmanSally A. Gottesman &Rachel B. TivenMeg GouraudEllen GrabinerChanna GraceTobie GramaCynthia GreenbergMichele GudgerEllen GurzinskyMariam Habib & Michele JamesHalal Films, LLCPriscilla A. HaleLinda S. Hamanaka & Natalie SerraLauren W. HansonShelly M. HarterMeri Hayos & Kathy MooreEloise Klein Healy &Colleen RooneyJulia N. Heaton &Allan G. WellensteinCarol S. HedtckeJay & Kimberly HeglarNikhil A. HemmadyRebecca S. HemperlyMary Beth HensonJanice HerdeyAriel HerreraMilena HerringKaren Herzenberg & Katie RooneySusan B. HerzstamSusan J. Hessel & Karen DahleSusan R. HesterSally J. HeuerLouisa HextDorothy HickeyWilliam L. HickeyAmy HirschJane HirschmannDebra Hirshberg & Jamie L. HeckerTracy L. HobsonMark Hodgson on behalf ofSydney LevyAmy B. HoffmanAlexander P. HoffmannAnn S. HolderSarah L. HollandMatt HomierHorizons FoundationMelissa HoskinsHouses on the Moon, Inc.Margaret R. HuntSel Julian HwahngHappy HyderMonica C. IannessaMargot I. IrishWilliam IsasiSylvia R. Israel &Sheryl C. GoldbergRoz JacobsLinda JaneAngela Jimenez PhotographyChris JimenezNydia JimenezMitzi JohnsonRebecca JohnsonJulie JohnstonJill JoseJoo-Hyun KangJocelyn KaplanSheryl KaplanMarilyn KardemanLori J. KatzEmily Katz-KishawiJoyce KauffmanMary Ellen KavanaughAnne F. KeatingAmanda KeelingGisela KellerSheila Kelly & Carol FriedlandKate Kendell & Sandy HolmesNancy KenessGayle Kenny & Ruth Ann GreelingMai KiangGiselle KingTrevor King & George DellingerKim KlausnerValerie KlemmeMelissa KochEllen Koteen & Diane PalladinoJoan Krall & Joan BiordiTheodora S. KramerNorma Kraus-EuleTania Kravath & Carolyn ChadwickRobert KravitzMichelle KristelDebbie L. Krivoy & Jenn EinhornSheila J. KuehlTom KulagaFay Lorraine KulpDean J. LaBate & Roderick N. ShadeTara M. LakeMarilyn LamkayAmy LaneDavid Lanier & Gilbert FouchardRudolph J. LapointeAna-Maurine LaraLeslie LarsonSam LarsonAudrey W. LatouretteSmadar LavieElizabeth A. Leader &Elizabeth HillGlorianne M. LeckDeirdre LedwitzAlexander L. LeeNancy A. LeeSusan J. LeeGail Leondar-WrightToni LesterEllen LevinAdam E. LevineRuth A. LevineMike Lew & Thom HarriganSteve LewBarbara LewisJeff Lewy & Ed EishenMarc LibbyMyra LimsonJoy LinscheidKatherine LintonRachel Lipkin &Mindy S. BenowitzRuth LipschutzCharles Livingston &J. Lynn Greenfieldastraeafoundation.org41

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice42Rhonda E. Livingston &Lisa YamonacoBarbara Locker &Penny ZuckerwiseKaryn J. LondonEvelyn I. LopezMargarita LopezElizabeth Lorde-RollinsMichele LouisAudrey B. LuceJoe LuceroMary Ann LunettaAndrea R. Lurie & Nancy RosenValerie Lyle & Margaret SanbornSusan J. MacDonaldMichele MaierJune MakelaLisbeth Margolies & Nancy ShaffranJennifer Margulies & Teresa J. CuevasCynthia G. MarianoLinda Marks & Berenice M. FisherCheryl MarlandPat Martel & Beverly ColonNoemi MasliahC. Nicole MasonGloria MassieStephen MatchettGregory MatternJill MatthewsWilliam MattleCatharine E. MayOdell Mays IIBryan L. McCalisterKim R. McCantKecia McCowenJean A. McCray & Phyllis H. SubinGeorgia McCreery &Andrew LamondTeresa McGovernKelly McGowan & Natalie FuzSara McIntyre & Gabriela MuñozKathleen McLaneShireen McSpaddenEmilia I. MedinaMonique MehtaZenaida MendezRamona V. MendozaAdrienne J. MennisShaya MercerAnnie Merkle-WardMiriam MessingerJames K. MetzingerAnn MeyerElizabeth A. MeyerLisa MeyerJennifer Michalsky &Andrea LaRoseMargaret MichaudMidwood Chiropractic PLLCDawn MikkelsonCindy L. MillerHarriet A. MillerJacqueline I. Mirkin & Edie F. DalyKimi MojicaCarol MollnerDolores Monte & Kathryn BarrettGlynis Moody & Jacky L. HardyShirley A. MooreVirginia A. MoraweckLiz MorenoMarisela MorenoMari MorimotoAndree MorinSandra MorrisTaij Kumarie MoteelallMs. Foundation for WomenNancy MurrayNa ShaLisa B. NaseefShaari NeretinHeba A. NimrJudith M. NorrisAnn E. NorthropMargaret K. NortonSusan NowelskyJean H. NudellWura-Natasha Ogunji & Ana W. LaraBeverly Olsen & Judi BerleJo OppenheimerMichael P. O’ReillySharon E. OwensSorrel Page & Elisabeth M. BarkeySu Yon PakChristine L. Palmer &Arian Eigen HealdBonnie M. Park &Jacqueline M. RyanCaroline ParksJanet ParrishJudy PatrickClarence PattonRobert C. Paul & Ethel S. PaulGerry G. PearlbergSusan PerleyWilhelmna PerryRosalind PetcheskyMaria PetullaThe Philadelphia FoundationSarah PickLashawnda PittmanNancy PlatzerWendy C. PorterApril Heather PosnerElin PosnerPaula E. PressleyGladys PreussLinda Preuss & Alice HallRegina R. QuattrochiLetitia S. QuinnBarbara RaabJames M. RaddeKatherine H. RagsdaleAleem RajaAmelia RamirezGloria RamirezJill RandersonJoanna Rankin & Mary FillmoreFadwa A. RashidRosemary RasmussenDr. Mark J. RatkusEllen RatnerJennifer L. ReaganStephen ReedTalatha ReevesAnne ReiberOraia Reid & Consuelo RuybalResist, Inc.Emily L. RessegerDulce ReyesRhumbline Advisers CorpMelisa RibasRosalyn Richter & Janet WeinbergNoemi AccursoAmy J. RobinsonAlfred RocaArvilla RockeyDonna Rogers & Emily HuberGregory A. RogersDamaris RosadoJennifer RoseMary Ann M. RosePatricia RoseSharon L. Rosen & John W. NewtonSteven A. RosenMurray RosenblithJohanika RothStephanie RothBarbara P. RothbergRussell RoyballDebbie Vola RubenMarilyn RueblingMargaret Amy Ryan &Judith V. BranzburgJane M. Saks

Left: Tracy Gary and Brenda FunchesCenter: Dr. Katherine O’Hanlan and Kate ClintonRight: Emily Huber and Donna RogersDena SalernoLisa SalmonsMary SalomeAd SandersRonnie SandlerCurtis & Cheryl SawyerRonora SayamanLisa SbranaJanice SchachterAmy SchecterMindy R. SchiffmanKaren SchillerMargaret J. Schonfield &D. Merilee ClunisHeidi SchreiberDara L. SchurTuti B. ScottJanice SearsElaine SecklerVeta R. SegalElaine SeilerSalwa ShamyMarcia A. ShapiroRhea ShapiroDr. E. C. SheeleyDixie M. SheridanJayne B. Sherman & Deby ZumKatherine T. ShorbAlix Kates Shulman & Scott YorkCharlene L. ShurRobin J. SiegelLinda Siegle & Liz StefanicsMichael D. SieverLaurie Silverman & Betty MayoLee M. SilversteinCosette R. SimonKaren Simon & Valerie CosterJeanne H. SimonoffMicky SmallCarlton Elliott SmithDeborah L. SmithJames R. SmithLeslie E. Smith & Piper A. BrockElizabeth Snyder &Polly ThistlethwaiteJ.C. SobelCynthia SolieRandi M. Solomon & Julia R. CohenRaquel SolomonDiana SosaSoulforce Q Young AdultsAllison SparksCatherine Spath &Katherine A. KruckemeyerCarol Spelkoman &Carol UnderwoodJohn St. ClairTova D. StabinPeter Standish & Lenore ShawLinda SteinTracey A. StevensElisabeth E. StewartLisa E. Stone & Scott CantorMargie StrubleThe Sulica FundSean K. SullivanSally Susman & Robin CanterChiemi SuzukiAndrea SzondyOlga TalamanteFarah Tanis & Christina JausLee TannerSusan D. TatelmanAnne TaylorBernadette A. Taylor &Margaret A. HarrisKathryn H. Taylor &Kenneth M. NanusTekserveCynthia J. TelingatorLinda TepedinoKim TerryReverend Paul K. ThomasKaren Denise ThompsonMia ThorMaida Tilchen & Marsha WhiteAmaury & Jeanette TindelJill TinmouthVivian TodiniJoanne E TrapaniMonica S. TrasandesTraub-Dicker Fund/StonewallCommunity FoundationCarla Trujillo & Leslie LarsonChristina TsakosTerry TurrentineCindy E. TzermanJade Netanya UllmannDona UpsonEmily McCarty UtzDenise UyeharaLinda M. Villarosa & Jana WelchWendy VolkmannNancy WacksteinKaren C. WagnerDaniel & Judith WalkowitzJanet Wallace & Deborah HartPhyllis WarrenBeccah Golubock WatsonSarah B. Watstein & Pamala PlastockLesley WeaverSusan WefaldMonica Wehrle & Harriet MillerRhonda WeingartenMiriam E. WeinsteinCherie WeintraubLaurie A. WeismanDebra A. Weissman &Laurel A. KnowlesJessica R. Weissman &Louise P. KelleyLara Weitzman &E. Donna ShepherdDenise WellsLinda A. WelterWendy Wenner &Janet P. GochemanJudith A. WenningDawn WenshutonisNadeja WesleyShirley WestKim Westheimer &Madeline M. KlyneMinnie M. WhiteheadJan WhiteleyJanet L. Wigfieldastraeafoundation.org43

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice44Alina WilczynskiSam and Cass Williamson Fund/Charlevoix County CommunityFoundationLorin A. WisemanSherelle WithersSherri H. WolfKathy WolfeMelinda WolfeEvan WolfsonThe Women’s BuildingDeborah A. Wood &Carolyn S. HoffmanAnne WrightMark B. WynLuna Yasui &Joannie Changshash yázhíFelice D. Yeskel &Felicia R. MednickIvy J. YoungArlene ZarembkaBarbara C. Zeller & Alan BerkmanJan ZobelSuzanne ZuckermanAnonymous (20)WOMEN WILL CIRCLEAstraea has been the beneficiaryof gifts entrusted to us bygenerous donors who recognizethe importance of supportingthe Foundation for the benefit ofgenerations to come. The WomenWill Circle provides a way for usto recognize and thank thosewho have designated Astraea asa beneficiary of their estate, andto involve them more intimatelyin the Foundation’s work duringtheir lifetime.If you have designated Astraeaas a beneficiary in your will,insurance policy or retirementfund, please notify us so we caninclude you in our Women WillCircle. For more information onplanned giving at Astraea, pleasecontact Beverly Blake,Director of Development, at212.529.8021, ext. 41, orbblake@astraeafoundation.org.Kimberly AcevesKatherine T. AceyJomal M. AlcobarMary AlfordCarol B. Alpert &Sarina B. ScialabbaDr. Sharon L. AukermanDavid P. BeckerSara BergerDiane L. Bernard & Joan Heller *Gail S. BernsteinMelanie E. BerzonSylva Billue *Stephanie K. BlackwoodEvelyn BlackwoodElissa BreitbardElizabeth Bremner & Karen CrowB. J. BrownDenslow Brown & Linda SmithPamela CalvertMary Ellen S. Capek &Susan A. HallgarthDonna CassydJudith N. ClarkeJane Clayton Oakes & Joa DattiloJennifer A. DryfoosSally DuplaixRosalind Dutton & Jill Gates SmithTucker Pamella FarleyEdrie Ferdun & Jan FelshinSheila Gershen & Sy BaldwinSue GoldwomonJewelle Gomez & Diane SabinDebra Hirshberg & Jamie L. HeckerNona HungateCharlynn JohnsonSheryl KaplanJennifer Knight & Chiqui CartagenaDonna A. KoronesJennifer KrauelMarilyn LamkayMarjorie LightnessKaryn J. LondonGenevra K. Loveland *Leonard Manheimer *John Manzon-SantosJoseph Mattes *Shaya MercerLily OlánKay F. QuamBarbara RaabNusrat R. Rabbee, Ph.D.Joni RossStephanie L. Roth & Kimberly KleinDorothy Sander & Joyce Warshow *Dr. Claire E. SelkurtDixie M. SheridanBarbara Shollar *Linda SteinPhyllis K. Steiner & Lois FinkCindy SterlingCatherine TinkerAnn VittalaLéonie Walker &Dr. Katherine O’HanlanAlida WalshJoan W. WattsJessica R. Weissman &Louise P. KelleyRemsen Wolff *Mark B. WynKaren B. Zelermyer & Tami GoldJan ZobelAnonymous*DeceasedIN HONORGifts were made to Astraea inhonor of:10th Anniversary Celebrationof Malkie Grozalsky &Mindi WernickAstraea’s 30th AnniversaryKatherine T. AceyMarion BanzhafStephanie BlackwoodArlene BronsteinJill CampbellNancy CunninghamMarta DruryRoz DuttonSaracristina Garcia &Rhonda LivingstonTracy GaryLouisa HextLiz HirschAlice Y. HomBrigitte LaforestToni LesterLucie Blue Tremblay’sBreast Self Exam ProjectMargot Karle Scholarship FundMarsha Day Memorial FundJanine & Toni Mejias-LouisNancy MeyerKathleen MullanCharlene O’RourkeEleanor PalaciosAnn Marie Post &Jean Marie Angelo

Left: Trish Houck and Lyssa JenkinsCenter: Hollis BulleitRight: Gillian FrancisSandy Robinson &Juanita DeansSue RocheRebecca RolfeRobin RosenbluthWendy Sealey & Ines GonzalesJoy SilverTacy & Yael UrianJoan W. WattsNadeja WesleyDolores Wesnak &Bernice DambowicSu Ming YehIN MEMORYGifts were made to Astraea inmemory of:Monsour & Mary AceyCraig HarrisPhyllis JohnsonAudre LordeElke MuellerMarilyn MurphyPatricia ParkerDoug RobinsonVivian RollSarah RosenthalBrenda RothJane RuleTeresa SalmonsIssaca SiegelJoyce WarshowMickey ZacutoMATCHING GIFT COMPANIESAmerican Express GiftMatching ProgramAon FoundationArcus FoundationCalifornia EndowmentFord Foundation MatchingGift ProgramHewlett-Packard CompanyFoundationMeredith FoundationMicrosoft Giving CampaignPolk Brothers FoundationYahoo!GIFTS IN-KIND651 ARTSJo-Ann M. AceyKatherine T. AceyAsia SocietyBabelandLiz Bremner & Karen CrowJennifer CamperDeep Focus ProductionsPorter Dillon CateringDouble Platinum, LLC /Stephanie K. Blackwood andArthur R. KorantJennifer A. DryfoosEileen FisherEquinoxFleur’t Inc.Brenda FunchesGigi Stoll PhotographyMiles GoffLee Ann GoyaMargaret A. HickmanAlice Y. HomIndochineIleana JimenezIngin KimKittichaiToni LesterTracy MooreJanie Oakes & Joa DattiloOlivia CruisesPASSPORT MagazineSue PerleyPernod Ricard USAJill RandersonReading International, Inc.Elisabeth ReedRelaxation on the GoJulija S. SosaToshi Reagon & BIGLovelyUnion Square Hospitality GroupYMYLSPECIAL THANKS TOWanda AcostaMarion BanzhafJennifer BunyarConnie CohrtAnna DaoCaroline EarleIvory FarleyAndrea FlynnKim Fordgallery onetwentyeightElaine GanTracy GaryFélix GardónChanna GraceChristina GuerreroGael Gudin GuevaraManolo GuzmánAna HuangWeishan HuangJorge IrizarryAngela JimenezAdjoa Jones de AlmeidaDenise KleisHyun LeeKathy LeMayRosita Libre de MarulandaJulian C. LiuRickke MananzalaMJ CateringBolivar NietoFly OnakemeFlavia RandoLuna RanjitMelisa RibasIsrael SanzStarlette ProductionsGlo RossVictor TobarFikile VilakaziWendy WalwynChun-Ping YenIwona Zielinskaastraeafoundation.org45

FINANCIAL STATEMENT | Activities for the Year Ending June 30, 2008*Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice4612%28%9%* UnauditedAdministrative and General ExpensesFundraising ExpensesOther Program ExpensesGrants Expenses51%** Included in the Foundation Contributionsfor the year are individual donor gifts advisedthrough other foundations of $1,225,286.You may obtain the latest fi nancial audit fromAstraea or the Offi ce of Charities Registration,Department of State, Albany, NY 12231*** Transfer of Net Assets from TemporarilyRestricted to the Unrestricted Fund due toadditional releases pertaining to FYE 06/30/07TemporarilyRestrictedPermanentlyRestrictedAllFundsUnrestrictedSUPPORT AND REVENUEIndividual Contributions 201,989 110,713 10,990 323,692Foundation Contributions** 259,201 2,811,085 3,070,286Corporate Contributions 17,437 17,437Bequest 30,415 30,415Special Events 202,162 202,162In-Kind Contributions 31,476 31,476Administrative Fees 103,338 103,338Other Income 37,355 37,355Uncollectable Contributions (77) (6,374) (40,493) (46,944)Interest & Dividend Income 234,640 88,135 322,775Net Unrealized Loss on Investments (59,642) (73,663) (133,305)Total Support and Revenue 1,058,294 2,929,896 (29,503) 3,958,687Net Assets Released From Restrictions 3,227,640 (3,227,640)TOTAL REVENUE AFTER RELEASES 4,285,934 (297,744) (29,503) 3,958,687EXPENSESProgram ServicesGrants Made 2,231,540 2,231,540Other Program Services 1,223,370 1,223,370Total Program Services 3,454,910 3,454,910Supporting ServicesAdministrative and General 373,846 373,846Fundraising 511,007 511,007Total Supporting Services 884,853 884,853TOTAL EXPENSES 4,339,763 0 0 4,339,763Changes in Net Assets (53,829) (297,744) (29,503) (381,076)Prior Year Adjustment*** 100,000 (100,000)Net Assets as of June 30, 2007 329,302 3,837,928 3,050,808 7,218,038Net Assets as of June 30, 2008 375,473 3,440,184 3,021,305 6,836,962

ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICESTAFFKatherine Acey, Executive DirectorBeverly Blake, Director ofDevelopmentMichelle Blankenship,Senior Accountant ConsultantNamita Chad, GrantsAdministrator/Program OfficerJennifer Einhorn,Communications ConsultantYvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene,Program AssistantAriel Federow,Development AssociateMiles Goff, Executive AssistantMelissa Hoskins,Communications AssociateJazmine Irizarry,Director of AdministrationNguru Karugu, InternationalProgram ConsultantMai Kiang, Director of ProgramsJoy Michael, Junior AccountantSuzanne Pharr,U.S. Program ConsultantLorraine Ramirez, Program AssociateDulce Reyes, Program OfficerAdam Shaw-Vardi, WebmasterShomi Terceros,Administrative AssistantAlexandra Teixeira, PhilanthropicPartnership OfficerTata Traore-Rogers, Deputy DirectorBOARD OF DIRECTORSAlice Y. Hom, Los Angeles, CA, ChairIleana Jimenez, Brooklyn, NY,SecretaryRebecca Rolfe, San Francisco, CA,TreasurerMarion Banzhaf, New York, NYStephanie Blackwood, New York, NYLouisa Hext, Minneapolis, MNMeg Hickman, Pasadena, CAAna-Maurine Lara, Austin, TXToni Lester, Boston, MAKimi Mojica, Berkeley, CAEleanor Palacios, San Francisco, CAAndrea Quijada, Albuquerque, NMRobin Rosenbluth, Brooklyn, NYAstraea acknowledges former staffand board for their contributionsduring fiscal year 2007–2008.Staff: Njemile Davis, Ivory Farley, Joo-Hyun Kang, Ling Y. Ou, Wendy SealeyBoard: Dalila Fridi, Jezzika LeePerez, Nadeja Wesley, shash yázhíINTERNATIONAL FUNDADVISORY BOARDLohana Berkins, Buenos Aires,ArgentinaLibay Cantor, Quezon City,Manila, PhillippinesMaria Ysabel Cedaño, Lima, PerúTatiana Cordero, Quito, EcuadorSonia Correa, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilOchy Curiel, Bogotá, ColombiaJelena Djordjervic, Belgrade, SerbiaMarta Drury, Half Moon Bay, CAYuderkis Espinosa-Miñoso,Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDaniel Lee, San Francisco, CAThuli Madi, Johannesburg,South AfricaLisbeth Meléndez Rivera,Silver Springs, MDLepa Mladjenovic, Belgrade, SerbiaPhumi Metwa, Johannesburg,South AfricaWilliam O’ Dour, Copenhagen, DenmarkAlejandra Sarda, Cordoba, ArgentinaAnjana Suvarnananda,Nakornchaisi, ThailandJavid Syed, New York, NYMaria Georgina Villar, Quezon City,Manila, PhilippinesINTERNATIONAL GRANTSPANEL (07–08)Omo Akintan, Toronto, CanadaMónica Enríquez-Enríquez,Santa Cruz, CAMarta Drury, Half Moon Bay, CALisbeth Meléndez Rivera,Silver Springs, MDMiriam Molnar, New York, NYWei-ting Wu, New York, NYU.S. GRANTS PANEL (07–08)Martha Duffer, Austin, TXKim Ford, New York, NYAbbie Illenberger, New York, NYTiona McClodden, Philadelphia, PAKimi Mojica, Berkeley, CANadeja Wesley, Chicago, ILASTRAEA VISUAL ARTSFUND PANEL (07–08)Nancy Azara, New York, NYSimone Leigh, New York, NYKaren Olivier, New York, NYFlavia Rando, New York, NYLinda Stein, New York, NYMickalene Thomas, New York, NYLESBIAN WRITERS FUNDPANEL (07–08)Poetry: Cheryl Boyce-Taylor,New York, NY; Ruth L. Schwartz,Shutesbury, MAFiction: Lori L. Lake, Hastings, MN;Shay Youngblood, Atlanta, GAastraeafoundation.org47 X

CREDITSAstraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice48ANNUAL REPORTEditor Jennifer EinhornManaging Editor Melissa HoskinsContributors Katherine Acey, Michelle Blankenship, Namita Chad, Jennifer Einhorn,Ariel Federow, Miles Goff, Melissa Hoskins, Mai Kiang, Lorraine Ramirez, Dulce Reyesand Alexandra TeixeiraDesigner Lizanne HartCopy Editor Lizanne HartPrinter Enterprise PressPrinted with vegetable-based inks on 100% recycled paper.PHOTOGRAPHYCover Courtesy of Sylvia Rivera Law ProjectInside Cover Courtesy of Blue Diamond SocietyBack Inside Cover Courtesy of SatrangALL OTHER PHOTOSLydia Daniller page 11 center; Jennifer Einhorn pages 2 / 4 / 6 right / 26 / 37 left /45 left; Febe page 29 right; Marie Gaerlan page 47; Melissa Hoskins pages 7bottom left / 17 large / 25 large / 34 / 37 right / 41 left and center / 43 left / 45 centerand right; Angela Jimenez pages 6 left / 7 top left and right and bottom of page /36 / 37 center / 39 all / 40 / 41 right / 43 center and right; Mai Kiang page 15 large;Orto-Lesbijka page 8COURTESY OFAdvocates for Informed Choice page 17 left; Affinity Community Services page 11right; Aireana page 25 center; Amigas Latinas page 18; At Your Cervix page 21 center;Blue Diamond Society page 25 left; Center for Artistic Revolution page 12; Coalitionof African Lesbians page 29 left; Desdenosotras page 29 center / 33 center; Jess Dunnpage 21 left; Elaine Gan page 15 left; Grupo de Mujeres Safo page 33 left; GSRAT page23 below; Helem page 23 left; Kampania Przeciw Homofobii page 29 large; Kontrapage 23 center; La Serafina page 23 right; Mujeres al Borde page 33 right; Mulabi page30; Purple Moon Dance Project page 15 right; QWOCMAP pages 11 large / 21 right;SKUC-LL page 33 large; Southerners on New Ground page 17 center; Sylvia RiveraLaw Project pages 3 / 15 center; Tenth Muse Productions page 17 right; Women’sSupport Group page 25 rightMembers of Satrang (Los Angeles, CA) and South Asian Network inLittle India during LA’s National Coming Out Day. The two groupsco-organized the 2008 event. See page 14. satrang.orgPhoto courtesy of Satrang

Astraea LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICEFunding Change and Strengthening Communities Around the World116 East 16th Street Seventh Floor New York, NY 10003P 212.529.8021 F 212.982.3321 astraeafoundation.orgCOVER Sylvia Rivera Law Project (New York, NY)staff member June Brown leads with the SLRP banner atTrans Day of Action in New York City. See page 11. slrp.orgPhoto courtesy of Sylvia Rivera Law Project