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2017 Annual Report Astraea’s 2017 Annual Report 5 Highlights 9 Grantee Partners 15 Donors 26 Financial Statement 28 Staff and Board Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice - 2017 Annual Report Designer: Adam Shaw-Vardi (Lousch Creations) Editors: Bridget de Gersigny, Kim Kaletsky Contributors: Ruth Baldacchino, Namita Chad, Miabi Chatterji, Mariam Gagoshashvili, Cara Page, Brenda Salas Neves Highlights Grantee Partner Audre Lorde Project Members of Audre Lorde Project at the Highlights 7th Annual Bed Stuy Pride, 2017. Credit: Audre Lorde Project 1. In October 2017, we supported the participation of 11 LBQ activists from 5 Eastern European and Central Asian countries in the European Lesbian* Conference, the first conference of its scope and size in Europe bringing together over 500 women to build collective visibility and shape political agendas in the region. 2. Palestinian organization alQaws collaborated on a groundbreaking social media campaign titled “Difference Never Justifies Violence” that aimed to make LGBTQ issues, homosexuality, and sexual/gender diversity more accessible to Palestinian society while giving voice and power to LGBTQ persons to talk about their own lived experiences. 3. Members of Intersex Russia provided information to intersex people and partners in Russia and around the world by delivering talks and providing training to journalists, students, and psychologists. Highlights // Annual Report 2017 5 approved by the country’s Chamber of Deputies and is now awaiting a Senate decision. 8. Thanks to the activism of TransAkcija, Slovenia recently amended its anti- discrimination law, which now includes protections for gender identity and gender expression. 9. In response to the emergence of right wing media targeting LGBTQ activists and Malaysian government activities promoting anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy, Justice for Sisters swiftly engaged in media messaging to debunk homophobic and transphobic myths Mijente and helped activate an LGBTQ network Mijente marches in support of their to monitor incidences of violence and #DefyDefendExpand sanctuary support survivors. campaign in Philadelphia, 2017. Credit: Mijente 4. In Nepal, Blue Diamond Society 6. Providence Youth Student Movement advocated for the inclusion and (PrYSM) deftly organized across protection of intersex children from communities and secured the passing intersex genital mutilation (IGM) in a of the Community Safety Act in proposed bill that could make Nepal Providence, Rhode Island, ensuring the first Asian country to mandate legal more transparency and less racial protections for intersex people. profiling by local law enforcement. 5. Iranti-Org helped retrieve archives from 7. In Chile, Asociación OTD has been Intersex South Africa (ISSA) and revive leading coalitional efforts to pass the the organization. ISSA now provides Gender Identity Law, which would space for intersex voices in South (and bring increased protections for Chilean Southern) Africa, and is led by a group trans people’s rights to gender identity, Las Nietas de Nonó of young intersex activists who are using gender expression, legal name change, Global Arts Fund grantee media as a tool to share and highlight and non-pathologizing administrative partner Las Nietas de Nonó at work in Puerto Rico. their message. procedures. The bill was recently Credit: Las Nietas de Nonó 6 Annual Report 2017 // Highlights This year Astraea... state of intersex and trans organizing. and advocate in online spaces. The surveys found that despite recent 9. Launched the Philanthropic Advocacy 1. Continued to build power and momentum; growth in LGBTQI funding, intersex and for LBQ Women’s and LBQ Gender in 40 years we made over $36 million trans groups continue to be deeply under- Non-Conforming Peoples’ Activisms via 4,500+ grants to 1,700+ grantee resourced — more than half of trans project partners in 99 countries and 45 U.S. groups and more than three-quarters of in partnership with Mama Cash, highlighting some of the brilliant visions of states. In 2017 alone, we made 260 grants intersex groups report budgets of less freedom that LBQ activists are creating. in 66 countries, totaling more than $4.6 than $10,000 USD. We recognize the need to lift up lesbian million! 6. Made our third and largest cycle of feminist lineage to honor the historical 2. Trusted that organizations know their grants supporting intersex organizations, legacies of Black/POC/White feminisms needs best; 68% of our grants provided totalling nearly $300,000 in grants to towards championing our global feminist general operating support. 37 intersex-led groups in 28 countries. futures. Soon we will be engaging in Recently we helped host the first regional formal research to track funding trends 3. Fuelled hyper-local activism, with global intersex meetings in Africa, Asia, and Latin and gaps for LBQ women and gender non- reach! Nearly half of our funding (43%) America, and supported an international conforming people. supported U.S. groups and the other half intersex forum in Amsterdam. supported international organizations. 10. Awarded grants to 15 artists and arts 7. Collaborated with our donor community collectives interrogating and exploring 4. Centered our work in racial and gender at our 2017 Fueling the Frontlines Awards the construct, concept, and culture justice; 98% of our U.S. funding went to in Los Angeles; 300 guests raised of Blackness. Worldwide, artists are LGBTQI people of color led groups, and over $100,000 to support LGBTQI producing work not solely in response 94% supported activists fighting against organizing. to the myriad histories of violence Black the criminalization of our communities bodies have incurred, but from places of and championing migrant justice. 8. Curated our CommsLabs in South joy and celebration; we were honored to Africa, hosting a cohort of 35 activists fuel artists doing that work all over the 5. Advocated fiercely for resources because and 15 trainers; participants were world. we know the work is not yet done. We equipped with the tools, skills, and released two new global reports on the knowledge they need to securely organize OVER OVER OVER IN M ,500 ,700 $36 4 1 99 IN GRANTS GRANTS GIVEN GRANTEE PARTNERS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, AND 45 U.S. STATES Highlights // Annual Report 2017 7 First African Intersex Meeting Participants attend the first African Intersex Meeting in South Africa, 2017. Credit: Iranti-Org 8 Annual Report 2017 // Grantee Partners Grantee Partners Africa Humanity First Cameroon - Nyanza, Rift Valley and Trans and Intersex People (TIP) Gender Program Western Kenya LGBTI Coalition for Human Rights in Nigeria Artists for Recognition and Yaoundé, Cameroon (NYARWEK) (THRIN) Acceptance (AFRA-Kenya) Kisumu, Kenya Lugbe, Nigeria Initiative for Equality and Non- Nairobi, Kenya Discrimination (INEND) Pakasipiti Zimbabwe Trans Bantu Association of Association Sourire de Femme Mombasa, Kenya Harare, Zimbabwe Zambia Dakar, Sénégal Lusaka, Zambia Iranti-Org QET Inclusion Chouf Minorities Johannesburg, South Africa Abidjan, Côte D’ivoire Transgender and Intersex Africa Tunis, Tunisia Pretoria, South Africa Jinsiangu Queer African Youth Network Cross University Trans Nairobi, Kenya (QAYN) Transgender Education & Collective (CUT) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Advocacy Kenya Campus Lasses Cape Town, South Africa Nairobi, Kenya Association Rainbow Identity Association EAVA Artists - Kyabayinze Nairobi, Kenya Gaborone, Botswana Voice of the Voiceless (VOVO) Vincent Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Kisumu Digital Media Project S.H.E., Social, Health and Uganda Kisumu, Kenya Empowerment Feminist Voices of Women in Western Forum for the Empowerment of Collective of Transgender Kenya (VOWWEK) Kisumu Peer Educators Women (FEW) Women of Africa Kisumu, Kenya (KISPED) Johannesburg, South Africa East London, South Africa Kisumu, Kenya Women’s Health and Equal Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Support Initiative for People Rights Initiative (WHER) Limpopo LGBTI Proudly Out Kenya (GALCK) with atypical sex Development Abuja, Nigeria Polokwane, South Africa Nairobi, Kenya (SIPD) National Gay & Lesbian Human Kampala, Uganda Gender DynamiX Rights Commission Cape Town, South Africa Together for Women’s Rights - Nairobi, Kenya Burundi None on Record Bujumbura, Burundi Nairobi, Kenya Grantee Partners // Annual Report 2017 9 Asia & Pacific Organisation Intersex Bilitis Resource Center Intersex Island International Australia Limited Sofia, Bulgaria Reykjavík, Iceland AIS Support Group Australia (OII Australia) Centre for Equality and Liberty intersexioni Inc. Newtown, Australia for the LGBT Community in Firenze, Italy Coorparoo, Australia Organization Intersex Kosovo (CEL) IntersexUK ALMA-TQ Initiative Group International-Chinese (Oii- Pristina, Kosovo Princetown, United Kingdom Almaty, Kazakhstan Chinese) Collectif Intersexes et Allié-e-s Kaohsiung City, Taiwan LGBTIQA Association Okvir Alternative Law Forum (CIA) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Bangalore, India Point of View St Denis, France Mumbai, India Herzegovina Beyond the Boundary - knowing Egalite Intersex Ukraine OII Italia and concerns Intersex Public Union “Labrys” Kiev, Ukraine Italy Hong Kong, Hong Kong Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan European Lesbian* Conference Organisation Intersex Blue Diamond Society Sappho for Equality Austria International Europe (OII Kathmandu, Nepal Kolkata, India Gayten-LGBT, Center for Europe) Creating Resources for Sayoni Promotion of LGBTIQ Human Germany Empowerment in Action Singapore Rights Organisation Intersex New Delhi, India Belgrade, Serbia Thai Transgender
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