• Human Rights Watch Honors Nisha Ayub
  Human Rights Watch honors Nisha Ayub for challenging the discriminatory laws that prevent transgender people in Malaysia from living free of violence, fear, and oppression.

• LGBT Issues and Immigration
  Matt Foreman, of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, discusses the issues at the intersection of immigrant and LGBT Rights.

• Nepal Approves Pro-LGBT Constitution
  On September 20th, Nepal's new constitution, overwhelming approved by the Parliament, will contain three major articles that serve to further protections of LGBTQ people. 

• No One Left Behind: Tim Gill and the New Quest for Full LGBT Equality
  Tim Gill of the Gill Foundation discusses his thoughts on what is next for the LGBT movement after SCOTUS' ruling in favor of same-sex marriage.

• Ending the School to Prison Pipeline through Collaboration at the Intersections
  Along with the Advancement Project and the Gay Straight Alliance Network, Equality Federation has released a new report that explores research showing the students of color and LGBT students are more likely to be disciplined than their white, non-LGBT peers. 

• United States Has an Obligation to Collect LGBT Data
  Andrew Park, the Director of International Programs at The Williams Institute, discusses the need for a national human rights institution (NHRI).

• Windy City Times Survey of LGBT and AIDS Organizations
  Windy City Times has reached out to many of Chicago's LGBT and AIDS organizations to compile data on financial information and the demographics of staff, board, and clients.

Recent Grant Award Announcements

• Lambda Literary Receives Large Grant to Support Endowment
  Chuck Forester, San Francisco author and philanthropist, has pledged a $1 million grant to support Lambda Literary, which celebrates and preserves LGBTQ literature. This gift is one of the largest LGBTQ grants of 2014. 

• LGBT Community Endowment Fund to Host First Annual Grant Award Reception
  The LGBT Community Endowment Fund, held at the Community Foundation of Utah, has awarded grants of $53,500 to 12 different organizations that are working on various, critical issues faced by Utah's LGBTQ communities. 

• LGBT Fund Awarding $282K to Local Groups
  The LGBT Community Fund at the Chicago Community Trust has selected a range of organizations to receive grants ranging in scope from $10,000 to $150,000. The cycle will begin later this year.