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Mobilizing Resources for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People Marcie Parkhurst, Amber Johnson Funding is scarce for human rights issues related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) groups across the globe. Approximately $10 million USD was spent in total on LGBT issues in the Global South and East in 2005, compared to $336 million to support 48 LGBT rights organizations based in the US in the same year. 93% of human rights funders who do not currently support LGBT human rights work in the Global South and East acknowledge the community’s responsibility to help. This report explores a call to action to mobilize additional funding for LGBT human rights work, by identifying obstacles to funding among human rights funders, exploring the implications of those obstacles, and surfacing approaches to mitigate or overcome them. |
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