Groups Involved with LGBT-FAN
LGBT-FAN first met in June of 2012 in conjunction with the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, the world’s largest annual transgender-specific conference. The Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration (ORAM) provided initial coordination and support. The Human Rights Campaign’s Religion and Faith Program, TransFaith, and the Unitarian Universalist Association’s United Nations Office joined ORAM on the planning committee. Since that initial meeting, the Network has grown to engage people representing a wide range of organizations, most of whom focus on LGBT communities and faith in some way, and many of whom had never partnered before
Note: LGBT-FAN has not yet developed a former membership model. While decision-makers representing the organizations listed below have engaged with the Network, these organizations cannot be described as formal “members” of it.
LGBT asylum seekers and asylees in the US
Grassroots faith and community groups such as the DC Center for the LGBT Community; the First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans; Hadwen Park Congregational Church (Worcester, MA); the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force (Worcester, MA); the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto; the Rehoboth Temple Christ Conscious Church (New York City); St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (San Francisco); and the University Fellowship Church of Charlotte
National faith networks with a special interest in LGBT populations such as Believe Out Loud (interdenominational Christian); Dignity USA (Roman Catholic Church); the Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations; the Freedom Center for Social Justice; the Global Justice Institute of Metropolitan Community Churches; the Interfaith Working Group; Keshet; the Queer Muslim Working Group; ReconcilingWorks (Lutheran churches); St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation; Transfaith Online; the Unitarian Universalist Association United Nations Office; and the United Church of Christ (UCC) Coalition for LGBT Concerns
National and international immigration policy and service organizations with a focus on LGBT people and faith including the Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration (ORAM); and the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights’ effort, the Rainbow Welcome Initiative
National LGBT rights organizations with a focus on faith, such as GLAAD’s Religion, Faith and Values Program; the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Religion and Faith Program; and the Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR), National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
Philanthropic organizations such as the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice and Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Voluntary Resettlement Agencies (Volags) that are based in faith traditions and reach out to the LGBT community, such as Episcopal Migration Ministries and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
Others such as Craig Media Strategy, the Erasing 76 Crimes, and Daylight Consulting Group, whose Principal (Max Niedzwiecki, Ph.D.) is serving as LGBT-FAN's volunteer Coordinator
Note: LGBT-FAN has not yet developed a former membership model. While decision-makers representing the organizations listed below have engaged with the Network, these organizations cannot be described as formal “members” of it.
LGBT asylum seekers and asylees in the US
Grassroots faith and community groups such as the DC Center for the LGBT Community; the First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans; Hadwen Park Congregational Church (Worcester, MA); the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force (Worcester, MA); the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto; the Rehoboth Temple Christ Conscious Church (New York City); St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (San Francisco); and the University Fellowship Church of Charlotte
National faith networks with a special interest in LGBT populations such as Believe Out Loud (interdenominational Christian); Dignity USA (Roman Catholic Church); the Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations; the Freedom Center for Social Justice; the Global Justice Institute of Metropolitan Community Churches; the Interfaith Working Group; Keshet; the Queer Muslim Working Group; ReconcilingWorks (Lutheran churches); St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation; Transfaith Online; the Unitarian Universalist Association United Nations Office; and the United Church of Christ (UCC) Coalition for LGBT Concerns
National and international immigration policy and service organizations with a focus on LGBT people and faith including the Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration (ORAM); and the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights’ effort, the Rainbow Welcome Initiative
National LGBT rights organizations with a focus on faith, such as GLAAD’s Religion, Faith and Values Program; the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Religion and Faith Program; and the Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR), National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
Philanthropic organizations such as the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice and Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Voluntary Resettlement Agencies (Volags) that are based in faith traditions and reach out to the LGBT community, such as Episcopal Migration Ministries and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
Others such as Craig Media Strategy, the Erasing 76 Crimes, and Daylight Consulting Group, whose Principal (Max Niedzwiecki, Ph.D.) is serving as LGBT-FAN's volunteer Coordinator