In this interview, Amy Costello’s guest Myrl Beam argues that the LGBTQ movement’s embrace of the nonprofit model has had an enormous and troubling impact on a once-radical intention. This thought-provoking podcast raises questions about how the concessions we make on the road to social change often result in a change of course. Listen to it now, or download and listen later.
The YMCA, whose 2,700 local affiliates serve 22 million people, has launched a national program to better serve LGBTQ families and children. Now comes the challenge of implementation.
Politically motivated “outing” of public figures has a long history of dispute among activists. This old struggle is playing out in the hiring and firing of a nonprofit CEO.
An LGBTQ organization in Alabama has found itself at the center of political controversy, and suddenly closed. Is this a problem with the organization’s practices, its operating environment, or both?
Even when nonprofits work toward the same goal, their decision-making processes can differ drastically, which can lead to major, publicly aired, disagreements.
The Tokyo-based non-profit LGBT advocacy organization Good Aging Yells is preparing a “hospitality venue” for LGBT athletes and fans called Pride House Tokyo.
Liberals and progressives from outside the LGBTQ community may find it prudent to accept the advantages of a movement in rebirth. As members of the community are doing work on the ground, nonprofits should be handling the behind-the-scenes details.
Though survey respondents found significant bias in the nonprofit sector against LGBTQ persons, racial bias still imposes greater barriers.
Can tolerance grow in Brooklyn? An LGBTQ protest brings attention to human rights issues at home and abroad.
Interviews with foster youth led this local nonprofit to believe that it was most important to have supportive caring adults as advocates. But what if they could include community demographics as a consideration? That would set an example of what a truly reflective and inclusive volunteer community could look like.
