INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 0 7
 The mission of the International Gay and

Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)

is to secure the full enjoyment of the human

rights of all people and communities subject to

discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual

orientation or expression, gender identity or

expression, and/or HIV status.

Table of Contents
From the Board Chairs............................................................................................... 2

From the Executive Director..................................................................................... 3

IGLHRC’s Six Core Goals............................................................................................ 4

Responds to Human Rights Crises......................................................................... 5

Supports Domestic Human Rights Advocacy...................................................... 9

Conducts Advocacy with Global and Regional Human Rights

Treaty Bodies............................................................................................................... 17

A Celebration of Courage....................................................................................... 25

Thanks to Our Donors.............................................................................................. 26

Staff/Board of Directors/International Advisory Council............................... 31

Financial Position/Statement................................................................................. 32

New York Headquarters

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
80 Maiden Lane, Suite 1505
New York, NY 10038
phone: 212.268.8040
fax: 212.430.6060
email: iglhrc@iglhrc.org

Buenos Aires Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Av. Callao 339 Piso 5o
Buenos Aires, Argentina
phone/fax: 011-54-11-4665-7527
email: mferreyra@iglhrc.org

Johannesburg Office for Africa Program

34 Second Avenue
Melville
Johannesburg, South Africa
phone: 011-27-73-504-5420
email: cjohnson@iglhrc.org

www.iglhrc.org

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Letter From the Board Chairs

Ally Bolour Dorothy Sander

Dear Supporters and Friends,

The world of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) advocacy
continues to be one filled with painstaking battles, stunning victories, and baffling
losses. In the midst of all of this, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission (IGLHRC) continues to move forward in its work of securing human
rights for everyone, everywhere. This past year has been a time of building our
organization’s capacity to advocate for human rights globally.
1) We are proud of our healthy financial picture. The continued support of
IGLHRC’s institutional funders has allowed us to hire new staff in Africa
and reconnect with activists in Asia. We responded to many human
rights emergencies, saw the successful completion of numerous
projects, and continued to work with our partners on trainings and
capacity building projects to support longer-term advocacy goals.
2) We are pleased with the on-going dedication of our many individual donors.
Your generosity has allowed IGLHRC to continue to respond to egregious
human rights violations against people based solely on their sexual
orientation, gender identity, or sexual expression. IGLHRC will continue
focusing its efforts on building our individual donor base through increased
donor outreach over the next few years.
3) Finally, IGLHRC realizes that the ability to communicate with people
around the globe is imperative in an age where technology provides
instantaneous access to current events. IGLHRC is building a more
interactive website to make our work accessible to a broader global
audience. This will enable us to expose human rights abuses and
highlight our ongoing work with local groups across the globe as we
strive toward greater global acceptance for LGBTI people.
The Board of Directors of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission wants to thank you for your continued support in this valuable work
to secure fundamental human rights on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, and/or HIV status.
Sincerely,

Ally Bolour, Dorothy Sander, Co-Chair,

Co-Chair, Board of Directors Board of Directors

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Letter From the Executive Director

Paula Ettelbrick

Dear Supporters and Friends,

During the last year, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
(IGLHRC) has worked tirelessly to challenge the persecution faced by millions
of people because of their sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or
expression, and/or HIV status. And our work has had powerful effects throughout
the world.
In Latin America, IGLHRC coordinated a process that culminated when the
human rights committee of the Southern Common Market—a regional trade and
integration agreement—issued a declaration to end discrimination against sexual
and gender minorities. Should the entire Southern Common Market pass this
resolution, it will result in a profound shift toward legal equality for LGBTI people
in the region. In fact, it would mark the single biggest global development for the
LGBTI community since European treaty bodies resolved to abolish discrimination
on that continent.
This success represents just a fragment of IGLHRC’s work. With field staff located
in Latin America and Africa, and soon in Asia, IGLHRC is now more than ever
able to support the tremendous momentum for change generated by LGBTI
people at the grassroots level. IGLHRC’s ability to investigate and report on
human rights violations is also enhanced by a New York-based staff that works
with LGBTI colleagues in Europe, with Middle Eastern LGBTI groups, and within
the United Nations.
We are so grateful to everyone who has helped build IGLHRC into a truly global
and effective advocate for the human rights of LGBTI people, everywhere. You
can read more about our work in the following pages. Thank you so very much
for your continued support.
Sincerely,

Paula L. Ettelbrick
Executive Director

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 IGLHRC’s SIX CORE GOALS:
Decriminalize Sexual and Gender Expression and Behavior.
1 Sodomy laws are a cornerstone of state discrimination against
LGBTI people. States use these and other morals-based codes
to monitor, harass, abuse, extort, imprison, torture, and execute
LGBTI people. In turn, such government-sponsored actions
legitimize social discrimination and abuse.

Establish Free Speech, Assembly, Association and

2 Expression for LGBTI People and Organizations.
The right and ability to be public about LGBTI life—whether
through political speech, pride rallies, or individual appearance—
is key to our communities’ abilities to effectively join together and
resist human rights violations.

Challenge Workplace and Other Forms of Discrimination.

3 The right to employment and housing free from harassment,
discrimination, and stereotyping is an essential component of
human dignity and social respect.

Promote HIV/AIDS Policies that De-stigmatize Same-Sex

4 Sexual Practices.
Work to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS cannot be fully effective if
health care professionals, policy leaders, and funders continue
to deny, ignore, or diminish the sexuality of same-sex practicing
people. De-stigmatization of same-sex sexual relationships will
ensure that HIV/AIDS policies, research, and care are advanced
effectively and appropriately.

Develop Human Rights Principles to Address Violations

5 Related to Gender Identity and Expression.
Social norms requiring conformity to gender roles lie at the heart
of discrimination against all LGBTI people.

Build and Strengthen Alliances With Other Social

6 Justice Colleagues.
In the face of global challenges to human rights, forging strong
strategic alliances with colleagues in religious, women’s, sexual
rights, sex workers, trade unions, and human rights movements
is essential.

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IGLHRC Responds to Human Rights Crises
IGLHRC believes in breaking the silence. Through its over 10,000 member
Global Emergency Response Network, IGLHRC exposes and mobilizes
responses to egregious human rights violations around the world—be they
police round-ups of gay men, harassment and murders of transgender
people, violence against lesbians in their homes and communities, or
discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
(LGBTI) people with HIV. Examples of our work this year include:

Initiating Letter Writing Campaigns to Highlight LGBTI Human

Rights Violations
IGLHRC believes that letter-writing campaigns build critical global momentum
to press international leaders to end human rights abuses against LGBTI
communities. With this goal in mind, IGLHRC worked hand-in-hand with local
activists in a series of letter-writing campaigns to highlight the plight of LGBTI
people confronting human rights violations worldwide. The communities
and organizations that IGLHRC has coordinated with this year include: Raiz
Diversidad, with whom we demanded an end to intimidation and violence
against travestis in Lima, Perú; the International Lesbian and Gay Association
(ILGA), writing letters to the Rwandan government asking it to reconsider
the inclusion of a provision penalizing homosexuality as part of the revision
of the Rwandan penal code; LGBTI communities in the Republic of Korea,
to denounce the homophobic statements of Myung-Bak Lee, presidential
candidate and leader of South Korea’s ultra-right wing Grand National Party;
and LGBTI activists in Moldova, at whose request IGLHRC sent a letter to the
Moldovan embassy in Washington D.C. to express our solidarity with those
participating in banned Gay Pride events in the capital city of Chisinau.

IGLHRC’s letter-writing campaigns reflect several strategic goals—prioritizing

freedom of speech, assembly and expression; protecting the rights to gender
identity and sexual expression; and strengthening key alliances by working
with grassroots activists. As well as sending letters on our own behalf, we
encouraged our members to write their own letters, ratcheting up the
pressure for international leaders to respect LGBTI rights.

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 The funds helped me to regain my strength
and hope after the very long and demoralizing trip
from Burundi. It allowed me to survive for my first few
months in South Africa after fleeing the oppression I
was facing in Burundi. Upon arriving in South Africa it
was winter, and I had nowhere to stay, no real friends;
the grant allowed me to establish myself.
--Alexandra Rubera

Nighat Saeed Kahn (center), ASR Center’s Executive Director, who has worked
on a landmark Pakistani transgender case. Pictured here with Grace Poore
(left), IGLHRC’s Regional Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific Islands, and Paula
Ettelbrick, IGLHRC’s Executive Director.

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Providing Assistance to Human Rights Defenders
Human rights crises often require a quick response to ensure the safety of
LGBTI people. As part of our ongoing commitment to lend special assistance
to LGBTI activists and human rights defenders, IGLHRC helps solicit financial
and other assistance for human rights defenders all over the world.
This year, IGLHRC has:

Supported Safe Houses in Iraq

Since the start of the Iraq war, when Iraq’s leading Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand
Ayatollah Ali Sistani, issued a fatwa (religious decree) declaring that LGBTI
people should be punished and killed, LGBTI Iraqis have been subject to
intensified violence. In response to this situation, IGLHRC reached out to
its dedicated donors, asking them to contribute to Iraqi LGBT, a London-
based volunteer group which runs five safe houses providing food, shelter,
and security to endangered LGBTI Iraqis. These donations have enabled
the volunteer group to continue their work to rescue and to provide refuge
for LGBTI Iraqis, many of whom have been disowned by their families and
threatened by armed religious militias.

Helped a Burundi Transgender Woman Escape Violence

Alexandra Rubera is a transgender woman who faced such extreme verbal
and physical attacks that she was driven out of her home in Burundi and
into exile in Kenya. However, Alexandra did not find safety in Kenya. While
in that country she was arrested, mistreated and publicly humiliated by the
authorities before being forcibly repatriated to Burundi. Upon her return, she
faced tremendous oppression and was forced to flee again—this time to
South Africa. IGLHRC received an emergency grant from the Women’s Urgent
Action Fund and worked with Behind the Mask, an African LGBTI Media NGO
based in South Africa, and Gender DynamiX, a transgender support group, to
help Alexandra start a new life in South Africa and to expose the human rights
violations she experienced in Burundi and Kenya.

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Supported a Landmark Transgender Case in Pakistan
As part of IGLHRC’s efforts to strengthen ties with activists in Asia and the
Pacific, IGLHRC worked with Pakistani activists from ASR Centre involved in a
landmark legal case related to freedom of gender expression. Shumail Raj, a
female-to-male transgender man and Shahzina Tariq, his wife, were married
in September 2006. Eight months later, a High Court judge ordered the
couple to be arrested for falsely testifying that Shumail was a man and that
their marriage was legal. Shumail and Shahzina were subsequently fined and
sentenced to three years in prison. In June 2007, a Supreme Court judge
ordered the case to be re-opened and released the couple on bail. The court
is expected to decide if Shumail is a man or a woman, which will determine
if his marriage to Shahzina is valid. IGLHRC issued an action alert, asking our
members to support the couple by writing letters and donating money. In
response, we received dozens of letters of support from across the globe that
we directed to the couple and their legal team.

Creating a New Resource for LGBTI and HIV-Positive People

Seeking Asylum
In October 2006, IGLHRC launched a new online library to enable asylum
seekers or their legal advocates to quickly provide immigration authorities
with materials describing human rights abuses related to sexual orientation
and gender identity in their country of origin. The online library contains 144
different country packets and three thematic packets—on Islamic, lesbian, and
transgender issues. It is the most complete documentation resource of its
kind in the world. The online library is available at: www.asylumlaw.org

IGLHRC Supports Domestic Human Rights Advocacy

Central to IGLHRC’s values is the belief that our capacity to respond to
human rights violations depends on the strength and ability of LGBTI
individuals and groups to openly advocate for human rights regardless of
sexual orientation, gender expression, or HIV status. IGLHRC works closely
with an always-growing, diverse coalition of local, grassroots activists and
organizations, striving to ensure the right to live openly and with dignity for
every human being. Our work this year has involved:

Chronicling Instances of Torture in Iran

In May 2007, Iranian authorities raided a birthday party and arrested, detained
and severely tortured 87 people, many of whom were gay or transgender,
in an attempt to force them to confess to homosexuality. While most denied
being gay and were released from custody, close to 20 people, including all

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ADVOCACY INSTITUTE

Photos from the Latin American Human Rights Advocacy Institute for Lesbian and Bisexual
Women from Central America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean - Costa Rica - May 2007

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those who confessed to homosexuality, the transgender guests, and the host
of the party, were kept in custody and eventually set free on a hefty bail.

IGLHRC believes that inaction and silence in the face of consistent

persecution in Iran is not an option for human rights activists. Yet it is also
not an option to respond without working in partnership with the Iranian
LGBTI community. In this instance, IGLHRC worked with the Iranian LGBTI
group (IRQO) to interview those who were detained and tortured by the
authorities, recognizing that documenting human rights violations is often
the first step toward challenging them.

Conducting Human Rights Training Sessions in Latin America and

Eastern Europe
IGLHRC conducts human rights training sessions around the world to
strengthen the capacity of LGBTI groups, allies, and individual activists to
fight for human rights and document violations.

IGLHRC’s Latin American Human Rights Advocacy Institute originated in

2005 as a two-week training session for emerging leaders in the field of
LGBTI human rights. In May 2007, IGLHRC held its second convening, this
time in San José, Costa Rica, designed specifically for lesbian and bisexual
women from Central America and the Caribbean. More than 15 lesbian
and feminist activists from 7 different countries—Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic—
joined IGLHRC staff as presenters. Participants at the Institute created a new
network, “Lesboamericanas,” focused on research around the impact of
HIV/AIDS on lesbians and bisexual women. Everyone attending the Institute
also initiated a specific project connected to their personal activist work that
IGLHRC will help them develop and implement in future months.

In many parts of the world, gay pride events help give public visibility to
LGBTI lives and experiences. To help organizers document their experiences
with such events, IGLHRC solicited the help of our allies at WITNESS, an
international human rights organization that provides training on how to
use video in human rights advocacy campaigns, to coordinate a multimedia

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Above - Anjana Suvarnananda (right) founder of Anjaree Foundation in the Bangkok
2006 Gay Pride parade. Photo: icoolstudio.com

Below - Thai LGBTI activists handing their recommendation to the Constitutional

Drafting Assembly. Photo: icoolstudio.com

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training for LGBTI rights activists from Central and Eastern Europe. To
ensure that as many representatives from the region as possible could
take advantage of the training, IGLHRC staff notified our many Central
and Eastern European colleagues and planned the training as part of the
annual ILGA-Europe Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. The two-part workshop,
Video for Change, trained participants about how to document and present
evidence of human rights abuses during annual pride events. The workshop
also discussed the best way to use video in a variety of advocacy settings,
including in front of national, regional and international judicial bodies.

Supporting the Recognition of Argentinian Transgender Groups

Travestis and transsexuals are two of the most vulnerable communities in
Latin America. In Argentina they are frequently exposed to police violence, a
repressive provincial penal code, and education, health, labor and housing
discrimination. In 2003, the General Inspectorate of Justice (a division
of the Argentinian Justice Department) denied legal recognition to the
Association for the Struggle of the Travesti and Transsexual Identity (ALITT).
IGLHRC found this denial of legal status to be unjustly discriminatory and a
violation of freedom of association, and worked with ALITT’s representative,
Lohana Berkins, a recipient of IGLHRC’s 2003 Felipa de Souza Award, to
prepare an amicus curiae. On November 22, 2006, the Supreme Court of
Argentina ruled that legal recognition must be given to ALITT, overruling earlier
decisions. The Supreme Court’s ruling not only extends recognition to ALITT
as an organization, but also validates their ability to advocate on behalf of the
transgender community.

Supporting Thai Activists in their Fight for Constitutional Protection

In September 2006, the Thai military organized a coup against the
government, suspended parliament, and annulled the 1997 Constitution.
Despite protests and condemnation, a military-appointed committee began
drafting a new constitution. Since November 2006, Thai LGBTI groups have
been lobbying members of this committee, as well as the Constitutional
Drafting Assembly (CDA), a 100-member voting committee, to ensure that
the constitution will include protections for LGBTI people in Thailand.

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IGLHRC wrote to the chair of the CDA in support of the Anjaree Foundation
and other Thai LGBTI activists urging members to provide constitutional
protection for people experiencing discrimination on the basis of their sexual
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Publishing Sexual Rights in a Fundamentalist Context

Inspired by the “Your Voice is Fundamental against Fundamentalisms”
campaign, originally launched at the 2003 World Forum by Articulacion
Feminista Marcosur, IGLHRC and Catholics for a Free Choice-Cordoba
developed a collaborative publication, Sexual Rights in a Fundamentalist
Context. The publication compiles a variety of reflections on the debates that
took place on religious fundamentalism and sexual rights in Quito, Ecuador
during the first Americas Social Forum in July 2004 and in Porto Alegre,
Brazil during the World Social Forum in January 2005.

Fighting Homophobic Legislation in Nigeria

After the Nigerian Minister of Justice introduced legislation in January 2006
that would criminalize a wide range of activities affecting LGBTI people—
ranging from same-sex marriage to advocating and organizing on behalf of
gay causes—IGLHRC took action. Recognizing that the proposed legislation
violated the freedom of expression, assembly and association of LGBTI
people in Africa’s most populous country, IGLHRC collected the anonymous
testimonies of LGBTI Nigerians and published these stories in a moving
compilation, Voices from Nigeria. The Nigerians’ stories vividly describe the
discrimination and homophobia they confront on a daily basis, along with
the detrimental impact the proposed legislation would have on their lives.
“If the bill is passed it will be terrible,” said one contributor. “When you love
someone and you can’t have access to that person, life is not worth living.
I am too afraid to think about what I will have to do if the bill is passed.”
The publication was part of IGLHRC’s contribution to a coordinated and
successful advocacy effort by local and international activists that ultimately
prevented the homophobic legislation from becoming law.

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 One concrete example of the continuing
discrimination against LGBTI individuals is the case of
Mayra Espinoza. Ms. Espinoza was expelled from her
high school in Vina del Mar, Chile, in September 2002.
Her ‘offense’ was kissing another female student
goodbye as they entered the school. Ms. Espinoza
appealed her expulsion, but despite her determined
efforts to gain re-admission to the school, she was
forced to accept an early-graduation certificate and
was never allowed to return to classes.
—Excerpt from the report on the status of LGBTI people in Chile

Above - Marcelo Ferreyra, Program Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean,
translating at a panel on south-south dialogues at the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi.

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IGLHRC Conducts Advocacy with Global and Regional
Human Rights Treaty Bodies
IGLHRC believes that all human rights entities, from the United Nations to
regional and domestic commissions, have an obligation to hold governments
accountable for human rights. By providing documentation and reports,
coordinating delegations of LGBTI activists to speak out in international
forums, and building connections between LGBTI activists and human rights
monitors, IGLHRC contributes to creating greater responsiveness to human
rights issues affecting our communities. Our work this year has included:

Exposing and reporting on human rights violations

When a country’s human rights record is being reviewed by a UN treaty body,
IGLHRC, like other NGOs, submits shadow reports to complement the official
information provided by a country’s government. IGLHRC’s goal in producing
these documents is to make sure that human rights abuses related to sexual
orientation and gender identity are publicly exposed in the treaty body’s final
report on each country. Over the past 12 months, IGLHRC has worked with
Global Rights and local advocates to prepare a series of reports on the status
of LGBTI people in Chile, Barbados, and Honduras, and submitted these
reports to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) for review.
This committee regularly examines the human rights situation in countries
that have signed on to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR). As a result of the submissions, the committee’s concluding
observations on the respective countries have sometimes included specific
requirements related to LGBTI human rights.

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Above - Joel Nana, Program Associate for Southern and West Africa

Below - House of Rainbow’s Reverend Jide Macaulay, Fikile Vilakazi of the Coalition
of African Lesbians, and Joel Nana of IGLHRC at the 41st Session of the African
Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Accra, Ghana.

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Using the African Commission to Confront the Ugandan Government
Like many African countries, Uganda maintains laws criminalizing
homosexuality, threatening LGBTI people with life imprisonment. These laws
create a climate of fear for LGBTI people and offer official justification for
homophobic hatred and violence. Yet Uganda’s Periodic Report submitted
to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African
Commission) in fall 2006 ignored the existence of human rights violations
committed against LGBTI citizens. Responding to this deliberate omission,
IGLHRC and Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) wrote a shadow report
focusing on human rights abuses on the basis of sexual orientation and
gender identity in Uganda and how these violations highlight the country’s
failure to comply with its international obligations. In questioning the Ugandan
government about its human rights record, the Commissioners quoted from
IGLHRC and SMUG’s shadow report extensively.

The African Commission and the NGO Forum that precedes it are key venues
for exposing legal and social homophobia, and building stronger alliances
for promoting human rights for LGBTI people in Africa. IGLHRC funded and
facilitated the participation of more than 30 LGBTI and sexual rights activists
from throughout Africa during the African Commission’s last three sessions.
IGLHRC believes that keeping LGBTI rights on the African Commission’s
agenda will ultimately help change discriminatory laws and practices in Africa.

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Above - Marcelo Ferreyra, Program Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean

Below - Transgender Activists, Marcela Romero (Argentina), Silvia Martínez

(Nicaragua), Natasha Jiménez (Costa Rica), and Belissa Andia (Perú), show how they
were accredited to attend the General Assembly with their names of choice at the
the Organization of American States (OAS) - Panama 2007. Natasha and Silvia were
participants in our first Human Rights Advocacy Institute in 2005 and Natasha went
on to help facilitate our 2007 session. Belissa was a trainer at the 2005 Institute.

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Promoting a Higher Level of Participation for LGBT Activists in the
Organization of American States
IGLHRC, Global Rights, and Mulabi-Latin American Space for Sexualities and
Rights started a joint effort in 2006 to promote a higher level of participation
for LGBTI activists in the Organization of American States (OAS) using as a
catalyst the Draft Inter-American Convention Against Racism and All Forms of
Discrimination and Intolerance. This draft document was originally proposed
by Brazil and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
IGLHRC advocated for the inclusion of protections on the basis of gender
identity and, in late 2007, learned that gender identity was included in the
draft document.

A related achievement occurred at a parallel event to the 37th Session of

the General Assembly of the OAS, held in Panama on June 3-5, 2007, when
transgender activists Belissa Andia (Peru), Marcela Romero (Argentina),
Natasha Jiménez (Costa Rica), and Silvia Martínez (Nicaragua) were
accredited to attend the General Assembly with their names of choice and
not with the names indicated in their passports. This is the first time that such
recognition has happened at the level of a major supranational body and
hence is a precedent-setting achievement for transgender communities and
their allies.

Reversing a UN Vote Against Consultative Status for LGBTI Groups

IGLHRC co-facilitated the campaign that contributed to the granting of
consultative status by ECOSOC to RFSL-Sweden and CGL-Quebec, despite
a contrary recommendation from ECOSOC’s own NGO Committee, which
screens the applications for consultative status. Five LGBTI NGOs co-signed
a press release about this achievement: IGLHRC, ARC, ILGA, and the two
NGOs whose consultative status was granted. IGLHRC’s own application
for consultative status at the UN was submitted in May 2007 in order to
better support such efforts in the future.

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Above - Cary Alan Johnson, Senior Regional Specialist for Africa, presenting at the
New York launch of Off the Map

The 120-page report is available in English

in print and electronic (PDF) versions.
English and French executive summaries
are also available. Go to www.iglhrc.org
and click on “Publications and Resources”
and then “Reports” to download a copy.

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Promoting Inclusive HIV/AIDS Programs for Same-Sex Practicing
People in Africa
Although same-sex practicing men and women are at increased risk of
contracting HIV, same-sex behavior has been simultaneously ignored and
criminalized in Africa. In February 2007, IGLHRC released Off the Map: How
HIV/AIDS Programming is Failing Same-Sex Practicing People in Africa, a
report that examines how homophobia jeopardizes overall efforts to combat
the AIDS epidemic in Africa. The publication highlights the failures and
responsibilities of HIV/AIDS stakeholders, African governments, the United
States and other foreign donors, the UN, non-governmental aid agencies,
and foundations in addressing this aspect of the epidemic.

Copies of Off the Map have been sent to ministries of health, national AIDS
control programs, and U.S. embassies in every African nation. Using this
report, IGLHRC has led a campaign to challenge homophobic and restrictive
HIV/AIDS funding and program policies and to encourage key stakeholders
at the local, regional, national and international levels, mainly African
governments, the U.S. government, foundations, donors, private voluntary
organizations, and domestic HIV/AIDS service organizations, to support
policies inclusive of same-sex practicing Africans.

Launching the Yogyakarta Principles

The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights
Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity were released
in March 2007 by a group of 29 international human rights experts who
developed them, including a representative from IGLHRC. The principles are
derived from existing law and jurisprudence at the international level and
articulate how international human rights law applies to sexual orientation
and gender identity. IGLHRC continues to strategize with LGBTI human
rights experts to determine the best ways to use these standards to combat
homophobic violence, abuse and discrimination throughout the world.

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After months of dedication and hard work, A Celebration of Courage
Co-Chairs Runa Saeki and Todd Larson (New York) and Jenesha de Rivera and
Tim Lane (San Francisco) unveiled IGLHRC’s most successful event ever. On
May 1, 2007 at the Manhattan Penthouse in New York and on May 3, 2007
at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, over 330 corporate and individual sponsors,
activists, and representatives from foundations and companies across the
country came together to applaud the achievements of the 2007 Felipa de
Souza Award winner, the Blue Diamond Society (BDS). Sunil Pant, the Founder
and Director of BDS, accepted the award on behalf of his organization at the
two ceremonies.
The Felipa de Souza Award Recipient: Blue Diamond Society (BDS)
The Blue Diamond Society is Nepal’s leading LGBTI rights group and one of
the world’s most respected advocacy organizations for sexual minorities. Since
its inception six year ago, BDS has grown into a national movement with
some 40,000 members across Nepal. Today, BDS not only provides HIV/AIDS
services and community outreach to thousands of people, but is also a strong
force behind social and political change in that country. The group has been at
the forefront of the democratic movement that started in 2006 and is currently
working in coalition with other human rights organizations and political parties
to ensure that the rights of LGBTI citizens are protected under the nation’s
new constitution.
The Felipa de Souza Award was established in 1994 and is presented to
individual(s) or organization(s) in recognition of their courageous activism to
advance the human rights of LGBTI people across the globe. IGLHRC’s Felipa
Award is unique in the world, recognizing significant efforts by grassroots LGBTI
activists and advocates in the face of severe challenges or in extreme isolation.
Special Thanks to the Following:
Honorary Chairs: Suvir Saran (NY), Kavita N. Ramdas (SF); Event Co-Chairs:
Runa Saeki and Todd Larson (NY) and Jenesha de Rivera and Tim Lane (SF);
MC’s: Lisa Kron (NY), Jewelle Gomez (SF); Host Committee Members: Ally
Bolour, Debanuj Dasgupta, Tom Dougherty, Roger Doughty, Lisa Geduldig,
Dipti Ghosh & Meggy Gotuaco, Jewelle Gomez & Diane Sabin, Roberta Kaplan
& Rachel Lavine, Carri Lyon, Harvey Makadon, Pamela Merchant & Kirby Sack,
Augustus Nasmith Jr., Rosalind Petchesky, LeRoy Potts, Sandip Roy-Chowdhury
and Dorothy Sander & Joyce Warshow

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Thanks to Our Donors
International Leadership Circle ($150,000+) Leadership Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Anonymous Ally Bolour
Ford Foundation Anonymous (3)
Universal Human Rights Defenders Circle Anthony Collerton & Galen Sherer
($75,000 - $149,999) Beth Stephens and Elly Bulkin
Oak Foundation David Hollander and Robert Shaw
Foundation Open Society Institute (Zug) Diane Benjamin, Benjamin & Company
The Sigrid Rausing Trust Dipti Ghosh and Meggy Gotuaco
Double Platinum/Stephanie K. Blackwood and
Global Action Circle ($25,000 - $74,999)
Arthur R. Korant
Anonymous
Earl G. Stokes and Ross H. Moore
Fred Eychaner
Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres
IBM Corporation
George S. Rothbart and Ingrid E. Scheib-Rothbart
Levi Strauss Foundation
Harvey Makadon
Working Assets Funding Service and Donation Fund
Jane Levin and Judy Reisman
Working Assets Grantmaking Fund of Tides Foundation
John A. D’Emilio
Solidarity Circle ($10,000 - $24,999) Kerry Lobel & Marta Drury Fund
Anonymous at the Horizons Foundation
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Lesbian Equity Foundation of Silicon Valley
Atticus Foundation Linc King and Tim Stevenson*
Dreilinden gGmbH Marge Sherwin and Rose Walton
Global Fund for Women Mark Krueger Charitable Fund
HIVOS of the New York Charitable Trust
Ise Bosch Mel Heifetz Fund at Dade Community Foundation
Anne Rosenthal Michael Conway
Andrew Tobias and Charles Nolan Nancy Polikoff
Human Rights Defenders Circle Nina S. Eshoo
($5,000 - $9,999) Nixon Peabody LLP
Anonymous Ortho Biotech Products, L.P.
David Berten Pamela Merchant and Kirby Sack
Martin Dunn and Rachel Fine Paul Sack
Katherine Franke* Richard L. Goldberg and Maggie Rudigoz
Dennis J. Friedman and Susan Seo Rutgers Presbyterian Church
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Sharon Dulberg and Ilana Drummond
Gill Foundation Suzanne Goldberg, In Honor of Paula Ettelbrick
James C. Hormel and Timothy C. Wu William Emmons, III and Zach Durant-Emmons
Lehman Brothers Inc. William Hibsher and Richard Orient
Tina M. Salandra Women’s Urgent Action Fund
Dorothy E. Sander and Joyce Warshow Friends of IGLHRC ($500 - $999)
Ted Snowdon Amnesty International USA-OUTfront
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Anonymous (2)
International Advocates Circle Best Buy
($2,500 - $4,999) David P. Black Fund of Horizons Foundation
Paul F. Albert Blanche W. Cook and Clare Coss
Alvin H. Baum, Jr. and Robert Holgate Michael A. D’Amato
Alexandra Chasin Rebecca Davis and Mark Hoffman
Jennifer Costley and Judith Turkel* John De Leon
Todd Larson Mary Detwiler
The Live Oak Fund of Tides Foundation Tom Dougherty
James G. Pepper Fund of the Energy 92.7 FM
Stonewall Community Foundation Paula Ettelbrick*
Donald Press and John Harris Tess Ewing and Louise Rice
Runa Saeki and Sharon Brooks Peter Gill Case and Lucia Gill Case
Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP Jewelle Gomez and Diane Sabin
Jeff Soref and Paul Lombardi Virginia Gordan
Nina Greenberg and Marc Jason
Mona J. Hagyard

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Gary S. Hattem Sarah Booth and Rebecca Campany
Frederick Hertz and Randolph Langenbach Brian Breheny
Elizabeth T. Hodge Robert C. Brickhouse and Elizabeth N. Brickhouse
Mila Visser ‘t Hooft and Erica Breneman Mark Bromley and David Salie
Roberta Kaplan and Rachel Lavine Richard Burns
David R. Kessler M.D. Joan Caivano and Eileen Kessler
Tim Lane and Niels Hooper* Alejandro Camacho
William D. Lewis John C. Campbell and Rich Harrison
Christopher Lynn Elinore Carrington Lyon
Masliah & Soloway, PC Steven Chaby and Dr. Beryl Chaby
Henry D. Messer Naveen Chandra
Lewis Porter Fernando Chang-Muy
Jeff Selzer and Ray Rennon Earl M. & Margery C. Chapman Foundation
Yu Sheon David Chase and Gerard Cortinez
Robert J. Smolin, In Honor of Paula Ettelbrick Jerry S. Chasen and Mark Kirby
Jeffrey T. Soukup and Jeffrey C. Anderson Marjorie Chorlins and Sieglinde Friedman
Trillium Asset Management Corporation Eric Christiansen*
Van Der Hout, Brigagliano and Nightingale, LLP Ward H. Clabuesch and Anne L. Campbell
Leslie T. Vann and Shannon M. Vann Lisa Clay*
Léonie Walker and Kate O’Hanlan, MD Larry Clevenger
Janet Weinberg & GMHC Bruce E. Cohen
Bill Zwart and David Berchenbriter Lawrence I. Cohen
Supporters Circle ($100-$499) Roddrick Colvin
The Rev. Patricia Ackerman and Dr. Daphne Joslin Wesley Combs and Greg Albright
Mark D. Agrast and David M. Hollis Ann R. Cohen
Prasanth Akkapeddi Theresa M. Corrigan
Edward Albee Armand Cucciniello
American Psychological Association Thiago Dacunha
Richard A. Ammon JoAnn Dale
Colin F. Anderson and Melody J. Anderson Alex A. David
Anonymous (19) Roni P. Deutsch
W. Anthony Phillips Jody DeVoll
Lou Antico Douglas Dexter
Charles Armstrong Rick Dezen
Steven M. Auerbacher Paul A. Di Donato
Susan E. August James Diamond and Anne Diamond
Austin Hatch & Smith LLC Joann Difede
Jerry Bailey Bob Dockendorff
Malaga Baldi and Lucy N. Painter, M.D. Sharon Dodge and Loly Carrillo
William Baldwin Julie Dorf and Jenni Olson
David Bank Timothy Dorsey
David Bardeen Roger Doughty
Mark Barone Sarah Draper
David Barr Michael Dudding
Gregory Bartha, M.D. Suzanne F. Dunbar
Abi Basch Tyler M. Dylan
Roy Bateman Charles T. Edwards
Juan Battle, PhD Ralph Edwards
Brooke Battles and Anne Hightower Lee Ellenberg
David C. Beardslee Clemmie Engle
David Becker Steven Epstein
Marcos Beleche Kale Fajardo, In Honor of ManChui Leung
John Bellenoit Donald Faleris
Daniel Bellm and Rabbi Yoel Kahn Peter C. Finger
Roberta Bennett Luis Flores-Hernandez and Stefan Schweinfest
Selisse Berry John H. Fortman
Mark Blasius Earl D. Fowlkes, Jr.
Peter Bloch Garcia and Jennifer Bloch Garcia Delwin Franz
Theresa Boggis Adam Frey
Gary W. Booher* Meryl C. Friedman and Mary V. Wheatley*
Robert G. Friese

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Daniel Fults William L. Kibby and Soochon L. Radee
Frank E. Gainer, III Stan Kimer
May Beth Garcia Russell S. King
Darrin Gayles Rick Kinsel
Lisa Geduldig & Kung Pao Kosher Comedy Brenda L. Knosher
Rosalie Gellman Stephen Knowlton
Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Gibson & Harris, LLP Harold Kooden and John Hunter
Alan I. Gelman and Atul K. Gupta Theodora S. Kramer
Elizabeth Gertz and Sandra Benedetto Walter Krampf, MD
Andrew Gilboy Elizabeth S. Kron
Ronald Ginsburg and Demetrio Domingo Wade Lambert and Horacio Sison
Barbara J. Glassman Tom Lane, In Honor of Maria-Elena Grant
Patrick Gleason and Wan Lee and Paula Ettelbrick
Julie Goldscheid and Penny Damaskos Jan M. Lecklikner
Laura Milliken Gray Helen S. Leeds
Eric Griffith, In Honor of Youssef and Adil Steven W. Lewis
Damien Grose Diane Lincoln
Peter Grossman Carolina Lluria
Jean-Patrick Guichard Anthony LoGrande
JoAnn Hall Hunsinger Robert Love
Maureen Healy Falencki James E. Lucas
Bill Heinzen M. Brinton Lykes
Laurence Helfer and David L. Boyd Cletus Lyman Esq.
Danielle Henripin Timothy Lyman and Alden Smith
Karen Hermann and Susan LaBombard Thom Lynch
Susan Hester, Open Circle Communities Robert MacPherson
Melvyn A. Hill Susana Maggi
Hill, Piibe, and Villegas, Attorneys At Law Margarita M. Manduley
Bill Hillegeist Ernest G. March
Amy E. Hirsch and Jessica M. Robbins Dr. Marjorie Hill
Deborah A. Hoffmann Jonnie Marks
Natalie A. Holden Michael Marriott and Toby Sanchez
Renee Holt and Amie Bishop Alberto Martin and Jerry Popolis
Victor Honig and Lorraine Honig Ignacio Martinez-Ybor, Jr.
Ruth Hooper Stephen Matchett
Robert D. Horvath Ken Mayer, In Honor of Harvey Makadon
C. Douglas Hostetter and Barbara E. Smolow Robert R. McCrae and William Newhall
Frank Howell Robert W. McCullough
Eric Hsu Helen McDermott and Lauren Martens
Paul D.C. Huang Nicky McIntyre and Carrel Crawford
Jody Huckaby Peter McKnight
Joyce Hunter, Ph.D. Tina Medeiros
Martin Irvine Meenan & Associates, LLC
John Isa Greg Mehrten
Richard A. Isay, MD Isa-Kae Meksin
Mary Jablonski James Metzinger
Orville Jackson Philip Metzler
Kurt Jacobs Robert Miklo and Matthew Lage
Eric M. Javits, Jr. Catherine Mooney
Mark R. Jernigan Matthew Moore and Casey Crawford
John Lum Architecture, Inc. William J. Moran
Shehreen A. Johnson Octavia Morgan and Tamarie Spielman
M. Elaine Johnston Steve Morin
Carolyn O. Jones Donna Morris
Sel Julian Hwahng Thomas Mounteer and George Farrah
Steve Kane* William Murat
Joyce Kauffman James Murphy
Richard Kawala Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development
Edward J. Kennedy Larry Nathenson
Arthur B. Kennickell Gilbert Neill
Gregory E. Kerr Lynn Neugebauer

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Brian G. Newhouse Kenneth Sherrill
John A. Newmeyer Jim Showalter and Gregg Fields
John Nickolas Tosha Silver
Lillian Nieves Damian Sim and Jeffrey Tutaro
Erik Ninomiya Karen Simon, Simon Does
Frank Nobiletti Tom Skancke
Kathleen Nokes and Dorothy Hickey S. Grayson Sless, In Honor of Tim Johnston
Delores Nord and William Nord John E. Smith
Scott Oaks Mary Snider and Montserrat Miller
Robyn Ochs Robert Snow
Lester Olmstead-Rose Irving Soifer
Christina Pae Mina Song
Jennifer M. Pariseau Samuel Spencer Blum
James Parker Touchstone Kamala Srinivasagam and Kate Driscoll
Doug Paxton and Joe Vassallo Judith Stacey
Rosalind Petchesky Carl Stein
Citabria Phillips Moli Steinert
Arthur Pinto Cindy Sterling
Theodore Plaister Jay Stone and John Braun
Joseph Polizzotto Mark Storey
William Pollock Eric Stults
LeRoy G. Potts Stephen J. Suzman
Rostam Pourzal Timothy J. Sweeney
Wilson Ramirez Martin Tannenbaum and Alex Ingersoll
Ronald Ranum David B. Tarbet
C. Mark Ratay Andrew W. Taylor and Ronald M. White
Thomas Ray Murray and Geert Martens Jason H. Thomas and Bill Lacy
Renee Reiner and Michael DeSanto Shawn Thomson
Paul Reisch and Bret Adams Martin Toews and Jeffrey Brier
Richard Renaldi and Seth Boyd James J. Torretti
Michael Rinzler Jeffrey B. Trammell
Roger Ritland Jeff Trandahl
Graham Robinson Angus Twombly
Sur Rodney Sur Edmund V. Uehling
Cristina Rodriguez Donald Ungar
Jose Roman Anthony Volponi
Nora Roman Bengt Wagensjo
Dave Rorick George Walker
Carol Rose Samuel W. Warner
Claudia Rosen Bill Warren
Darren Rosenblum Robert T. Watson
Brian G. Roskam and Michael Werb Donald Wayne Silby
Kenrick Ross Lesley Weaver and Jen Pariseau
Loretta Ross Michael Weinstein
Cynthia Rothschild and Barbara Schulman Emerson Wen
Sandip Roy-Chowdhury Robert Weston
Scott Russell Roger B. White and Chinh Q. Doan
James Saakvitne Scott D. Whitsett
John T. Sabo and Allan Harmon Riki Wilchins
Robert J. Saks and Loretta V. Saks Thomas Wilczak and Steve Quinkert
Paul Salmon Jim Wilets and Luis Font
Rita Santelia and Kathryn E. Diaz Clifton Wilkow
Scott Schang Tiffany Willoughby-Herard*
Michael Schemm Robert Witeck and Robert Connelly
Joan Schlosstein Esther Wong
William P. Schwalbe and David Cheng Deborah Wood and Carolyn Hoffman
Richard C. Seavey Leslie Wozniak
George E. Seeber Linda J. Yi
Michele E. Segre Stephen H. Zinner, MD
Michael Shaw
Ann Sheffels and Mike Sheffels * = Global Dignity Fund

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 IGLHRC staff and intern: (L-R) Marcelo Ferreyra, Maria-Elena Grant, Rick Jung,
Rebecca Libed, Adrian Coman, Paula Ettelbrick, Justin Ellis, Lisa Levy, Cary Alan
Johnson, Hossein Alizadeh, and Joel Nana.

Thanks to our Volunteers, In-Kind Gifts and Donations of Professional Services

Professional Services: Gretchen Turner California. We wish to thank Edward
Harvey Brosler, Photography Christopher Verdosci McIntyre and Jojo Corvaia, Jonathan
Frederick Hertz, Legal Consultation Richard Vezina Similove and Ernie Zayat, and John Isa
NUMER1CAL, Accounting Asylum Program Volunteers: who opened up their homes to us.
Marie Sotoudeh, Translation Karen Barns Special thank you to bequests from the
In-Kind Donations: Dustin Smith Estate of Ric Weiland and the Estate of
Classic Wines of California Latin America and the Roy Wood.
Lisa Geduldig Caribbean Program Volunteers: Donating Space for IGLHRC Meetings,
Claibourn Hamilton David Brown Events and Programs:
Gus Nasmith Yolanda Orozco Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
Jenesha de Rivera & Patty Tumang Law Offices of Ally Bolour
Kenneth Wingard New York Office Volunteers:
James Bonkovsky Lehman Brothers, New York
A Celebration of Courage Volunteers: Trevor Alberto Colas Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
Stephanie Alston Michael Huang Travel & Accommodations:
Suha Dabbouseh York Hotel
Marek Dulak Interns:
Justin Ellis Jieyu Chen Special Thanks:
Cyril Ghosh Justin Ellis Out & Equal Workplace Advocates,
Maria-Elena Grant Cyril Ghosh Donation of registration, exhibit booth and
Melissa Hawkins Harper Keenan advertisement for their conference
Jason Hipp Angela Parcesepe Will Pollock, for hosting ARTvision, an
Stephanie Kirkwood Sara Perle Online Art Auction benefiting IGLHRC
Angela Parcesepe Joanna Schulman
Theresa Rendlich Josh Steinmetz Sharon Dulberg, for reduced price office
David Rogers Sascha Yim space in San Francisco and as mentor
Josh Steinmetz attorney for Dusty Aráujo and the Asylum
House parties were held in Miami, Florida, Documentation Program for over ten years
Jay Suherwanto Washington, DC, and Los Angeles,

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IGLHRC Staff, Board of Directors,
and International Advisory Council
IGLHRC Staff Board of Directors
Hossein Alizadeh, Officers
Communications Coordinator (New York)
Dusty Aráujo, Program Coordinator, Ally Bolour, Co-Chair, Immigration Attorney,
Asylum Documentation Program Law Offices of Ally Bolour, Los Angeles, CA
(San Francisco) Dorothy E. Sander, Co-Chair, Private Investor,
Mauro Cabral, Project Consultant,
Transgender and Intersex Issues Ft. Lauderdale, FL
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) Michael Conway, Treasurer, Chief Administrative
Adrian Coman, Program Manager (New York) Officer, United Talent Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Fernando D’Elio, Program Associate,
Runa Saeki, Secretary, Senior Vice President,
Latin America and the Caribbean
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) Investment Banking Legal, Lehman Brothers Inc.,
Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director (New York) New York, NY
Marcelo Ferreyra, Program Coordinator,
Directors
Latin America and the Caribbean
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) Al Ballesteros, Chief Executive Officer, JWCH
Jason Hipp, Development Associate (New York) Institute, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Melanie Hopkins, Office Manager (New York) Jenesha de Rivera, Nonprofit Financial
Cary Alan Johnson, Senior Regional Specialist,
Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa) Consultant, Berkeley, CA
Rick Jung, Deputy Director (New York) Tom Dougherty, Executive Director, Doctors of
Lisa Levy, Executive Assistant (New York) the World USA, New York, NY
Rebecca Libed, Development Manager
Sel Julian Hwahng, Research Investigator,
(New York)
Joel Nana, Program Associate, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.;
Southern and West Africa Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Columbia
(Johannesburg, South Africa) University, New York, NY
Grace Poore, Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific
Tim Lane, Assistant Professor, Department of
Islander (New York)
Rosa Posa, Project Consultant, LAC Institute Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies,
Project (Buenos Aires, Argentina) University of California, San Francisco, CA
Caroline Sykora, Research and Policy Associate, Todd Larson, United Nations, New York, NY
Central and Eastern Europe (New York)
Harvey Makadon, Vice President for Global
International Advisory Council Programs, Harvard Medical International,
Vivek Divan, India Boston, MA
Julie Dorf, USA Pamela Merchant, Executive Director, The Center
Keith Goddard, Zimbabwe for Justice and Accountability, San Francisco, CA
Alice Miller, USA
José Román, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Luiz Mott, Brazil
Sarah Mukasa, Uganda of Finance, New York Harm Reduction Educators,
Dede Oetomo, Indonesia New York, NY
Amalia Eugenia Fischer Pfaeffle, Brazil
Jelena Postic, Croatia (as of June 2007)
Haya Shalom, Israel (Organizational affiliations listed are for identification
Khartini Slamah, Malaysia/Thailand purposes only)

Report written and produced by IGLHRC staff and board, including Hossein Alizadeh, Paula Ettelbrick,
Michael Hartwyk, Jason Hipp, Richard Jung, Rebecca Libed, and Sarah Tobias. Design by Uptown Studios.

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Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2007
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and Equivalents $314,148
Investments $275,503
Accounts Receivable $8,029
Grants & Contributions Receivable $261,716
Prepaid Expenses $5,943
Total Current Assets $865,339

Non-Current Assets
Grants Receivable $90,307
Fixed Assets $31,338
Security Deposit $27,359
Total Assets $1,014,343

Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts and Accrued Expenses Payable $57,763
Total Liabilities $57,763

Net Assets
Unrestricted
Operating $114,837
Board Designated Reserve $400,000
Temporarily Restricted $423,389
Permanently Restricted $18,354
Total Net Assets $956,580
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $1,014,343

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 Statement of Activities for the Year Ended June 30, 2007
Revenue
Foundation Grants $963,307
Contributions $247,725
Special Events $162,147
Program Fees $3,769
Investment Income $25,378
Net realized gains in investments $1,781
Net unrealized loss on investments $(407)
Other Income $199
Total Support and Revenue $1,412,235

Expenses
Program Services $1,036,306
General and Administrative $186,363
Fundraising $197,889
Total Expenses $1,420,558

Change in Net Assets ($8,323)

Net Assets, Beginning of Year $964,903
Net Assets, End of Year $956,580

Income Expenses
Other Fundraising
Events
12% 2% 14%

Contributions General &

18% Administrative
13%

Foundation Program
Grants 73%
68%

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