Initiatives Trans and Intersex Task Force

Trans and Intersex Task Force

Since 2013, GPP members strategize and collaborate through this task force to develop new research and support collaborative funding efforts towards increasing the amount and influencing the type of funding dedicated to trans and intersex issues globally.

Viviane Simakawa
Program Officer, International Trans Fund Co-Chair, Trans & Intersex Funding Task Force
Viviane Simakawa
Program Officer, International Trans Fund Co-Chair, Trans & Intersex Funding Task Force

Viviane works as Program Officer at the International Trans Fund. She is a transfeminist activist, researcher and economist based in Brazil, and is currently studying issues related to gender identities and expressions as a Ph.D. candidate in Women, Gender and Feminist Studies at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA).

Félix Endara
Senior Program Associate for the Mesoamerica Program, Foundation for A Just Society Co-Chair, Trans & Intersex Funding Task Force
Félix Endara
Senior Program Associate for the Mesoamerica Program, Foundation for A Just Society Co-Chair, Trans & Intersex Funding Task Force

Felix is the Senior Program Associate for the Mesoamerica Program at Foundation for A Just Society. Born in Ecuador, Felix has worked in arts administration and philanthropic organizations that support multidisciplinary artists, including the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, North Star Fund, and Open Society Foundations. He is a queer trans filmmaker who documents the preservation of LGBT historical spaces, champions activists who catalyze social change, and disrupts the insidious narratives that deny the humanity of marginalized communities. Felix recently joined the Board of Working Films to support work to bring together documentary filmmakers and grassroots activists to advance social justice. He previously worked with Detroit Narrative Agency, Tribeca Institute, and the New Orleans Film Festival.

Trans & Intersex Funding
Task Force Co-Chairs

Between 2019-2020, global funding focused on gender identity rights increased both in amount ($13.7 million versus $10.9 million) and percentage (6% vs 4%) when compared with 2017-2018.

Between 2019-20, funding to address intersex rights increased both in amount ($3.9 million vs $2.1 million) and percentage (2% vs 1%) when compared with 2017-2018.

However, funding for trans and intersex movements is still very limited. Between 2019 and 2020, trans movements outside of the U.S. only received 12% of the total LGBTI funding, and intersex movements only received 3% of that total.

GPP member and partner research on global intersex funding and global trans funding

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