LGBT Donation

I realize this doesn't impact everyone but I consider it to be pretty newsworthy.

Richard Weiland, one of the founding employees of Microsoft, has bequeathed the largest donation ever to be made to the LGBT movement. The sum, $65 million dollars, will go to the Pride Foundation, based in Seattle, advocate for the rights of LGBT people, and provide support for HIV/AIDS organizations. Weiland has served the Pride Foundation as both a volunteer and a board member.

Sadly he died in June of 2006, but "he made sure that the work he cared about in his life would continue, leaving the vast majority of his estate to LGBT, HIV/AIDS, environmental and education organizations." Through the Weiland Designated Fund at Pride Foundation, money will be given to the following organizations:

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight
Education Network (GLSEN)
In The Life
International Gay and Lesbian
Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
Lambda Legal
National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Project Inform
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

(info from gaygamer.net)