Taboom Media has received a two-year grant from The Palette Fund to support Tracking Hate: Reporting guides and panel discussions to help U.S. journalists investigate how domestic groups are fomenting anti-LGBTQI+ hatred and undermining human rights in the U.S. and abroad.

As part of the grant, Taboom Media will create and widely distribute reporting guides (including via panels) with background, tips, and sources to help journalists investigate and report on how political, civil society, and faith groups in the U.S. fuel anti-LGBTQI+ hatred domestically and abroad. In addition to exposing and dissecting these tactics, the guides and panels will introduce journalists to existing projects that fight LGBTQI+ discrimination and hate speech.

About Taboom Media

Taboom’s media training, mentoring, publishing, monitoring and response programs catalyze ethical journalism and public discourse around taboo topics. By shining light on taboos in the news, we aim to break their power. Our global work challenges stigmas, replacing stereotypes and discrimination with fairness and accuracy. We facilitate responsible media coverage to safeguard and champion vulnerable communities and to advance human rights.

About The Palette Fund

The Palette Fund was launched in 2008 to honor the life and philanthropic legacy of Rand Harlan Skolnick. Founded by Terrence Meck and Peter Benassi, Rand’s partner and his best friend, the foundation has become a source of support for institutions and leaders working to build healthy and thriving communities. Since its inception, The Palette Fund has provided over $12 million in grants to over 150 groundbreaking organizations throughout the United States and abroad.

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