Earlier this week, FFA’s Diversity in Fund Finance (DFF) group shared a message in support of those in the LGBTQ+ community on National Coming Out Day.

National Coming Out Day is an annual day of awareness, observed on October 11, to support LGBTQ+ people in coming out and living openly as members of that community and to raise awareness of the challenges that openly-LGBTQ+ individuals face on a daily basis.

Click here to view the message, and please consider sharing it with your networks to help us spread the word, support our LGBTQ+ colleagues in the fund finance community, and to encourage those who have not yet come out as LGBTQ+ to do so. 

DFF believes that diverse perspectives strengthen the fund finance industry and organizations within it, and enhance the ability of those in the fund finance industry to better serve their clients and colleagues by working together. For those in the fund finance community who may be struggling with coming out and living openly as LGBTQ+, please feel free to reach out to Anastasia Kaup or diversity@fundfinanceassociation.com, or take advantage of resources that may help, including: Family Equality Council,  Human Rights Campaign and Matthew Shepard Foundation.