The staff of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and the Center for Women's Global Leadership provided a formidable foundation of support. Lisa Clarke provided indispensable information, as did Daniel Lee, Cyndi Mellon and Leslie Minot. It is not possible to name individually all who offered their ideas, stories and histories for the development of this report.
Women take risks in talking about sexuality, whether on a personal or political level.
For this reason, we are deeply grateful, and indebted, to the many courageous activists who contributed their stories to this report, but who, for various reasons, wished not to be named.