The Rainbow SIG engages in appeals and fundraising efforts for the Rainbow Railroad. The Rainbow Railroad is an international organization founded in Canada which relocates LGBTQ+ individuals from violence and oppression in their home countries to places which provide safety and essential needs.
Members of the Rainbow SIG believe that any LGBTQ person embracing relationships with a spouse or partner, their family, friends and community are extending the activism which “gay liberationists” started fifty years ago. By disseminating the latest and best scientific literature on how to start and improve relationships, Rainbow SIG has a goal of promoting a culture of great relationship skills within the LGBTQ community.
Jon Jost was a long-time member of Chicago Area Mensa and the Rainbow SIG who died in the early 1990’s. Jon was a bearded, handsome industrial psychologist who had grown up in Montana in the 1930’s and 40’s. Jon used to talk about what it was like to be gay in rural Montana at that time. Gay people were completely isolated from one another for fear of discovery and ostracism. Jon said that if you met another person whom you figured out was gay, the two of you became best friends—regardless of interests, personality or achievements.
