In This Issue: Over the past year, we’ve navigated the challenges and triumphs with resilience. As the 2024 presidential election cycle kicks into high gear, we saw homophobia and transphobia take center stage in extremist candidates’ rhetoric. As MAGA politicians punched down, we punched back and made clear that our fight is for liberation without exception.
by Brandon Wolf (He/Him)
At its core, the 2024 presidential election is an existential struggle for freedom, justice and equality in America. Emboldened by the 2016 election of Donald Trump and the assaults on freedom that ensued, right-wing extremists have taken aim at LGBTQ+…
by Carolyn Simon (She/Her)
The power of our LGBTQ+ community was on full display as HRC held its Equality Convention and National Dinner Weekend.
by Jose Soto (He/Him)
For some families, the impact of enacted anti-LGBTQ+ state laws goes beyond political implications. In states where discriminatory state legislation has passed into law, these families have been presented with…
by Brandon Hooks (He/They)
Fostering community has been at the core of the LGBTQ+ rights movement since its inception. We have always understood the power that we have in numbers, the need to have…
by Jose Soto (He/Him)
by Kathryn Smith
by Violet Lhant (She/Her)
by Brooke Damerell (She/Her)
About This Issue
A Letter from the President
Membership Matters