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Is Brokeback Mountain Real? The Stories of Queer Wyoming.

August 18, 2016
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Discomfort Is Part of the Work (LGBTQ & #BlackLivesMatter)

Two years ago, Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, a city where less than two years before, we worked with the Ferguson City Council to pass the first inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in North County.

August 12, 2016
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Federal Court Hears Arguments in Texas Case Seeking to Roll Back Transgender Protections

On Friday, August 12th, a federal court in Forth Worth Texas will hear arguments in State of Texas v. United States, a lawsuit that is a clear attack on transgender people with the sole purpose of enshrining discrimination into the law.

August 12, 2016
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Equality Florida & Orlando Community Condemn Trump & Rubio for Speaking at Anti-LGBTQ Event

ORLANDO, FL – Equality Federation member Equality Florida, faith leaders, and family members of victims of the Pulse shooting were joined by nearly 200 local advocates on August 11th outside the “Rediscovering God in America” conference in Orlando to call out Marco Rubio and Donald Trump.

August 12, 2016
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Equality Federation Raised $27k on Give OUT Day!

Equality Federation is proud to have raised $22,369 from donors like you on Give OUT Day – August, 2nd. We won a second place prize of $5k for garnering the second most individual donors of the day bringing our grand total raised to $27,369.

August 3, 2016
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Watch: Sarah McBride the First Transgender Speaker at Major Party Convention

July 29, 2016

Press Releases

March Forward with Equality Federation: We Can End HIV in Our Lifetime

Twenty five years ago, I first started working in the LGBTQ movement. Back then I was hopeful for so many things that have since been realized, but one thing has yet to come true: an end to HIV.

March 30, 2017
North Carolina's Inadequate HB 2 Update

Equality Federation condemned North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper for signing HB 142, a law that legislators attempted to frame as a repeal of the famously discriminatory HB 2.

March 30, 2017
March Forward with Equality Federation: How We Will Win on Bathrooms

July. Scorching heat. Queen Hatcher approached the door of a suburban Atlanta home, knocked, and took a deep breath.

March 23, 2017
20 States Could Ban Dangerous Anti-LGBTQ Conversion "Therapy" Efforts

Equality Federation is supporting legislation in 20 states to protect youth from the harmful, unscientific, disproven practice of sexual orientation and gender identity conversion “therapy” efforts that are shockingly still in practice today.

March 21, 2017
March Forward with Equality Federation: Legislative Action Center

We can’t sugarcoat it, we are living in some challenging times. But, from these challenges come opportunities for victories in the LGBTQ community. This month, we’d like to reintroduce ourselves. We’ll tell you more about what we’re doing to make lives better for LGBTQ people from Maine to Wyoming, Florida to Oregon.

March 17, 2017
March Forward with Equality Federation: Racial Justice

We’re taking the month of March to reintroduce ourselves to you, highlighting efforts you might not have heard about yet.

March 17, 2017
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