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Equality Federation won’t stop until all LGBTQ+ people are fully empowered and represented in their communities, experiencing full equality in their lives.

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SmartBriefs

Post your job positions online to reach the larger community of LGBT activists and workers.Access it for free as a Federation member. Contact us if you have any problems using this service.

April 3, 2013
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GoToWebinar

Host up to 100 participants in an online meeting.Access it for free as a Federation member. Contact us if you have any problems using this service.

April 3, 2013
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March 22, 2013
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Programs

Equality Federation is the strategic partner and movement builder to state-based organizations winning equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the communities we call home.

February 17, 2013
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State of the States

Published since 2006 by the Equality Federation and Equality Federation Institute, the State of the States report is an in-depth look at the sustainability, strength, and stability of state-based organizations that advance equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

January 29, 2013
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SurveyMonkey

Online polling and survey tool.Access it for free as a Federation member. Contact us if you have any problems using this service.

January 15, 2013

Press Releases

The Egregious Anti-Transgender Ruling in Texas

On Sunday August 22nd, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. District Court Judge Reed Charles O’Connor issued a preliminary order in Texas v. United States, a case in which public officials in Texas and 10 other states are challenging nondiscrimination protections for transgender students and employees.

August 25, 2016
Is Brokeback Mountain Real? The Stories of Queer Wyoming.

August 18, 2016
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
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
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
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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