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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
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Welcome, Equality Federation Members!

Thanks for joining us! We know that you are working for LGBT where it's hard and where it matters most - at home - and we want to support your efforts in every way we can.

January 4, 2013
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January 4, 2013
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Equality Federation is the movement builder and strategic partner to state-based organizations advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. We're winning equality in the communities we call home. 

January 2, 2013
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Statescape Billfinder

Billfinder allows you to search for state and federal bills on any subject. We use it to find the text of bills relating to LGBT rights.To use the Billfinder, you need to enter a name and an organization, but that's all. You don't register or have to give them contact information.

December 18, 2012
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South Carolina Equality

December 17, 2012

Press Releases

Equality California & Transgender Law Center Seek Public Education Campaign Communications Director

Transgender Law Center and Equality California Institute are jointly launching a statewide public education campaign to combat widespread public misunderstanding about transgender and gender nonconforming people and the issues they face. The campaign aims to introduce the public to transgender people in a number of settings and will consist of message research, community engagement and a robust communications plan.

October 12, 2015
OutFront Minnesota Seeks Faith Communities Coordinator

OutFront Minnesota is now hiring for a faith work coordinator position. The responsibilities of this position will include, but are not limited to:

October 12, 2015
Equality California & Transgender Law Center Seek Public Education Campaign Community Engagement Director

Transgender Law Center and Equality California Institute are jointly launching a statewide public education campaign to combat widespread public misunderstanding about transgender and gender nonconforming people and the issues they face. The campaign aims to introduce the public to transgender people in a number of settings and will consist of message research, community engagement and a robust communications plan.

October 12, 2015
OutFront Minnesota Seeks Community Access Coordinator

This position requires a combination of internal direct service and external outreach and education. The successful candidate must provide direct service to survivors of violence via a crisis line, peer counseling, court accompaniment, police accompaniment, and otherwise as needed.

October 12, 2015
New Report Calls for Expanding ID Card Access for LGBT Homeless Youth

Only 22 percent of states—including the District of Columbia—offer free or reduced-cost ID cards to young people who are homeless. With research that suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth are significantly overrepresented among young people experiencing homelessness, this is a problem.

October 12, 2015
Charges Dropped Against Fairness Campaign Executive Director [video]

Chris Hartman, Executive Director of Fairness Campaign, an Equality Federation member, was one of the activists arrested in August while peacefully demonstrating at the Kentucky Farm Bureau's annual Country Ham Breakfast due to the company's longstanding anti-LGBT lobbying. This week, Hartman and fellow activists Carla Wallace and Sonja De Vries had their charges (which should never have been pressed) dropped.

October 9, 2015
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