Statement on Moonlight winning the 2017 Best Picture Academy Award
Washington DC, February 27, 2017 — The National LGBTQ Task Force is making the following statement on Moonlight winning the Best Picture Academy Award at the 89th Academy Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles...
View ArticleTrump’s anti-Muslim executive order version 2.0 is “still based entirely on...
Washington DC, March 6, 2017—The National LGBTQ Task Force is releasing the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s version 2.0 anti-Muslim travel ban. “Version 2.0 of the Trump...
View ArticleStatement From The National LGBTQ Task Force On Violence In Charlottesville
The following can be attributed to Stacey Long Simmons, Esq., Director of the Advocacy and Action Department of the National LGBTQ Task Force about violence in Charlottesville: “The violence we are...
View ArticleNational LGBTQ Task Force: It’s time to reevaluate the role of guns in America
Washington – DC, March 19, 2018: The National LGBTQ Task Force released a new platform on gun policy that condemned the myth that mental health is linked to gun violence, while at the same time it laid...
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today, we honor transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary people lost to anti-trans violence. Today marks the 20th Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). A day to honor the lives of...
View ArticleLGBTQ Organizations Unite to Combat Racial Violence
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Those words, written over 30 years ago by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, remind us that indifference can never...
View ArticleStatement on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s Inaction in Response to...
Statement from National LGBTQ Task Force: “How many Black people have to die before anti-Black violence is taken seriously? Our thoughts are with George Floyd’s loved ones for their untenable loss....
View ArticleNational LGBTQ Task Force Statement: Stonewall Was a Riot #BlackLivesMatter
Dear Task Force Family, Like you, we are holding immeasurable pain, anger, and grief in our hearts. As LGBTQ Pride Month begins, peaceful protesters are taking to the streets across the country with...
View ArticleNational LGBTQ Task Force Joins over 350 LGBTQ Organizations in Calling for...
The National LGBTQ Task Force is proud to join over 350 LGBTQ organizations around the U.S. calling for transformational change. LGBTQ Organizations Unite in Calling for Transformational Change in...
View ArticleImpact of the 2020 Elections on LGBTQ+ People of Color
We have finally made it to the finish line! We are proud of all of the efforts we’ve made for over a year to Queer the Vote, making sure the critical LGBTQ+ intersectional voice shines through during...
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