Remembrance into action: Honoring trans women of color
By Amanda Morgan, Vaid Fellow, Policy Institute, November 20, 10:57 am
Transgender Day of Remembrance feels especially sad this year, with Duanna Johnson and Latiesha Green, two black trans women, murdered within a week of each other and another trans woman of color I met just a few weeks ago dead from as yet undisclosed causes.
1 Million Strong for Equality
By Task Force staff, November 18, 1:00 pm
This past weekend, all across the country, hundreds of thousands of LGBT people and our allies came together to demand the most basic tenet of the American promise — the right to equality and justice for all.
Election post-mortem: a racial justice call to action
By Task Force Movement Building Department, November 12, 12:21 pm
The post-mortems on the anti-marriage ballot question campaigns in California, Arizona and Florida roll into our e-mail inboxes.
Voting: Not just a right, but a duty
By Russell Roybal, Deputy Executive Director of External Relations, November 4, 3:11 pm
When I was kid, Election Day in our family was always a big deal. My grandparents went to the polls religiously year after year, election after election.
Making a Sacrifice for Success
By Robin Wood, Vice President, Youth Pride Alliance, October 8, 6:21 pm
As a young gay man living in a generally gay-friendly city I often find myself taking it for granted that we are going to defeat Proposition 8 in California.
Celebrating Bisexuality Day 2008: Bisexual Leaders We Salute!
By Sue Hyde, Director of Creating Change, September 23, 1:58 pm
At the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, we honor and celebrate with bisexual sisters and brothers today, the Ninth Annual Celebrate Bisexuality Day (CBD).
Day two on the No on Prop 8 campaign
By Dan Wherley, No on 8 Field Organizer, The Task Force Action Fund, September 23, 12:51 pm
It was day two on the job with the No on 8 campaign. I had just been assigned to help lead volunteer recruitment at one of the largest street festivals in the Silverlake neighborhood of L.A. known as Sunset Junction. My job was to support a team of ten other volunteers to canvass the crowd with clipboards for volunteer shifts and donations.
Victory in Maryland reflects a victory for the work of volunteers and organizers everywhere
By Jovan Sage, Field Organizer, September 9, 2:48 pm
Even though we won a huge victory today for transgender rights in Maryland — with the court throwing out the effort to repeal transgender rights on the ballot — we were preparing to defeat this attack on gender identity protections in November.
Dissing Organizers? You’re Talking About My People!
By Janice Thom, Director of Special Events, September 5, 12:46 pm
After listening to most of Rudy Guiliani’s pit bull speech at the RNC on Wednesday night (I have to admit — it reminded me so much of the bad old days here in NYC, we had to switch away from time to time) I wasn’t sure I’d be able to. . .
An extra-ordinary evening; Democratic National Convention, Day Four
By Rea Carey, Executive Director, September 3, 10:55 am
Last Thursday night was extra-ordinary (I include the hyphen to emphasize what has been lost in the overuse of the word).
