From the Executive Director Archive
2003–2008

The (ex) governor’s wife, my best friend and the down low (commentary)
Foreman's last op-ed as executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, April 16, 2008

Speech given at the 2008 New York Leadership Awards (speech)
Foreman's last speech as executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, April 7, 2008

Task Force: All families deserve care and respect (Statement)
April 4, 2008

Task Force responds to alarming rates of STDs among teenage girls (Statement)
March 12, 2008

Task Force responds to Spitzer resignation (Statement)
March 12, 2008

"State of the Movement" (speech)
given at the 20th National Conference on LGBT Equality Creating Change in Detroit, Mich., on Feb. 8, 2008

Task Force hails court decision allowing Oregon’s domestic partnership law to take effect (Statement)
February 5, 2008
Press release

Task Force Action Fund hails passage of NJ bill making anti-bullying and hate crimes laws two of the strongest in the nation (Statement)
January 7, 2008
Press release

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund responds to omnibus spending bill, calls it “mixed bag” (Statement)
December 19, 2007
Press release

Task Force, Inc., condemns decision to remove hate crimes provisions from Defense authorization bill (Statement)
December 6, 2007
Press release

World AIDS Day: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force calls for greater government and community response to HIV/AIDS epidemic (Statement)
November 30, 2007
Press release

Task Force commemorates Transgender Day of Remembrance (Statement)
November 20, 2007
Press release

Reflections from a previous battle (Commentary)
October 26, 2007
Blog entry

Outraged by Senate confirmation of Southwick to U.S. Court of Appeals (Statement)
October 25, 2007
Press release

Task Force, Inc., applauds unanimous circuit court decision striking down adult social networking restrictions (Statement)
October 24, 2007
Press release

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community rallies in unprecedented numbers in support of transgender-inclusive employment (Statement)
October 11, 2007
Press release

United ENDA forms (Statement)
October 3, 2007
Press release

Task Force, Inc., hails Senate passage of federal hate crimes legislation (Statement)
September 27, 2007
Press release

A non-transgernder inclusive ENDA? No way! (Commentary)
September 27, 2007
Press release

Task Force calls San Diego mayor a 'profile in courage and conviction' (Statement)
September 20, 2007
Press release

Task Force, Inc., denounces Maryland high court ruling denying same-sex couples marriage equality (Commentary)
September 18, 2007
Press release

Task Force, Inc., urges California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign marriage equality bill (Commentary)
September 10, 2007
Press release

Task Force denounces unequal treatment in Craig and Vitter scandals (Commentary)
August 29, 2007
Press release

Task Force responds to reports of arrest of Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, opponent of same-sex marriage, related to 'lewd conduct' (Commentary)
August 27, 2007
Press release

Great, now say it on the stump (Statement)
August 9, 2007
Press release

Task Force, Inc., responds to White House threat of veto of hate crimes legislation (Statement)
August 8, 2007
Press Release

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Inc., urges Congress to reject Southwick nomination to U.S. Court of Appeals (Statement)
August 6, 2007
Press release

Task Force mourns death of Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner (Statement)
July 24, 2007
Press release

National gay rights leader condemns bigotry in Ft. Lauderdale (Statement)
July 24, 2007
Press release

Task Force applauds Senate panel for tough questioning of controversial surgeon general nominee (Statement)
July 13, 2007
Press release

Task Force blasts self-proclaimed family values senator for blatant hypocrisy (Statement)
July 11, 2007
Press release

Task Force challenges Holsinger nomination to become U.S. surgeon general (Statement)
July 11, 2007
Press release

Task Force denounces Congress' failure to halt heinous abstinence-only funding (Statement)
June 22, 2007
Press release

Task Force applauds New York Assembly for historic vote on marriage equality (Statement)
June 20, 2007
Press release

Speech made at Dayton Pride Banquet (Speech)
June 16, 2007

Task Force hails defeat of proposed state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Massachusetts (Statement)
June 14, 2007
Press release

Task Force urges Congress to strip heinous abstinence-only funding from Labor Health and Human Services Appropriation Bill (Statement)
June 8, 2007
Press release

Task Force opposes nomination of Dr. James Holsinger for U.S. surgeon general (Statement)
June 5, 2007
Press release

Task Force applauds New Hampshire governor's signature on civil unions bill (Statement)
May 31, 2007
Press release

Task Force applauds Iowa governor’s signature on bill protecting LGBT Iowans from discrimination (Statement)
May 25, 2007
Press release

Task Force mourns death of Yolanda King 'An unwavering voice for equality and justice' (Statement)
May 17, 2007
Press release

Task Force leader responds to death of the Rev. Jerry Falwell (Statement)
May 15, 2007
Press release

Task Force applauds introduction of Uniting American Families Act (Statement)
May 8, 2007
Press release

Task Force hails Vermont Legislature's passage of bill protecting transgender people from discrimination (Statement)
May 4, 2007
Press release

Task Force applauds House of Representatives for passing federal hate crimes legislation (Statement)
May 3, 2007
Press release

Task Force hails Oregon Senate passage of domestic partnership legislation covering same-sex couples (Statement)
May 2, 2007
Press release

What a difference an election makes (Commentary)
April 26, 2007
Press release

Task Force hails introduction of transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act in U.S. House of Representatives (Statement)
April 24, 2007
Press release

Task Force blasts Supreme Court decision upholding draconian restrictions on women's reproductive freedom (Statement)
April 18, 2007
Press release

April 18, 2007 Task Force criticizes bigoted mockery by Illinois state lawmakers considering measure related to gender identity (Statement)
April 18, 2007
Press release

Federal study confirms that abstinence-only programs do not work (Statement)
April 16, 2007
Press release

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force applauds Senate introduction of federal hate crimes legislation (Statement)
April 12, 2007
Press release

Task Force: Give serial offender Don Imus the pink slip (Statement)
April 11, 2007
Press release

Task Force increases reward to $25,000 in Detroit anti-gay homicide case (Statement)
March 29, 2007
Press release

Task Force applauds introduction of federal hate crimes legislation (Statement)
March 20. 2007
Press release

Leaders of Task Force and Congregation Beth Simchat Torah arrested during 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' protest at Times Square (Statement)
March 15, 2007
Press release

Task Force responds to homophobic statements of General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Statement)
March 13, 2007
Press release

Put Politics Back Into Pride
March 10, 2007
Speech given at the 2007 Interpride Conference

The real eleven inches of pure hypocrisy (Statement)
March 8, 2007
Press release

Task Force mourns death of Bob Hattoy, leader and activist (Statement)
March 6, 2007
Press release

Task Force calls Largo City Commission’s push to remove city manager ‘immoral act of discrimination’ (Statement)
February 28, 2007
Press release

Task Force urges passage of measure to repeal military's discriminatory 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy (Statement)
February 28, 2007
Press release

Task Force mourns death of elderly Detroit man viciously beaten in hate-laced attack (Statement)
February 23, 2007
Press release

Task Force criticizes homophobic remarks by former NBA player, calls for an end to pervasive homophobia in NBA (Statement)
February 15, 2007
Press release

Task Force responds to the Rev. Ted Haggard's 'completely heterosexual' statement (Statement)
February 6, 2007
Press release

Task Force: Bush budget a 'perversion of American values' (Statement)
February 5, 2007
Press release

Task Force reacts to Michigan court ruling stripping domestic partner benefits from public employees (Statement)
February 2, 2007
Press release

Task Force responds to President Bush’s State of the Union address (Statement)
January 23, 2007
Press release

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force responds to President Bush’s State of the Union address (Statement)
January 23, 2007
Press release

Task Force honors life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King (Statement)
January 15, 2007
Press release

Let the People Vote! Not. (Commentary)
January 5, 2007
Blog entry

Massachusetts lawmakers advance proposed 2008 ballot measure that would end marriage equality in Bay State (Statement)
January 3, 2007
Press release

The Fearsome Gay Agenda
“From the Executive Director,” Creating Change magazine, Winter 2006/2007

State of the Movement
November 10, 2006
Speech given at the 2006 Creating Change Conference

Welcome speech given at the 2006 Miami Recognition Dinner
November 4, 2006

Speech made at the Capital District (NY) Gay and Lesbian Community Council (Speech)
October 18, 2006

Si Se Puede! Immigration is and needs to be a gay issue
May 22, 2006
Press release

Family Values? Whose Family Values?
May 19, 2006
Speech from Tikkun's national Spiritual Activism Conference

Speech given at 10th Leather Leadership Conference
April 9, 2006
About "the startling and appalling discord between reality of sex and family in this country and what drives public policy and discourse."

Pride, Anger, Righteousness
February 11, 2006
Speech given at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of Utah WinterFest closing plenary in Salt Lake City, Utah

Keynote speech, 2005 Creating Change Conference
November 11, 2005
"Reclaiming Moral Values: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Agenda for 2006"

Saturday Chat: Matt Foreman
August 13, 2005
From the Seattle Post Intelligencer

365gay.com interview
June 2, 2005
Matt Foreman is interviewed by Rex Wockner

Discrimination is immoral. Enough said.
May 11, 2005
Press release

'Justice Sunday' — Another Production By America's Anti-Gay Industry
April 26, 2005
Press release

Speech at OutFront Minnesota Lobby Day
April 7, 2005

Homophobia is Immoral. Where are the 'Good' People?
February 5, 2005
Speech given at the Jefferson Society, University of Virginia

Keynote speech, 2004 Creating Change Conference
November 12, 2004
Surrender? Never! The Gay Movement Charts Its Future.

Speech given at International Mr. Leather 2004
June 29, 2004

Keynote speech, 2003 Creating Change Conference
November 7, 2003

Rally speech — 40th Anniversary of Civil Rights March on Washington
August 23, 2003
Matt Foreman speaks as a representative of the LGBT community at the 40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's Historic "I Have a Dream" Speech. This marks the first time the LGBT community has been invited to participate in the March.