FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2022 Contact: Cathy Renna, Director of Communications, National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, crenna@thetaskforce.org, 917-757-6123 HUNDREDS OF DIVERSE LGBTQ+ AND PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS SIGN LETTER AFFIRMING MARRIAGE EQUALITY, URGING PASSAGE OF “RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT” WASHINGTON, DC…….A coalition of over 400 national, state and local organizations have signed onto a letter…
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We, the undersigned organizations and leaders, represent millions of families that need passage of the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) as soon as possible. The RMA is popular, bipartisan federal legislation that would protect marriages of same-sex and interracial couples. The measure passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July 2022 with support from 47…
Read MoreNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND STATEMENT ON FLORIDA PRIMARIES: ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE ‘QUEER THE VOTE” CAMPAIGN THROUGH MIDTERM ELECTIONS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy Renna, Communications Director, National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, crenna@thetaskforce.org, 917-757-6123 NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND STATEMENT ON FLORIDA PRIMARIES: ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE ‘QUEER THE VOTE” CAMPAIGN THROUGH MIDTERM ELECTIONS September 24, 2022, Washington, D.C………With staff and canvassers on the ground in Lakeland and Hillsborough Counties the past several weeks, the…
Read MoreStatement From Kierra Johnson, on Failure to Enact the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
The following statement can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund: “The failure to enact the Freedom to Vote, John R. Lewis Act is a profound blow to our Democracy. The inability to ensure voting rights for Black and Brown people and other vulnerable groups like LGBTQ…
Read More“Queer the Vote” Underway with Month of Action Events, Partnerships, and Actions Target LGBTQ+ Community
The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund today announced an on-going “Queer the Vote” multi-faceted campaign to inform, educate and mobilize LGBTQ+ communities as we approach the November 3, 2020 elections. “This is about the power of US, and the stakes could not be higher,” said Rea Carey, Task Force Action Fund Executive Director. “It…
Read MoreComing out to Vote in 2020
The LGBTQ community has been politically active and engaged for as long as most of us can remember. Ever since Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick at Stonewall – and even before that – we have been fighting for our right to exist, to love, to express ourselves, and to be recognized. We’ve seen…
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