HISTORIC ENDORSEMENT BY NATION’S OLDEST NATIONAL LGBTQ ADVOCACY GROUP
[Washington, DC, July 24, 2024] – The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund today endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President. The organization has not endorsed a presidential candidate since its founding in 1973, when they endorsed President Jimmy Carter.
The following can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, President, National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund:
“Our decision to endorse Kamala Harris is not simply historic, it is a bold statement about what this election means for the future of LGBTQ+ people in America. It is also a call to action. The equity, health and safety of our communities, the hard-fought progress we have made, and the work that still needs to be done are all at stake. Our communities are under attack on many fronts – from access to trans affirming care to immigration, bodily autonomy, in schools, libraries and more – including many issues at the intersections of our multiple identities.
The Biden/Harris administration advocated for progress on all the issues the Task Force Action Fund focuses on – not simply ‘LGBTQ rights’ but the many ways our diverse communities are impacted by attacks on labor, reproductive rights and bodily autonomy, immigration, voting rights, the education system, health care and more.
We are witnessing an almost unmatched coalescing of people across the country that is inspiring – young voters, individuals who are now re-energized to engage in our democratic process, countless people who now feel hope – and an energy that is crossing all political and cultural boundaries. We also see those who are taking to the streets, organizing and advocating to continue to speak out and hold all elected officials accountable to move our communities forward.
Not only is this a passing of the torch from President Biden to a new generation, it is the passing of the baton in a generations-long, hard-fought relay of groundbreaking presidential candidates and extraordinary humans – from Shirley Chisolm, to Pat Schroeder, to Barack Obama, to Carol Mosely-Braun, to Eleanor Holmes-Norton, to Hillary Clinton…and now to Kamala Harris.
This extraordinary coming together has a single-minded purpose: elect Kamala Harris and not allow extremism and authoritarianism to win.
The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund – or as we like to call our re-invigorated c4 – Task Force AF – is all in for Kamala Harris, all in for democracy and all in for the liberation of our community.”
About the Action Fund
The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund builds political power, takes action and creates change to achieve freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and their families. For more information: www.thetaskforceactionfund.org/. Click here to subscribe for email updates.
Contact: Cathy Renna, Director of Communications, crenna@thetaskforce.org, 917-757-6123