2026 Creating Change Live Stream

The National LGBTQ Task Force will live stream components of the 38th Creating Change program, including our three general sessions:

State of the Movement  — Thursday, January 22, 1:20PM ET

Rooted in Indigenous leadership and D.C. culture, this opening general session features a Local Indigenous Welcome, prayer by Marcus Arana. Jenn Deerinwater offers the Indigenous keynote, followed by a Go-Go history and performance from Sundiata Ramin, Director of the Go- Go Museum. The session culminates with Kierra Johnson’s annual State of the Movement address, grounding attendees in both the challenges and possibilities facing LGBTQ+ communities. 

Leaving Extremism: Building the Civic Muscle for a Multiracial, Pro-Democracy Future — Friday, January 23, 1:20PM ET (scheduled to start)

Extremism is upon us. Featuring Laura Flanders, Nadine Smith, and others, this dialogue explores the rise of extremism and strategies for resistance and solidarity. Centering principled struggle, repair, and shared power; it invites us to strengthen the practices that help democracy—and every community—thrive. How will we leave it with connection, courage, and collective practice?

Our Abundant Future: Visioning & Voicing the Joy in Our Pursuit of Liberation — January 24, 1:20PM ET

This celebratory closing that centers queer joy as strategy and community imagination as power. Together we honor where we’ve come from, breathe through grief and gratitude, and call forth the ancestors who guide us toward abundant futures. This future-facing general session holds the past with care through an In Memoriam for all LGBTQ+ people lost in the last year and a remembrance for Miss Major. ALOK and Leo Herrera offer uplifting and inspiring remarks, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington brings the week to a joyful close with a farewell performance.