As a member of the Welcoming Church Leaders Program, sponsored by the National LGBTQ Task Force, the Transmission Ministry Collective provides holistic support to trans and nonbinary people of faith. This event is a celebration of gender-expansive spirituality. We have five speakers (including Minnesota State Representative, Leigh Finke) talking about their experiences with gender and…
The National LGBTQ Task Force – the country’s oldest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization – launched a new limited podcast series in honor of their 50th anniversary. Movement Moments: The National LGBTQ Task Force at 50 will span 6 episodes and feature deep discussions on topical issues facing the LGBTQ+ community today, including attacks on the trans community and the role of faith in the movement while also reflecting on key moments throughout National LGBTQ Task Force history.
WASHINGTON, DC – Barbara Satin, a transgender activist who has worked on issues of aging, faith, and gender justice, will retire from a long and successful career in advocacy and step down as Faith Work Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, where her responsibilities included working for the full inclusion of trans persons in communities…
The following statement can be attributed to Rea Carey, Executive Director, National LGBTQ Task Force: “We are thrilled that today, following the swearing in of the first Black secretary of defense General Lloyd Austin, President Biden signed an executive order overturning the discriminatory ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military. Once again, qualified,…
“Dr. Levine is imminently qualified to serve as assistant secretary at Health and Human Services. Her work in Pennsylvania was exemplary and impactful to the health of all Pennsylvanians.”
Today marks the 20th Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). A day to honor the lives of transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary people who have been taken away from us due to transphobic violence, fear, and ignorance. Today, we honor transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary people lost to anti-trans violence. The world was robbed too early…
It is past time for our Black community to stop hating on Black trans people and embrace us. It is time for Black political leaders to say ‘Black trans lives matter’, and back up their words with legislative action. Monica Roberts, Author of TransGriot and Black Trans Advocacy Media Chair Trans women in Texas are…
WASHINGTON-DC, January 22, 2019: In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender troops in the military to go into effect, Rea Carey, executive director of The National LGBTQ Task Force’s stated: The Supreme Court’s decision today to allow Trump’s so-called transgender military “ban” to go into effect is an…
Responding to a rising tide of legislative and administrative attempts to further marginalize transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex people, 56 major companies today issued a business statement in support of transgender equality.
WASHINGTON-DC, October 22, 2018: In response to The New York Times article ‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration published on October 21, Rea Carey, executive director of The National LGBTQ Task Force’s stated: “Trump is too late. We are not going back to a time when transgender people were in the…