Press Releases
-
From 1973 to 2023: National LGBTQ Task Force Celebrates 50 Years of Advocacy, Activism, and Organizing for the LGBTQ Community
December 15, 202250th Anniversary celebrations begin with flagship organizing conference Creating Change, […]
Category: Press Releases -
Brittney Griner Freed From Russian Prison
December 8, 2022Executive Director Kierra Johnson Responds to Release of Brittney Griner […]
Category: Press Releases -
Reaction to the 2022 Midterms
November 9, 2022Executive Director Kierra Johnson Responds to Preliminary Midterm Results (Washington, […]
Category: Press Releases
-
National LGBTQ Task Force Launches “Ban the Repro Binary” Short Videos Aimed to Connect Queer Rights and Repro Rights
November 1, 2022Prominent Male-Identified Advocates, Including Actor/Activist George Takei, Actor/Musician and Advocate […]
Category: Press Releases -
Largest Ever National LGBTQ Task Force Gala Breaks Multiple Records
October 28, 2022Sold-Out Event Raises Over $900K to Support National LGBTQ Task […]
Category: Press Releases -
Task Force Reaction to SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe and Casey
June 24, 2022JUNE 24, 2022 The following statement can be attributed Kierra […]
Category: Press Releases
-
Statement From Kierra Johnson, Executive Director, National LGBTQ Task Force, on Leak of Draft SCOTUS Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
May 3, 2022(WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 3, 2022) – The following can be […]
Category: Press Releases -
President Biden Signs Violence Against Women Reauthorization
March 14, 2022(WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 11, 2022) – The following can be […]
Category: Press Releases -
Reaction to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s Retirement
January 28, 2022(WASHINGTON, DC – January 27, 2022) –The following can be attributed […]
Category: Press Releases
-
Reaction to SCOTUS Decision on Texas Abortion Ban
December 10, 2021(WASHINGTON, DC –December 10, 2021) – The following can be attributed […]
Category: Press Releases -
SCOTUS Reaction Statement From Task Force Executive Director, Kierra Johnson
December 9, 2021(WASHINGTON, DC –December 1, 2021) – The following is a statement […]
Category: Press Releases -
National LGBTQ Task Force Reaction to Anti-LGBTQ+ and Other Comments by North Carolina LT. Governor Mark Robinson
October 14, 2021The following can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, National LGBTQ […]
Category: Press Releases
-
Statement From Kierra Johnson, Executive Director Regarding Verdict in Chauvin Trial
April 21, 2021The following statement can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, Executive […]
Category: Press Releases -
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVERTURNS BAN ON TRANSGENDER MILITARY SERVICE
January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 The following statement can be attributed to […]
Category: Press Releases -
BIDEN SELECTS TRANSGENDER DR. RACHEL LEVINE AS ASSISTANT HEALTH SECRETARY
January 20, 2021(WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 19, 2021) THE FOLLOWING CAN BE ATTRIBUTED […]
Category: Press Releases
-
STATEMENT RE: SCOTUS DECISION ON DACA
June 18, 2020“Today, the Supreme Court put a speedbump in the road […]
Category: Press Releases -
Statement re: Title VII Supreme Court Decision
June 15, 2020At this most challenging time for our community, the country and the world, it is heartening to see the Court decision bolstering fairness and equality in this country by affirming that LGBTQ+ people are protected from employment discrimination under federal law.
Category: Press Releases -
Statement on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s Inaction in Response to George Floyd’s Death
May 29, 2020Statement from National LGBTQ Task Force: “How many Black people […]
Category: Press Releases