The Task Force is taking this opportunity to celebrate Latinx individuals who are also LGBTQ, including our staff members, supporters, and board members. The term “Latinx” relates to people of Latin American origin or descent and is used as a gender-neutral or non-binary alternative to Latino or Latina. Latinx Heritage Month’s start date of September…
Actors Break Through New Frontiers as Star Trek’s First Gay Couple (Miami, FL – August 28, 2019) — The National LGBTQ Task Force is proud to present its 23rd annual Gala at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Saturday, October 19 and to honor Wilson Cruz and Anthony Rapp for their leadership in the LGBTQ community.…
“My Year at the Task Force, as told by Drag Race GIFs” by B.A. Schaaff, Esq. (Wednesday, August 21, 2019) It’s been quite the roller coaster. 1) When Kavanaugh got confirmed to the Supreme Court 2) When the Public Charge rule got released 3) When Yes on 3 won in Massachusetts and Amendment 4 won in Florida 4) When the Title IX…
Trump’s latest U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rules will place more people at risk. The National LGBTQ Task Force seeks to create a society where discrimination and its harmful impacts no longer exist. We do not yet live in a bias-free world, but the Trump administration’s new HUD rules suggest that landlords…
Gun violence is a deadly epidemic in our communities and our country. LGBTQ people no longer feel safe entering our schools, attending Pride parades, or even hitting the dance floor on a summer night. Gun violence is robbing us of the health and safety we all deserve. LGBTQ people, particularly Black transgender women, have a…
Looking back on 50 years of action since Stonewall.
(New York, NY, June 27, 2019) – The oldest LGBTQ organization in North America, The International Imperial Courts of the U.S.A, Canada and Mexico, established in 1965, and the oldest national LGBTQ advocacy organization, the National LGBTQ Task Force, dedicated the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at the historic Stonewall Inn on June 27 at…
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…
On May 24, 2019, the Trump administration released a new proposed rule that will increase barriers to accessing health care for LGBTQ people, people who have had abortions, people with disabilities, and people with limited English proficiency. On top of all that, the rule includes yet another religious and “conscience” exemption for health workers and…
JR Russ (he/him/his) here, Communications Manager and member of the Asian Pacific Islander (API) Caucus on staff. Here I am below with Sarah Massey, our Communications Director, at my Winter Party Festival just this past January. As you may have seen on our social media or if you’re subscribed to our email list, we are…
