FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123 [email protected] Washington, DC – October 20, 2025 – Kierra Johnson, President of the National LGBTQ Task Force and Task Force Action Fund, has been selected as an honoree on the 31st annual Out100 list, Out magazine’s annual recognition of the most influential and pioneering LGBTQ+ individuals across entertainment, politics, activism, sports, and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123 [email protected] NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE STATEMENT ON PASSING OF MISS MAJOR GRIFFIN-GRACY WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 14, 2025 – The National LGBTQ Task Force is devastated by the news of Miss Major’s passing on Monday, October 13, 2025 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She will always be remembered as…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy Renna Communications Director, National LGBTQ Task Force, [email protected], 917-757-6123 (to attend the event as credentialed media, information about arrivals and program or to receive select photos after the event contact Cathy Renna) Miami, FL, October 7, 2025……This Saturday, October. 11, the annual National LGBTQ Task Force Gala: Be You…
When actress and activist Dominique Jackson recalls her fondest ballroom memories, she immediately thinks agency, survival, and most importantly: empowerment. “I wasn’t looking for ballroom– ballroom found me,” Jackson said. “It was the family component, being told that I was loved, being made to feel that I was beautiful. But there was more to…
Three staff members of the National LGBTQ Task Force returned to the annual NLGJA Conference in Atlanta, organizing and participating in a plenary “Not Our First Fight: What Can We Learn from Other Social Justice Movements and Longtime LGBTQ+ Advocates.” The session discussed the layered approach to queer advocacy today and how the past informs…
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un To God we belong and to Him we return. The National LGBTQ Task Force community grieves with the LGBTQ+ and progressive Muslim communities after Imam Daayiee Abdullah, the first openly gay imam in the United States, passed away on August 3, 2025, in Bogotá, Colombia, at the age…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy Renna, Communications Director, [email protected] or 917-757-6123 Miami, FL, September 4, 2025 The National LGBTQ Task Force’s annual gala, now dubbed the “Be You Ball,” will take place at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla. on October 11, 2025. Dominique Jackson, the actress known for her role as Elektra on…
On Monday, August 11, the President ordered an outsized presence of federal law enforcement agencies in Washington, DC. What is happening is an outrageous targeting of those who live in, work in and love the Nation’s Capitol. The Trump administration’s actions, taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department and deploying untrained military and government agency…
During Summer 2025, the National LGBTQ Task Force welcomed this year’s edition of a lone intern Tiera Williams for the Communications, Marketing and Branding department and the 2025 Holley Law Fellows Shay Walker, Seamus Smiley, Asa Zaretsky, and Isabella Mianzo. They were fully immersed in the fight for queer liberation – attending events on The…
On July 4–a day meant to symbolize freedom–H.R. 1 was signed into law, finalizing a legislative assault that will devastate millions of people across the United States. The National LGBTQ Task Force is sounding the alarm on this dangerous bill and urging our communities to understand its consequences, mobilize against its harms, and prepare for…
