Join NCLR leadership, legal and policy teams for a virtual update to hear how we are meeting this unprecedented moment. This is an opportunity to connect with the NCLR team and hear about our continued fight for LGBTQ justice. The program will include a Q+A with the speakers. Questions can be sent to our panelist in advance: development@nclrights.org Register for the December 9 NCLR Virtual Briefing +...
You are invited to join NCLR’s Board at Happy Hour! Join us and other local NCLR supporters for an intimate gathering on April 25 in Oakland. We hope you will be our guest for happy hour to learn more about our work and to connect with our community. This event will include drinks, light appetizers, and a brief update about our work. This is an opportunity to meet the NCLR Board of Directors, to learn about our fight for LGBTQ justice and socialize with other NCLR supporters near you!The event...
You are invited to be Out and About with NCLR in San Francisco! Join Executive Director Imani Rupert-Gordon and other local NCLR supporters for an intimate gathering on December 6 in San Francisco. We hope you will be our guest for either evening to learn more about our work and to connect with our community. This event will include drinks, light appetizers, and a brief update about our work. This is an opportunity to introduce yourself to Imani, hear about our fight for LGBTQ justice in...
Join Imani Rupert-Gordon of NCLR and Kim L. Hunt of Pride Action Tank for an LGBTQ Storytelling Event. Two former executive directors of a small nonprofit working at the intersections of race, gender identity and sexual orientation talk about the power of story and the challenges of bringing the stories of marginalized groups to the center of their work. As Black women leading LGBTQ organizations, Kim L. Hunt and Imani Rupert-Gordon have built platforms for sharing the...
Join NCLR’s Imani Rupert-Gordon along with Dr. Imani Woody, President & CEO of Mary’s House for Older Adults; Diego Sanchez, APR, Director of Advicacy, Policy, & Partnerships at PFLAG National; and Dr. Julie Bates-Livestay, Senior Advisor of LGBTQ Audience Strategy at AARP to discuss aging in the LGBTQ community. Register
On June 29, please join the Museum of Public Relations for their third annual tribute to our industry’s LGBTQ community. Register Two panels — one of PR professionals from both corporate and non-profit organizations (including NCLR’s Communications Director Christopher Vasquez), followed by a diverse panel of journalists covering LGBTQ+ issues, will engage in discussions ranging from the current challenges facing the community and how it is covered in media to how the social activism of...
Pride 2021 is unlike any Pride we have experienced before. We are beginning to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic slowly and acknowledging the aftermath one year later of the global reckoning on racial justice following the deaths of George Floyd and so many other Black and Brown people. Pride this year must center our activism and intentional approach to understanding the intersectionality of the LGBTQ movement and our connection to all diverse populations. We must work to ensure all members...
This panel will be moderated by Steve Buckley, Senior Writer for The Athletic. Panelists include Author, Activist and Coach, Joanna Lohman; Amy Whelan, Senior Staff Attorney at NCLR; and Angela Hucles Mangano, Founding Member of Angel City FC. Join us for a conversation about LGBTQ people and sports from the perspectives of athletes, coaches, advocates and fans.Check out Joanna Lohman’s new book, Raising Tomorrow’s Champions, an extraordinary parenting and life lessons book as told...
Join NCLR and the National LGBTQ Task Force to say “It’s Time” to pass federal protections for LGBTQ+ people, and expand existing protections for women, people of color and people of faith. With guest hosts Stella and Lisa Keating. Register We have teamed up with the National LGBTQ Task Force for a fabulous night of Pride Month themed Jeopardy planned to kick off Freedom and Opportunity for All’s Equality Act Pride Week! Join us on Thursday, June 24 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT for a...
Join NCLR for an event to highlight poverty in the Black LGBTQ community and to honor the lives of Black and poor LGBTQ people who remain resilient despite the challenges they experience. To build community awareness of and mobilization against Black LGBTQ poverty, we will hold a panel with a performances from Cakes Da Killa. The panel will explore the causes and the policy and non-policy solutions needed to address Black LGBTQ poverty. Register ModeratorImara Jones, Founder & Producer,...
Equality Florida is the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. We’re changing Florida through lobbying, grassroots organizing, education, and coalition building — so that no one suffers harassment or discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Come Out With Pride
The mission of Come Out With Pride Orlando is to cultivate visibility, authenticity, and acceptance by curating inclusive experiences that celebrate and embody the spirit of queer resilience.
Orlando Youth Alliance
Since 1990, the Orlando Youth Alliance (OYA) has been providing safe spaces for LGBTQ youth in Central Florida. Their coverage area includes metro Orlando, but also spans out to include the rural counties surrounding Orlando. In 2008, they created a chapter in Lakeland, Florida (Polk County). OYA oversees the highly successful Polk Pride Festival which attracts over 6,000 people annually.
Southern Legal Counsel
Southern Legal Counsel, Inc. (SLC) is a Florida statewide not-for-profit public interest law firm that is committed to the ideal of equal justice for all and the attainment of basic human and civil rights. SLC developed its Transgender Rights Initiative to fill a gap in access to justice for Florida’s transgender community, including in areas such as access to legal authenticity, access to safe and affirming school and work environments, access to medically necessary healthcare, and more. SLC’s Trans Rights Initiative protects the rights of Florida’s LGBTQ+ community utilizing federal impact litigation, policy advocacy, and individual representation. SLC has litigated many of the recent federal cases against the state of Florida, and has successfully overturned the Medicaid Ban on gender-affirming care (Dekker v. Weida); permanently enjoined the medical care bans for minors and restrictions for adults created by SB 254 and the Boards of Medicine rules (Doe v. Ladapo); preliminarily enjoined the pronoun ban for transgender teachers in Florida’s public schools; and more.
Joy Metropolitan Community Church
Joy MCC is the spiritual home to a multi-cultural, inclusive, and diverse community of faith. We are rooted in the life, ministry, and teachings of Jesus. We experience a vibrant spirituality that is positive, practical, and progressive. We’ve always been a totally open and affirming church. We welcome the full participation of people of allraces, cultures, ages, abilities, spiritual backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities. We share a deep sense of community where our diversity is celebrated, not merely tolerated.
ACLU of Florida
The mission of the ACLU of Florida is to protect, defend, strengthen, and promote the constitutional rights and liberties of all people in Florida. We envision a fair and just Florida, where all people are free, equal under the law, and live with dignity.
QLatinx
QLatinx is a grassroots community-led racial, social, and gender justice organization dedicated to the advancement and empowerment of Orlando’s LGBTQ+ Latinx community. QLatinx is committed to building a supportive infrastructure, addressing inequity, promoting inclusionary QLatinx aims to deepen the political consciousness of LGBTQ+ and Latinx individuals about intersections and complexities of institutional, interpersonal, and internalized forms of oppression. This work includes empowering local LGBTQ+ leadership to become cognizant of gender and racial inequities with the LGBTQ+ community and in relation to cisgender populations.
Community Spring
Community Spring is a grassroots organization dedicated to economic justice. The two pillars of our work are income and power: income to meet people’s needs and power to reshape the systems that keep them down.
Pride Community Center of North Central Florida
The Pride Community Center of North Central Florida offers safe spaces, resources, services and events to foster and enhance the well-being and visibility of LGBTQ+ people in North Central Florida. Visibility changes minds. Here in North Central Florida, LGBTQ+ people deserve access to safe spaces where they can not only express themselves, but where they can also be a part of a community. Come join us.
