On the anniversary of Juneteenth, our dynamic panel including Imani Rupert-Gordon, Executive Director of NCLR; Zoë Polk, the Executive Director of EBCLC; and Rebecca Dixon, Executive Director of NELP, explore what we need from the philanthropic community as leaders in order to thrive and build institutions that will advance bold ideas and movement work. The panel will be moderated by Thato Ramoabi, MPA, Program Manager of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative....
This Pride month, Ahead of the Curve premieres world wide! Join us for a panel discussion about the film and its themes of identity, language and intergenerational queerness. Panelists include: Imani Rupert- Gordon, Executive Director of NCLR; Cathy Sakimura, Deputy Director and Family Law Director at NCLR; Ruth McFarlane, VP of Advancement at Ms. Foundation; Franco Stevens, Founder of Curve Magazine, Jen Rainin director of Ahead of the Curve and Tamika Butler, Founder and Principal of Tamika...
For more than four decades, NCLR has made our communities more just and equitable. Fighting for justice doesn’t just happen in the courts, in elected chambers or in political arenas. Radical change in systems is sparked by radical change in hearts and minds. The first to create LGBTQ centered programs in immigration and asylum, sports, youth and family law, NCLR sees a path to equality in each of us. A leader in LGBTQ reproductive justice, anti-poverty efforts and eradicating conversion...
This year, USC OWN IT 2021 is coming to a screen near you! Join them on April 10th and 11th for their fifth annual women’s leadership summit to connect with and learn from industry leaders and peers. You won’t want to miss this! The USC OWN IT Women’s Leadership Summit (sponsored by NCLR) bridges the gap between women and non-binary leaders and students. The summit celebrates the connections and ideas sparked when people’s paths and identities intersect.Their jam-packed two-day...
Join the SF LGBT Center for an extraordinary evening celebrating community! The SF LGBT Center connects diverse community to opportunities, resources, and each other to achieve our vision of a stronger, healthier, and more equitable world for LGBT people and our allies. Register
This year, USC OWN IT 2021 is coming to a screen near you! Join them on April 10th and 11th for their fifth annual women’s leadership summit to connect with and learn from industry leaders and peers. You won’t want to miss this! The USC OWN IT Women’s Leadership Summit (sponsored by NCLR) bridges the gap between women and non-binary leaders and students. The summit celebrates the connections and ideas sparked when people’s paths and identities intersect.Their jam-packed two-day...
LGBTQ Black History Month: Honor, Celebrate, and Dream Join NCLR for our upcoming panel!Honoring the Past, Making History TodayLGBTQ Black History Month: Honor, Celebrate, and Dream Moderator:Richard A. FowlerAmerican Storyteller, Richard Media Company Cofounder, Fox News ContributorPanelists:Imani Rupert-Gordon, NCLR Executive DirectorKierra Johnson, National LGBTQ Task Force Executive DirectorDominique Morgan, Black and Pink Executive DirectorDavid Johns, National Black Justice Coalition...
Learn about the state of queer rights in the U.S. with Imani Rupert-Gordon, the Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). Presented by HER and hosted by Nicole Lim. Register to Join
The number of queer womxn with speaking roles in the top-grossing films from 2014-2019 clocks in at a paltry 0.5%. Shocked? Where are the stories that center queer womxn? Too often these stories are under-resourced and not well distributed, but that’s starting to change with films like My Name is Pauli Murray and Ahead of the Curve. Each film centers a strong queer woman who has worked intersectionally to advance LGBTQ+ womxn’s representation across movements. Imani Rupert-Gordon, executive...
Watch Legal Director of NCLR Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights Project Director of GLAD Jennifer Levi, and plaintiffs Nicolas Talbott and Blaire McIntyre as they discuss the impacts of President Biden’s lifting of the transgender military ban and how it marks a turning point for transgender rights. Blaire McIntyre (plaintiff, McIntyre v. Whitmer) is a Specialist in the Michigan Army National Guard and previously served in the active-duty Army 101st Airborne Division. She currently works...
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.
