National LGBTQ Task Force: Last News

Kierra Johnson joined The National LGBTQ Task Force in 2018 as its Deputy Executive Director. She has served as its President since 2021.METRO WEEKLY: Tell me about your experience on election night. How did you feel when the night first started, and when did it sink in for you that things were not going as hoped?KIERRA JOHNSON: First of all, I couldn’t sleep.

anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policy,” GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement that also chastised national media outlets for dismissing LGBTQ people and concerns as somehow not legitimate.“LGBTQ Americans are taxpayers, family members, colleagues, classmates, neighbors and friends, and our concerns are the same as any Americans: our freedom to be ourselves to live in safety and dignity, the right to make private health care decisions, read books of our choosing, marry who we love, and not be discriminated against for who we are,” Ellis continued.Vance has a history of making inflammatory, combative statements on various issues.With respect to LGBTQ rights, Vance opposes marriage equality, nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people, and in vitro fertilization, which is crucial to helping many LGBTQ couples form families. He has dismissed transgender identity as not real, introduced legislation to criminalize doctors who assist transgender youth in accessing gender-affirming treatments, and advocated for Florida-style “Don’t Say Gay” laws, calling those who disagree with him “groomers.”“This is the most consequential election of our lifetimes, and with Donald Trump’s decision today to add J.D.

On Friday, June 2, the Capital Pride Alliance honored LGBTQ leaders and trailblazers at its annual Capital Pride Honors ceremony, marking the start of Pride in the nation’s capital.Receiving the “Paving the Way” award was Admiral Rachel Levine, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health at the U.S.

Longtime activist Urvashi Vaid, a leader of many LGBTQ+ and other social justice organizations, has died at age 63.