Out for America 2020 report says America must elect 22,544 more LGBTQ elected officials to achieve equitable representation   There are 843 known* openly LGBTQ elected officials in the United States – a 21 percent increase in the past year – a...

  Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, congratulated Pete Buttigieg on his historic run for president of the United States. Buttigieg is the first openly LGBTQ person t...

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization released our 2020 Presidential Questionnaire and responses from the leading Demo...

MANCEHSTER, NH, – Tonight, as seven candidates prepare to take the stage in the first Democratic debate after the Iowa caucus, RespectAbility’s Ben Spangenberg and Justin Chappell will be in the media spin room trying to get candidates on the record ...

“Now there is no question we are on a journey to elect the first openly gay president of the United States – and that is astounding.”   After days of speculation and partially-reported results, it is official: Pete Buttigieg won the Iowa ...

Pete Buttigieg Makes History Even Before Iowa Results; First LGBTQ Person to Run in Iowa Democratic Caucuses   Today Pete Buttigieg will become the first openly LGBTQ person to run in the Iowa Democratic caucuses – a historic moment for the L...

An unprecedented number of LGBTQ people will run for office in 2020 WASHINGTON, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, endorsed 39 openly LGBTQ candidates for 2019 and 202...

More LGBTQ candidates won than in any other odd-numbered election year   WASHINGTON, DC – While returns continue coming in, election results so far indicate a strong night for LGBTQ candidates, with at least 80 out queer and trans candida...

Roem’s opponent launched anti-trans ad in final weeks of the campaign   On Tuesday night Virginia Delegate Danica Roem – the first openly out-and-seated transgender state legislator ever elected in the United States – defeated her anti-LGBTQ c...

Pete Buttigieg, who has served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana since 2012, came out as a gay man in a self-penned essay published by the South Bend Tribune just weeks before he faced voters for reelection. This past April he declared his candidacy fo...

Annual event’s name change reflects the strength, diversity, and forward-thinking vision of the Democratic party   DES MOINES, Ia. — The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) has announced the new name of its annual fall event: the Liberty and Justice C...

Victory Fund endorsed more candidates in 2019 than in any other odd-numbered election year in its 28-year history. WASHINGTON, DC – LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, endorsed 48 ...

LOS ANGELES, Ca. – HRC Foundation, on Thursday, announced three additional participants in its historic town hall event, entitled Power of Our Pride, co-hosted with CNN.    ...

    Join PROMO to watch an exclusive livestream of the first-ever LGBTQ Presidential Forum organized by The Advocate, One Iowa, and GLAAD. Come to the St. Louis PROMO office (2200 Gravois Ave. Ste 201, St. Louis 63104), we'll be hanging...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, endorsed 12 new openly LGBTQ candidates for the 2019 and 2020 election cycles. Montana state Senator Bryce Bennett, w...

SOUTH BEND, IN -- In an effort to grow support from the African American community, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, today, announced a full-scale policy plan aimed at uplifting and supporting black Americans.   ...

DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Caucus Consortium returns for the 2020 election and highlights Iowa's first in the nation Caucus status by providing the media, candidates and visitors an accommodating and beneficial experience while showcasing the state an...

“Today, we celebrate the birth of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. We honor the courage and diversity of the activists at Stonewall. We remember heroes like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson – two trans women of color – whose bravery changed our c...

In celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, DNC Chair Tom Perez, DNC LGBTQ Caucus Chair Earl Fowlkes, Treasurer William Derrough, and Secretary Jason Rae released the following statement:   ...

Fresh off helping elect the largest number of LGBTQ members Congress has ever seen, the Democratic National Committee will host its 20th Annual LGBTQ Gala in New York City on June 17. Attending the event will be DNC Chair Tom Perez, along with every ...

Jane Castor easily beat her opponent in the Tampa mayoral runoff Tuesday night and became the first openly LGBTQ person elected mayor of a top 100 city in the Southeastern United States.   ...

Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is First Openly LGBTQ Democratic Presidential Candidate in U.S. History   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mayor Pete Buttigieg officially launched his presidential candidacy before a crowd of thousands in his hometown ci...

Lori Lightfoot won in Chicago, Satya Rhodes-Conway won in Madison, and Jolie Justus placed in her primary and will advance to the general   Lesbian mayoral candidates won big victories, on Tuesday, in Chicago, Kansas City and Madison – raising...

Lori Lightfoot of Chicago would become the highest-ranking LGBTQ mayor in US history   Washington, DC – Four lesbian mayoral candidates in top 100 cities are well-positioned to win their races and make LGBTQ history this year – all of the...

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced, on Wednesday, his decision to form an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential run. If Buttigieg officially declares, he will immediately become a stand-out in the crowded field of candida...

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii, announced over the weekend that she's running for president in 2020.   ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The LGBTQ Victory Fund has released a demographic and informational breakdown of the 432 openly LGBTQ candidates on the Nov. 6th ballot – looking at sexual orientation, gender identity, race/ethnicity, office level, party affili...

It's taken six days of counting but Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has prevailed in her bid to become Arizona’s next U.S. Senator. Sinema is the first openly bisexual person elected to the U.S. Senate and will be the first woman and the first Democrat in over 3...

Eight openly LGBTQ candidates have won their races for the U.S. House and one will head to a recount – ensuring a historic number of openly LGBTQ candidates in the U.S. Congress next year.   ...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown won an historic re-election late Tuesday night. The Democrat, who is bisexual, is one of two openly LGBTQ persons to be elected governor in U.S. history.   ...

Openly LGBTQ candidate Angie Craig defeated incumbent U.S. Representative Jason Lewis tonight – one of the most sexist and anti-LGBTQ members of the U.S. Congress and a key pickup seat for Democrats. Craig also made history, becoming the first openly...

Massachusetts voters tonight supported a “Yes” vote on Question 3, upholding the state’s transgender nondiscrimination law and becoming the first state in United States history to successfully defend basic protections for their transgender neighbors ...

Tonight Sharice Davids became the first Native woman elected to U.S. Congress and the first openly LGBTQ U.S. Congress member from Kansas.   ...

Tonight Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis became the next governor of Colorado and the nation’s first openly gay man elected governor.   ...

Tonight Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin won her re-election bid in Wisconsin over Republican challenger Leah Vukmir.     ...

In a new video titled “Because It Matters,” some of the world's most recognizable women urge people to make a plan to vote in the upcoming midterm elections on November 6. The ad features many stage, screen, television, and social media stars, joined...

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGTBQ) media advocacy organization, has released the findings of its first-ever ‘Electing Acceptance’ candidate survey.   ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — This weekend, with less than 25 days until Election Day, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, is launching a National Weekend ...

WAHINGTON, D.C. - St. Louis photographer and activist Philip Deitch was in Washington, D.C., on Friday, to capture the scene outside of the United States Supreme Court during the Rally to #StopKavanaugh which was organized, in part, by the Human Righ...

VIDEO: HRC also launches video with social media influencer Jessie Paege showing how easy it is to register to vote in only two minutes   ...

Over 60 national, state and local advocacy organizations, representing the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and everyone living with HIV, are urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone any further activity pert...

When the roller coaster ride that was primary season came to its climactic close, the stage was set for the 2018 midterm elections on Nov. 6th. Throughout this year in myriad races, we’ve seen LGBTQ candidates defy expectations and win up and down th...

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defended a company accused of failing to provide adequate treatment and care to inmates dying of HIV/AIDS in Alabama prisons, the American Ledger, reports.   ...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, responded to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s repeated refusal to answer basic que...

This weekend, Democratic National Committee members passed historic new rules expanding the definition of gender in delegate selection and caucus participation rules to include gender non-binary Democrats. Members also passed a resolution condemning ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released a comprehensive report on how Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme...

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, has called on the Senate to reject Brett Kavanaugh, who was pre-cleared by anti-LGBTQ and anti-c...

It’s been a horrible ‘Trumped-up’ year   The November 2016 election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, set off reverberations globally across more than just the political spectrum. At home in the United States, Trump has given ...

In an exclusive interview with Philadelphia Gay News, U.S. Sen. Tim Kane, the Democratic nominee for vice president, recently shared his views on LGBT issues and what his position in a Clinton Administration might look like. This interview started ou...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A groundbreaking ad depicting the challenges faced by transgender people in accessing public restrooms—and highlighting the lack of state and federal nondiscrimination protections for transgender people—will have its national telev...

Mayor Annise Parker and Rev. José M. Román Will Ensure Grassroots LGBT Voices Are Elevated Last year, the Democratic National Committee took the unprecedented step of creating an LGBT Advisory Board to elevate grassroots LGBT Democratic voices. This...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign, (HRC) the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of...

CHARLESTON, SC - Former FLOTUS, U.S. Sen. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders  sparred in their fourth debate on Sunday in Charleston, SC. The lively exchange between ...

This weekend, five Republican presidential candidates are expected to speak at a so-called “religious freedom” event hosted by a pastor who has repeatedly claimed thatAIDS is God’s punishment for the “immoral act” of being gay; a man who once called ...

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says the Supreme Court’s rulings on marriage equality and abortion rights are “not settled law” and that government officials should “ignore” the rulings if they believe they conflict with “God’s rules.” ...

DES MOINES, IA - The crucial Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Dinner, which launched then-candidate Barack Obama into front-runner status in 2007, was held on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at Hy vee Hall in Des Moines, Iowa. All three Democratic pre...

Hillary Clinton‘s latest ad hones in on Wednesday night’s CNN Republican presidential primary debate, focusing on a laundry list of issues close to Democrats‘ hearts that nonetheless failed to be broached at any point during the not-so-animate argume...

  The State Department on Tuesday made public 3,000 pages of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state - including one message in which she seeks to “emphasize LGBT human rights” in Iraq after reports of anti-...

  Via The Washington Blade: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders wants you to know he’s had a strong record on LGBT issues during his nearly 35 years as a public servant. ...

  HOPE, Ark. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has declared his candidacy for president in the hometown he shares with former President Bill Clinton – Hope, Arkansas. It’s his second run for the Republican nomination. ...

  Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, today, announced her run for president on "Good Morning America" calling herself the "best person for the job" while also taking a shot at Hillary Clinton, accusing her of being untrustworthy. ...

  WASHINGTON — Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon turned conservative star who believes that the gay rights movement is part of a communist conspiracy to bring about the New World Order, has confirmed that he will seek the Republican presidenti...

  DES MOINES, Ia. – Iowa, like New Hampshire, provides a rare opportunity for Americans to interact in smaller settings with presidential candidates every four years. Indeed, retail politics is alive and well in the Hawkeye State of...

Presidential hopeful, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Sunday that he believes sexual orientation isn’t a choice, but that he remains opposed to federal courts legalizing marriage for same-sex couples.    ...

  The Washington Blade reports:   ...

    MIAMI - U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio announced his candidacy for president on Monday in Miami promising to usher in a "new American century.” ...

Hillary Clinton unveiled her long-expected 2016 White House bid with a video Sunday that opens with a series of testimonials from everyday Americans going through major life changes, including a same-sex couple planning to get married soon.  &n...

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky entered the campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a declaration that he’s running for the White House to “return our country to the principles of liberty and ...

  U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who has called for sweeping legislation to undo federal recognition of marriage equality and modify the U.S. Constitution to block same-sex marriage, will announce Monday that he will run for president of the United Stat...

  Likely GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush on Thursday said he supports legislation that would allow businesses and individuals to refuse services on the basis their religious beliefs.   ...

  LOS ANGELES — Equality California, the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization, on Monday announced it was endorsing former First Lady, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.   ...

Likely GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush plans to name Tim Miller, executive director of America Rising PAC, as his top communications aide, according to a report Friday by POLITICO.   ...

  PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown will become the state's next Chief Executive following the resignation of sitting Gov. John Kitzhaber. The promotion of the 54-year old Democrat, who is next in line to succeed him, make...

Ah, there's still something about Mary! This week Mary Cheney, former Vice President Dick Cheney's younger daughter, launched a conversation on Facebook about whether drag was a valid form of entertainment, or something derogatory like blackface...

  LOS ANGELES – Ten states’ strict voter ID laws may create substantial barriers to voting and possible disenfranchisement for more than 24,000 transgender voters this November.   ...

  SANTA FE, N.M. — Javier Gonzales was elected Mayor of Santa Fe in a three-way race on Tuesday, becoming the city’s first ever openly gay mayor.    ...