Creating Change Conference 2025: A look back at a movement in motion
The annual National LGBTQ Task Force's conference in Las Vegas was a transformative week of activism, education, and connection
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
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5 Big Takeaways From 'Creating Change' for The LGBT Movement
Daniel Villarreal was in Atlanta for Creating Change and brings back five things you should know.
JANUARY 27, 2013
WATCH: President Obama Thanks LGBT Activists at Creating Change
The commander in chief issued a brief video address to the thousands of LGBT activists gathered in Atlanta this week for the 25th Annual National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
JANUARY 25, 2013
Hillary Clinton: TSA Dropping 'Anomaly' Is a 'Good Move'
The former Secretary of State stated it was a 'good move' to create changes that will support and respect transgender passengers.
OCTOBER 17, 2015
Is the Trump Administration Trying to Discourage Trans Travelers?
Policy regarding gender markers on passports has not changed, but new language seems designed to create confusion.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
National LGBTQ Task Force's Rea Carey on Living Through History
On the eve of the Task Force's Creating Change conference, the group's longtime executive director checks in before handing over the reins.
JANUARY 27, 2021
HUD Secretary Castro To Headline Creating Change
During Creating Change 2012, HUD secretary Shaun Donovan announced new policies to protect LGBTQ people from housing discrimination.
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JANUARY 26, 2015
Nearly 3,000 LGBTQ+ advocates to join Tre'vell Anderson at Creating Change in Las Vegas
Join the award-winning journalist, authoress and podcast guru for a 5-day queer conference starting Wednesday, Jan. 22 this year!
JANUARY 17, 2025
WATCH: Laverne Cox Kills it With 'Creating Change' Speech
The Orange is the New Black star brought the audience of the 'Creating Change' conference to their feet with an inspirational speech on the struggles of trans people
FEBRUARY 1, 2014
Roxane Gay: Fight and Create Change, But Don't Forget to Have Fun
We spoke with queer feminist author Roxane Gay about 'Hear to Slay' and the Werk It women's podcast festival.
OCTOBER 2, 2019
On Trans Issues, The New York Times Is Dead Wrong
As with the false flags created around climate change, the extreme right is creating wedge issues about gender dysphoria that the media follows, inevitably creating a damaging environment for transgender people.
JUNE 23, 2023
Why Race Dominates Talk Among LGBT Activists
Several attendees of this year's Creating Change conference aimed to remind others of the racial rifts that must be mended.
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
A Careless Anti-Semitism Shames the LGBT Community
Longtime LGBT activist Mark Segal (pictured above) weighs in on the raucous protest that rocked the Creating Change conference in Chicago.
JANUARY 28, 2016
Anti-Israel Protests Once Again Roil LGBTQ Conference
The National LGBTQ Task Force -- organizers of the Creating Change event -- finds itself in the middle of pro-Israel and pro-Palestine factions.
JANUARY 30, 2019
Chicago's Creating Change Conference Was a Mess
When a near-violent protest shut down a planned reception for LGBT Israeli group A Wider Bridge at the Creating Change conference last month, everyone involved lost.
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
Creating Change Reflects a Movement in Transition
Was Creating Change 2016 really more volatile than in years past, or was that frustration simply the result of a movement trying to find its footing after symbolic, but limited, victories?
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FEBRUARY 1, 2016
Climate Change Is Creating an Almost All Female Turtle Population
"Males here could vanish in two or three decades," a researcher says.
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Labor Leader Dolores Huerta Opens the Task Force's 21st Creating Change Conference
The 21st Creating Change conference got off to a rousing start Thursday night in Denver when labor legend Dolores Huerta concluded the opening speech by chanting "si se puede."
JANUARY 31, 2009
Why Pulse Survivor Brandon Wolf is Optimistic About Gun Reform
Wolf says it is the younger generation that will "create sweeping change sooner than people think."
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Fatherhood Is Finally Within Reach for Some Gay Men in China
LGBTQ family-building is in its infancy in China, and it has the potential to create long-lasting cultural change.
APRIL 21, 2019
Activists Storm LGBT Conference in Wake of Queer Latina Killing
Following the demonstration, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock told organizers that he would not speak at this year's Creating Change conference as planned.
FEBRUARY 5, 2015