Longtime LGBTQ+ advocate Kate Kendell is the new CEO of the Gill Foundation (exclusive)
Kendell, the former executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, recognizes that it's a crucial time for the LGBTQ+ movement.
APRIL 1, 2025
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'50 Years, 50 Heroes': Kate Kendell Honors Roberta Achtenberg
The current executive director of NCLR honors prioneering out politician and former executive director Roberta Achtenberg for The Advocate's 50th anniversary.
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Why #GivingTuesday Matters
Do your part during this day of philanthropy, says Kate Kendell of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
DECEMBER 1, 2015
National Center for Lesbian Rights Leader on Making a Movement for All
Imani Rupert-Gordon will take the helm at the venerable organization, NCLR announced today.
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Michfest Womyn and Trans Women Ask 'Why?'
A look behind the scenes at how this summer's 40th annual Michigan Womyn's Music Festival became its last.
APRIL 23, 2015
Conn. Marriage Ruling Shifts Focus to Calif., Presidential Race
While LGBT citizens and supporters were rejoicing at the Connecticut supreme court's Friday decision to legalize same-sex marriage, others were already weighing what effect the ruling might have on this year's marriage amendment battles in California, Arizona, and Florida as well as the presidential election.
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Ruling: Penn State coach discriminated against basketball player
Although Penn State has determined that women's basketball coach Rene Portland discriminated against a player because she was thought to be a lesbian, Portland will be kept on the payroll.
APRIL 18, 2006
17 Women Who Changed the Course of LGBTQ+ History
For Women's History Month, we salute activists who've made LGBTQ+ history from the 1950s through the 2020s.
MARCH 29, 2023
Trump and the Déjà Vu of Our Shameful History
The National Center for Lesbian Rights' Kate Kendell makes a powerful argument for rejecting hysteria.
DECEMBER 13, 2015
Immigration Reform a Priority for Gay Couples and Their Kids
Various crises have pushed immigration reform to the back burner, but LGBT activists such as Kate Kendell point out why it deserves attention.
OCTOBER 8, 2013
NCLR earns it's stripes
The 28-year-old National Center for Lesbian Rights and its executive director, Kate Kendell, are building nationwide respect for their work on key legal battles
MAY 19, 2005
Federal Prop. 8: LGBT Groups Respond
Last week, political strategist Chad Griffin said a move by three LGBT groups to intervene in his group's efforts to overturn Prop. 8 at the federal level would "undermine" the case. Now the leader of one of those groups says the accusation is "baffling."
JULY 14, 2009
Antigay Measure Qualifies for California Ballot
California's secretary of state says an initiative that would again outlaw gay marriage in the state has qualified for the November ballot.
JUNE 3, 2008
Kate Kendell Will Leave National Center for Lesbian Rights
After leading the trailblazing legal advocacy group for over two decades, executive director Kate Kendell will step down by the end of the year.
MARCH 15, 2018
Salt Lake City's Out Mayor Weds Partner in Mormon Church's Backyard
NCLR executive director Kate Kendell officiated this weekend's beautiful wedding of Jackie Biskupski and Betty Iverson.
AUGUST 16, 2016
LGBT Leader Quits Mormon Church
Kate Kendell announced in a national newspaper opinion piece why she's formally left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Op-ed: We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
The same people trying to stop same-sex couples from marrying are trying to dilute the 50-year-old Voting Rights Act. Both efforts are equally egregious, says Kate Kendell of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
AUGUST 6, 2015
No on 8: We Are Not in a Position to Call This
With somewhere between 3 million and 4 million provisional and absentee ballots yet to be counted, No on 8 and Equality California say it's too soon to concede and announced on a press call Wednesday morning the campaign will wait to hear from the secretary of state to make any decisions.
NOVEMBER 6, 2008
Booker Will Break With Tradition By Testifying Against Sessions
The New Jersey senator will be testifying against his colleague in an unprecedented move.
JANUARY 10, 2017