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
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Marching on Washington: 'A Continuation, Not a Commemoration'
It's more important than ever to stand with LGBTQ+ people and other marginlized groups, writes Kierra Johnson, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force.
AUGUST 26, 2023
National LGBTQ Task Force Launches 'Movement Moments' Podcast
The first episode, dropping on Transgender Day of Visibility, features ALOK and Imara Jones.
MARCH 31, 2023
LGBTQ Task Force: Cisgender Men Should Fight for Reproductive Freedom
The National LGBTQ Task Force has assembled a diverse group of straight and queer, trans and cis men to make this case.
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
LGBTQ+ Groups Celebrate 'Rainbow Wave' of Queer Candidate Victories
More than 430 out LGBTQ+ candidates won their elections in the 2022 midterms.
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
How SCOTUS’s Roe Decision Fails Today's America
The ruling, "reflects a concentrated effort to uphold racist and patriarchal practices of limiting the autonomy of women and LGBTQ+ individuals."
JUNE 29, 2022
Biden, Congress Members, Task Force, HRC Denounce Griner's Sentence
The president said the situation is "unacceptable," and the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus and the Human Rights Campaign agreed.
AUGUST 4, 2022
At Howard University, thousands rally for Kamala Harris as LGBTQ+ leaders celebrate a night of progress
“There’s a delicious sense of community here tonight, people who showed up because they need each other and know that our fates are linked,” Kierra Johnson, president of the National LGBTQ Task Force, said.
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
New Coalition Promotes Passage of Equality Act
The Equality Act would improve "the lives of millions of LGBTQ people in this country and our families," says Kierra Johnson, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund.
MARCH 23, 2021
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
Longtime Lesbian Activist Achebe Betty Powell Dies at 82
She was involved with several organizations and was part of the first gay and lesbian contingent to have a meeting at the White House.
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The "Greatest" show on Earth: A review of Trump's first 50 days
Unsurprisingly, President Donald Trump's first 50 days in office reveal a tumultuous start.
MARCH 10, 2025
LGBT Activists Slam SCOTUS Ruling on Trump's Muslim Ban
Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, GLAAD, and others are speaking out after the conservative justices once again backed Trump.
JUNE 26, 2018
How We Find Queer Joy and Inspiration Amid Anti-LGBTQ+ Attacks
In the editor's letter for The Advocate's July/August issue, we illuminate the strange chasm between increased queer visibility and right-wing attacks on LGBTQ+ youth.
JULY 6, 2022
How do LGBTQ+ groups feel about Kamala Harris' campaign? 'Re-energized' (exclusive)
LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, Drag PAC, the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, and Human Rights Campaign speak on Harris' "historic" campaign.
JULY 29, 2024
For First Time, Three National LGBTQ Orgs Will Have Black Leaders
Imani Rupert-Gordon, Alphonso David, and Kierra Johnson are the new faces of queer activism.
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
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
Congress Honors Trans Politician Andrea Jenkins, Other Black Leaders
The House resolution seeks to recognize the contributions of Black LGBTQ+ people to American history.
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Trans rights leader Kris Hayashi to lead advocacy department at National LGBTQ Task Force (exclusive)
Kris Hayashi has been a stalwart advocate in the LGBTQ+ movement for years.
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
National LGBTQ Task Force to celebrate Karamo at star-studded gala
The gala in Florida will be emceed by lauded queer comedian Joel Kim Booster.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Rea Carey on Why She's Leaving the National LGBTQ Task Force
Carey introduces us to her successor and tells us where she thinks the LGBTQ+ movement is headed.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020