LGBTQ+ Stories You Should Know About

Pennsylvania Election Results: Rue Won!

Spotlight candidate Rue Landau is set to make history as the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to the Philadelphia City Council! Philadelphia has never elected an out LGBTQ+ person to city council and we’re proud that Rue will be shattering that rainbow ceiling. Across the country and in Philadelpha, there have been more anti-LGBTQ bills than ever targeting the LGBTQ+ community. With Rue in office, we’ll have another voice standing for equal rights.

More Pennsylvania winners include Chesley Lightsey, who will make history as one of the first out LGBTQ+ people to be elected to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Daniel Kolbe, who will be a strong voice for equality on the State College Area School Board, Tyler Titus, who will be the first out trans person to ever serve on Erie City Council and Jessica Rothchild who won reelection and was the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to the Scranton City Council in 2020.

Additional Wins in New York and Oregon

In New York, Cheryl Felice won her race for South Country Board of Education, At-Large. Cheryl is the only out LGBTQ+ person to serve on the South Country Board of Education!

Seven Victory Fund candidates ran successful races in Oregon on Tuesday, including school board candidates Danny Cage, Judah Largent and Gabriela Saldana-Lopez, and Dana Stroud for the Mount Hood Community College Board seat.

The Spotlight’s on Virginia Next!

It’s almost time for the Virginia primaries: Election Day is one month away! Spotlight candidate Rozia Henson will be the first out gay Black man elected to the Virginia legislature, Adele McClure will be the first Black person and first Asian person elected to the legislature from Arlington County and Danica Roem will be the first out trans person elected to a state senate in the South. These leaders will combat bigots like Governor Glenn Youngkin, who has targeted the LGBTQ+ community.

Of Victory Fund’s 15 endorsed candidates in Virginia, ten will be on the June 20th primary ballot, including Victory Fund’s own Jonathan Dromgoole, who will be the first out LGBTQ+ immigrant elected in Virginia!

Click here to meet the rest of our candidates in Virginia.

Anti-LGBTQ Threats Rising

Anti-LGBTQ legislation has horrific real-world consequences. Disturbingly, the Department of Homeland Security notes that as the number of anti-equality bills rise, so too does the number of threats against LGBTQ+ people and gatherings. Read more here.

As we begin Pride Month, we have so many reasons to celebrate – and to renew our fight for LGBTQ+ equality. No matter how you gather during Pride Month, we hope you do so safely.