LGBTQ+ Stories You Should Know About

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Highlights from 2023 International LGBTQ Leaders Conference

Earlier this month, LGBTQ+ Victory Institute brought together out officials, activists and allies from across the world for three days of skills-building, networking and strategy sessions aimed to strengthen the movement for equality. Here are some highlights!

Watching U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler discuss making LGBTQ+ history and more with Founder of TransLash Media, Imara Jones;

Inducting the 2023 Hall of Fame Class: California Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, former Massachusetts state Senator Jarrett Barrios, and former Texas state Representative Glen Maxey to the LGBTQ+ Political Hall of Fame;

Last year’s Global Trailblazer awardee, Mexican Congresswoman Salma Luévano, presenting Colombian Congresswoman Carolina Giraldo with the 2023 Global Trailblazer Award;

We also hosted exciting plenary sessions covering LGBTQ+ issues and the 2024 elections, tactics to counter the global anti-LGBTQ movement and anti-trans attacks, heard from Indigenous LGBTQ+ leaders about their duel fight for equality, as well as bisexual and pansexual leaders about being visible in office.

Watch all the videos from the Conference here and see all the photos here!

Quick Hits: Updates in LGBTQ+ Politics

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin celebrated the one-year Respect for Marriage Act with an op-ed in Newsweek!

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is under attack: bigots in the state are attempting to remove her from office for “grotesque abuse of office.” Her crime? Enforcing election law in the state.

Earlier this year, bigots in the U.S. House attempted to add dozens of anti-LGBTQ riders to various bills, including the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). But there is good news: the amendments have been dropped! Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Pocan and other members of the Equality Caucus worked overtime to ensure these hateful provisions didn’t remain attached to the bill.

Them. published a comprehensive overview of the number, type and location of all the anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in 2023. The sheer number of bills will shock you. Unfortunately, several states have already started introducing anti-LGBTQ bills for the 2024 legislative session.

Meanwhile, a new report exposes the extremists groups being the anti-trans bills and national uptick in rhetoric. Read the full piece here.

Minnesota state Representative Heather Keeler was featured in a new Hulu documentary - We Live Here: The Midwest! Watch her clip here.

Metro Nashville Councilmember Olivia Hill – who recently made history as the first out trans person elected in Tennesse – penned an op-ed in The Daily Beast about how the state’s anti-trans laws make life dangerous for people like her. Read the full piece here!