ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER.

It's been another long week in America. As protesters continued to call for meaningful reform – and amidst further police violence and unnecessary photo-ops by the President -- the LGBTQ community continues to come together. We were honored to host Colorado state Representative Leslie Herod, Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin, Cambridge City Councilmember E. Denise Simmons, and Omaha Public School Board President Marque Snow for a live discussion: Confronting Racism and Police Brutality in Our Cities. If you missed their conversation, you can watch it here.

State Representative Leslie Herod also introduced a bill aimed at address police brutality and accountability in Colorado.

Minneapolis City Councilmembers Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham are both leading in their city. City Councilmember Jenkins applauded the Minnessota Department of Human Rights decision to file civil rights charges against the MPD. City Councilmember Cunningham is providing updates around an emergency council meeting to approve drastic changes for the MPD.

Florida state Representative Shevrin Jones, running to be the first openly LGBTQ Florida state Senator, re-filed a bill to incorporate implicit bias training for law enforcement officers and educators.

Pennsylvania state Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, who just won his primary, also spoke at a Black Lives Matter protest. You can watch his speech here.

We want to extend a huge thank you to all of our Black LGBTQ elected officials and candidates who are leading during this troubling time. Your hard work and your dedication to your communities sets you apart.

SUNDAY SOLIDARITY

We invite you to join us this weekend for Sunday Solidarity, a live event with Maryland Senator Mary Washington, Colorado Representative Leslie Herod, and U.S. Congressional candidates Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones. You can set a reminder on Facebook or on YouTube to watch the event live.

PRIDE PRIMARIES: VICTORY EDITION

It's officially Pride Month, and you know what that means. It's time for Pride Primaries! 68 endorsed candidates will be on the ballot in states like Georgia and New York. And in some states, our candidates have already won!

Game Changer candidate Pat Hackett advanced in her primary! She's now taking on incumbent U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski, known for voting down non-discrimination protections and blocking pro-equality legislation.

A huge slate of pro-equality, pro-choice candidates also won in New Mexico, many of them defeating anti-choice incumbents. Congratulations to all our amazing New Mexico candidates!

Pennsylvania was not exempt from the Rainbow Wave: Spotlight candidate Jessica Benham also won her primary! What did Jessica do to celebrate? She got right back to work.

PRIDE PRIMARIES: COMING UP NEXT

Spotlight candidate Kim Jackson is busy preparing for her primary next Tuesday. Read up on her race and work in this profile from NBC OUT.

Marvin Lim also joined us last Friday for WINNING 2020: Advancing Queer AAPI Representation and gave an update into his race for the Georgia state House. Watch his conversation with California state Assemblymember Evan Low and candidate for the California state Assembly Alex Lee here!

Polling shows that Ritchie Torres is within two points of defeating one of New York's biggest bigots later this month. We're calling on the rest of the candidates in the race for New York's 15th district to drop out and unite behind Ritchie.

More great news for Mondaire Jones in his race for New York's 17th Congressional district: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed him! Mondaire also launched his second TV ad this week. Watch it here.

Jabari Brisport is on the verge of winning his race for New York's state Senate. He will be the first openly LGBTQ person of color elected to the state legislature if elected. You can watch his latest ad here!

CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT

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LGBTQ Victory Fund has helped thousands of openly LGBTQ candidates win elections up and down the ballot, from sea to shining sea since our founding in 1991. We believe representation is power so we elected U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Kyrsten Sinema, Governors Jared Polis and Kate Brown, all seven LGBTQ members of U.S. Congress and countless candidates for state and local government, including Virginia Delegate Danica Roem, Colorado state Representative Leslie Herod and Pennsylvania Assemblymember Brian Sims. And with an unprecedented number of LGBTQ people running for office in this year, we’ll need your support to make 2020 the next Rainbow Wave.

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