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Come on, ladies, speak up, speak out!!!
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Recognizes LBT Women Leaders
Championing Equality
Throughout March, the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force has celebrated Women’s History Month by profiling inspirational
lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who are working toward full
equality. While the commemorative month is winding down, the Task
Force’s commitment to honoring such women continues in the form of a
new, ongoing online roll call spotlighting these many leaders and their
contributions to the social justice movement. The Task Force is
encouraging the public to submit names by e-mailing OutSpoken@theTaskForce.org.
Force has celebrated Women’s History Month by profiling inspirational
lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who are working toward full
equality. While the commemorative month is winding down, the Task
Force’s commitment to honoring such women continues in the form of a
new, ongoing online roll call spotlighting these many leaders and their
contributions to the social justice movement. The Task Force is
encouraging the public to submit names by e-mailing OutSpoken@theTaskForce.org.
“When we began this project, we wanted to mark Women’s History Month by
lifting up our lesbian, bisexual and transgender women leaders. Women's
leadership is everywhere within our movement — on the frontlines, at
the podium, at the helm of public actions and behind the scenes. We
thought ‘let’s raise up this reality as well as honor the women who are
making a difference,’” explains Task Force Communications Director
Roberta Sklar. “We began with a limited set of names and categories but
soon found the list to be unending — so now we’ve swung the doors wide
open for all to participate. We’re asking the community to help name
the names of inspirational lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who
are leading the way to full equality.”
During Women’s History Month, the Task Force posted profiles of more
than 30 lesbian, bisexual and transgender leaders on its Web site and
compiled a list of more than 60 others in an online project titled
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Women Lead the Way. Read the diverse
profiles here. These leaders stand among many more who share an energy,
passion and vision of a fair and just society.
Want to submit a name to the roll call? Here’s how:
Include the woman’s name, organizational affiliation, a sentence
describing her leadership (feel free to include a link to a bio), the
organization’s Web site or an article that might describe your
selection’s work.
Then e-mail your submission to
OutSpoken@theTaskForce.org
.
The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the
grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
community. We do this by training activists, equipping state and local
organizations with the skills needed to organize broad-based campaigns
to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and
building the organizational capacity of our movement. Our Policy
Institute, the movement’s premier think tank, provides research and
policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality and to
counter right-wing lies. As part of a broader social justice movement,
we work to create a nation that respects the diversity of human
expression and identity and creates opportunity for all. Headquartered
in Washington, D.C., we also have offices in New York City, Los
Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis and Cambridge.
