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| | A record 1,185 LGBTQ+ elected officials now serving in the United States 2023-06-08 --From an LGBTQ+ Victory Institute press release - Washington, DC — Today LGBTQ+ Victory Institute released its 2023 Out for America Report, the only national census of out LGBTQ+ elected officials in the United States. With at least 1,185 out LGBTQ+ elected officials currently ...
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| | Report: U.S. has record number of LGBTQ+ elected officials 2022-08-19 -- From a press release - Washington, DC — LGBTQ Victory Institute released its 2022 Out for America Report, the only national census of out LGBTQ elected officials in the United States. With at least 1,043 out LGBTQ elected officials currently serving, ...
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| | National LGBTQ Redistricting Project launched; new census data out 2021-08-11 --From a press release - Washington, DC LGBTQ Victory Fund the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office launched a first-of-its-kind national effort to ensure LGBTQ communities ...
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| | WORLD Trans deaths, China census, Rob Halford, Hungary measure 2020-11-16 - Globally, at least 350 transgender people have been killed this year (2020)a figure that has risen since last year's total of 331, Forbes noted. The annual list, released for Transgender Day of Remembrance (Nov. 20) by ...
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| | ALMA, Center on Halsted hosting visibility talk Sept. 15 2020-09-09 - ALMA (The Association of Latinos/as Motivating Action) and the Center on Halsted LGBTQ will host a virtual community discussion on visibility"Being Seen and Heard in the Time of Coronavirus, Census ...
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| | Stand up and be counted 2020-07-10 - As the LGBTQ+ navigator of Chinese Mutual Aid Association, I want to encourage everyone, both LGBTQ+ individuals and cisgender/straight allies, to get counted in Census 2020. Many of you might wonder whether completing the Census really ...
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| | LETTER: The U.S. Census important to LGBTQ community political, economic power 2020-06-27 - We've all seen the messaging about the Census and many of us might just wonder whether completing it truly makes a difference. As a director on the board for a social services agency that serves undercounted ...
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| | NATIONAL Harvey Milk, trans woman killed, 'Queer the Census,' NYC Pride 2020-05-18 - LGBTQ-rights icon Harvey Milk would have turned 90 on May 22and San Francisco is coming together (virtually) that day, a press release noted. Openhouse, SF Queer Nightlife Fund and the Tenderloin Museum will present "Live Drag ...
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| | OP-ED: Census 2020 is complicated for LGBTQ people, but it counts 2020-05-13 - By now, everyone should have received a mailing from the U.S. Census Bureau to get counted. I have complicated feelings about the census. While the census is critically important to ensure a fair allocation of funding ...
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| | 'Drag Up the Census' Zoom event on May 12 2020-05-07 - Illinois state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago) is joining Chicago Alds. James Cappleman and Michele Smith via Zoom on May 12 at 12:30 p.m. for "Drag Up the Census"a virtual community forum focused on census participation and ...
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| | Morrison, Asian group launch census PSAs 2020-04-29 - Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison and the American Association of Retired Asians (AARA) launched "Everyone Deserves to be Counted," a series of video PSAs in six different languagesUrdu, Gujarati ...
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| | Cook County commissioner urges census participation 2020-03-31 - Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison will wrap up "#2020Census at the Brookfield Zoo," a weekly video series featuring information about the 2020 census and Brookfield Zoo animal ambassadors April 1when Census Day is observed nationwide. ...
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| | LGBTQ Chicagoans weigh in on 2020 Census 2020-03-31 - The U.S. Census Bureau has asked people to stand up (or, at least, fill out a form) and be counted. (Note: Because of the coronavirus, the bureau has extended the deadline for two weeks, until mid-August.) ...
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| | OPEN LETTER Census 2020: The LGBTQ+ community counts 2020-03-27 - It's a new decade, and that means it's time to complete the Census. The Census is done every 10 years, and informs funding for neighborhood improvements, school districts, public health, the building of new roads and ...
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| | Census official talks LGBTQs' relevance 2020-02-19 - According to Timothy P. Olson, associate director for field operations for the U.S. Census Bureau, it is imperative that members of the LGBT community fill out their census data in the upcoming months. "The results of ...
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