Say yes to health care reform, no to health insurance abuses
By Task Force staff, March 9, 1:03 pm
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund continues to hammer away for health care reform and against health insurance industry abuses.
Late Task Force co-founder profiled in Gay City News
By Task Force staff, March 8, 3:11 pm
Task Force co-founder Father Robert Carter was profiled this week in Gay City News. Carter, an out gay Jesuit Catholic priest, served on the charter board of the Task Force in 1973 and was an outspoken faith leader in the New York City LGBT community. Carter, 82, recently passed away.
More movement on the marriage equality front
By Task Force staff, March 3, 8:58 am
It’s been a good few days on the marriage equality front. Same-sex couples in Washington D.C., began applying for marriage licenses on March 3, while a week earlier Maryland’s attorney general issued a legal opinion stating that marriages of same-sex couples validly entered into in other jurisdictions may be recognized by state agencies.
New Video: Queering the Census at Creating Change
By Task Force staff, February 19, 4:17 pm
Task Force Policy Institute Director Jaime Grant discusses Queer the Census at the 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
Critical inroads being made for LGBT elders
By Task Force staff, February 17, 10:37 am
The Task Force applauded Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ October 2009 announcement to establish the first national resource center for older LGBT people. When HHS awarded Task Force partner organization Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders (SAGE) $900,000 in February 2010, we congratulated SAGE.
We thought big and lived large: Creating Change 2010!
By Task Force staff, February 7, 4:39 pm
More than 2,000 LGBT rights advocates gathered in Dallas last week for the 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
Stay connected to Creating Change
By Task Force staff, February 3, 3:49 pm
Whether you're in Dallas or not, we're keeping you up to date on the event of the year, the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
Time for concrete action, Mr. President
By Rea Carey, Executive Director, January 28, 9:59 am
Cross-posted at Daily Kos.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama vowed to work with Congress and the military this year to finally repeal the reprehensible ban on openly lesbian, gay and bisexual service members.
Building Power for Breakthrough Social Change
By Task Force staff, January 25, 11:40 amBy: Gita Gulati-Partee and Evangeline Weiss, OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Inc.
We are so excited to be back at Creating Change as part of the Academy for Leadership and Action!
Forging Forward: ENDA in the Senate
By Task Force staff, January 21, 10:27 am
Some have asked us whether or not we think the election of Scott Brown to the Senate will have any serious impact on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). In short, we believe ENDA can pass in the new Senate in large part because of its bipartisan support.
