NGLTF Update


In the News: D.C. Leadership Awards draws big crowd, is huge success South Florida Clergy Coalition and Task Force face down Focus on the Family ex-gay conference In the states
D.C. Leadership Awards draws big crowd, is huge success A 450-plus crowd turned out May 6 for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s D.C. Leadership Awards honoring U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold and U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. (pictured), Pulitzer Prize winner and Brokeback Mountain author Annie Proulx and Food & Friends, an organization that provides critical support to people facing life-challenging illnesses. The event — the first full-fledged dinner the Task Force has done in D.C. in 13 years — raised nearly $200,000.
South Florida Clergy Coalition and Task Force face down Focus on the Family ex-gay conference: The pro-gay Clergy Coalition of South Florida mounted a May 6 counter-conference to challenge the misinformation dispensed by Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out ex-gay ministry conferences.
In the states: Task Force capacity building partner Kentucky Fairness Alliance moves to block support for anti-gay school; Task Force hails Illinois governor extending domestic partner benefits to state employees, praises Equality Illinois. read more

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