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Our Goals

The LGBTQIA committee was formed in 2017 to amplify and educate the community and to declare that LGBTQIA Rights are Human Rights and that it is our obligation to uplift, expand and protect the rights of our gay, lesbian, bi, queer, trans or gender non-conforming brothers, sisters and siblings. We must have the power to control our bodies and be free from gender norms, expectations and stereotypes. We are concerned for our LGBTQIA youth, as they are twice as likely as their peers to be physically assaulted, shoved or kicked. We are a welcoming committee that includes allies and members of the LGBTQIA community. We are particularly concerned that intolerance is on the rise with the current administration in the White House. Be a part of our team by e-mailing us! #LGBTQIArights

 
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Our Favorite Books & Movies

Fortunately Hollywood and the written word have both embraced LGBTQIA themes in recent years. Both Moonlight and Call Me By Your Name received Oscar nods for the 2017 awards, and several new movies have been or will be released in 2018 focusing on the LGBTQIA community, including The Happy Prince, an Oscar Wilde biography starring Rupert Everett.  Now It’s Your Turn. Share Your Favorites With Us!

 

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Know More, Get Involved:

Our features, ways to give & current events

The LGBTQIA committee meets in person or via webcam as needed, and is always in need of volunteers to help us amplify and educate. Our last mission was marching in PRIDE. Knowing the importance of intersectionality, we consulted with our allies in various committees, to understand the reluctance of many to participate in PRIDE due to police brutality and the police participation in PRIDE. Our mission for the parade was to communicate the origin of PRIDE and the Stonewall riots through handing out literature to parade watchers and creating posters to amplify the message. https://www.biography.com/news/stonewall-riots-history-leaders Now more than ever, we need strong leaders who are not afraid to voice their support for the LGBTQIA community. “We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers…. When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” ―Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987

 

Featured Editorial

What you see below is our most current featured editorials. Click the graphic below to see a full WMM featured editorials list or to enter search parameters to view all LGBTQIA Rights entries.
PRESS RELEASE: Power to the Polls
PRESS RELEASE: Power to the Polls

WOMEN'S MARCH MINNESOTA ANNOUNCES POWER TO THE POLLS

9/14/18: St. Paul, MN ---- Power to the Polls: Over the past two years we’ve resisted, persisted and created change, and now it’s time to bring our collective Power to The Polls. 

On Sep 21st, early voting opens in Minnesota. At that point, it is 45 days until the general election on November 6th. 

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This is why we marched.
This is why we marched.

Now is the time to take action to ensure that we protect our rights and once again live in a country we are proud of. If not now - when? This is why we marched. In addition to the requests to participate, we will be sending out motivational videos and educational pieces about the election process called “Election Central”.

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WMM Official Statement; The Murder of Thurman Blevins
WMM Official Statement; The Murder of Thurman Blevins

Two years ago, Jamar Clark and Philando Castile were killed by police. Justine Damond was killed last year. Thurman Blevins, Jr. was killed just last month. This is unacceptable. These were human beings. Our neighbors.

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Will Kavanaugh Be Confirmed? Pressure On Both Sides Mounting
Will Kavanaugh Be Confirmed? Pressure On Both Sides Mounting

The pressure for and against quickly confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the vacant U.S. Supreme Court is ramping up in the U.S. Senate.

Now is the time for citizens to contact senators, supporting careful consideration rather than haste on this nomination.

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WMM Official Statement on Judge Kavanaugh Nomination
WMM Official Statement on Judge Kavanaugh Nomination

In the coming days, Women’s March Minnesota will send an open letter to Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Tina Smith on behalf of the 110,000 Minnesotans who marched January 21st 2017, urging our Senators to vote NO on any nominee who does not believe the United States Constitution incorporates a right to privacy and will not commit to publicly stating that Roe v. Wade is settled law.

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PRIDE Parade!! – Come march with us!
PRIDE Parade!! – Come march with us!

We will be marching in the 2018 Ashely Rukes Pride Parade and want YOU to march with us as a UNITED coalition of activists. We truly believe we are better together to support and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ Community.

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Twin Cities Pride Parade - WMM Official Statement
Twin Cities Pride Parade - WMM Official Statement

Twin Cities Pride parade should be a fun, festive event for all, not just a privileged portion of attendees…It has been marketed as and should be a place where marginalized people can feel free to express and celebrate themselves.

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Featured Call To Action

What you see below is our most current Call-To-Action. Click the graphic below to see a full WMM CTA list or to enter search parameters to view all LGBTQIA Rights entries.
Minnesota Pride celebrates and continues the momentum of the Stonewall Riots
Minnesota Pride celebrates and continues the momentum of the Stonewall Riots

Fifty years ago the LGBTQIA movement pushed forward with the Stonewall Riots. On June 28, 1969, the riots began when patrons of a gay bar revolted against a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York. The police persecuted patrons for non-gender conforming attire and homosexual behavior. It is considered the start of liberation. This year, we celebrate the heroes of Stonewall and recognize that the liberation is not complete and we need to keep fighting to ensure progress, especially in today’s political climate.

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Are you ready for the elections? Do you know what your candidates stand for?
Are you ready for the elections? Do you know what your candidates stand for?

Just 55 days to the elections! Want to find out what the candidates running in your district stand for? Even better - want to ask the candidates a question so they will have to go public on issues that are important to you?

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Has the Manafort/Cohen news given you new energy to #StopKavanaugh? We hope so!
Has the Manafort/Cohen news given you new energy to #StopKavanaugh? We hope so!

The latest developments in the Mueller investigation only strengthen the argument that the US Senate should NOT proceed with considering Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for SCOTUS.

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Fundraiser for LaDonna Redmond - Social Justice, Gun Violence and Food Advocate
Fundraiser for LaDonna Redmond - Social Justice, Gun Violence and Food Advocate

LaDonna Redmond is a social justice, gun violence and food advocate. She is a community organizer, and she is a friend of Women's March MN. We respect the work LaDonna is doing in the community and have learned so much from her. Now she needs our help. Her young adult child had a cardiac arrest and is fighting for their life. Please show LaDonna the generosity she has shown us and contribute to this emergency fundraiser to help her and her child.

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Join Women's March! We Need You.
Join Women's March! We Need You.

Women’s March MN - one of the largest women’s movements in the US and in Minnesota. Bring your passion to our all-volunteer team. We are stronger together, and we need you!

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Primaries Next Week! Find out what’s on your ballot.
Primaries Next Week! Find out what’s on your ballot.

Get ready for the Primary Elections next week.

Primaries are just 6 days away! There are federal, state, county and some local primary elections too. Want to know what's on YOUR ballot?

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Kavanaugh Nomination - What's At Stake, What Can We Do?
Kavanaugh Nomination - What's At Stake, What Can We Do?

The balance of the US Supreme Court is set to change significantly for a generation or more, following Kennedy’s retirement and Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill his seat.

Kavanaugh is a partisan Republican and an extremist, and his confirmation would pose a serious threat to reproductive rights, healthcare, environmental protection, net neutrality, works’ rights, LGBTQ rights, gun violence prevention laws, voting rights and more.


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