PFLAG National and More Than 40 PFLAG Chapters Join Shared Statement: We’ve got this. We’ve got us.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Our LGBTQIA2S+ community has risen again and again to meet moments that have challenged our rights, our humanity, and our freedom. Today is no different.

Ours is a long history of never backing down from a fight for our rights. United in our strength, during the most difficult of times, we have pushed forward and achieved significant progress across the decades. From the early days of the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis, to the Stonewall Uprising and HIV/AIDS activism, to achieving marriage equality and anti-discrimination protections in the workplace, to the fight for transgender rights, and beyond, we march on.

For every member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and for those who support us: We’ve got this. We’ve got us. No matter who you are, where you live, or the outcome of the election, today we are an LGBTQIA2S+ community united. Together, across races, places, genders, and abilities, we have shown up for each other by organizing, mobilizing, and casting our ballots for the freedom to be ourselves. Our work continues.

Election outcomes at national, state, and local levels will impact our health, our safety, and our rights as LGBTQIA2S+ people and families. Despite anti-LGBTQIA2S+ efforts to divide our communities, and particularly severe attacks against transgender people and LGBTQIA2S+ youth, we have succeeded in moving a few steps closer toward equity and justice for our community. In particular, we celebrate the election of the first openly transgender person to U.S. Congress, Rep. Sarah McBride (Del.), as well as out lawmakers U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson (Texas), and State Rep. Wick Thomas (Mo.), and cementing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in California, Colorado, and Hawaii.

Across the country, LGBTQIA2S+ organizations and advocates engaged and educated voters, made calls, sent texts, and knocked on doors to ensure every voter had the information necessary to cast a ballot. Every single conversation reflected our commitment to vote for our families, our freedoms, and our futures.

We know that so much more work lies ahead of us. Yet as an LGBTQIA2S+ movement, we will continue to work towards what we always have: a country where all LGBTQIA2S+ people are safe, seen, and accepted for who we truly are, without exception. We are here together, and we will move forward.

We’ve got this. We’ve got us.

Shared by:

Advocates for Trans Equality

Advocates for Youth

AIDS United

Alaskans Together For Equality

Alliance For Full Acceptance SC

ALSO Youth

Arkansas Black Gay Men’s Forum

Basic Rights Oregon

Blue Ridge Pride

Burbank Community YMCA Social Impact Center

CAMP Rehoboth

CenterLink: The Community of LGBTQ Centers

Central Valley Gender Health and Wellness

COLAGE

Compass LGBTQ Community Center

Crawfordsville Pride-Crawfordsville, IN

EDGE New Jersey

Equality Federation

Equality Arizona

Equality California

Equality Delaware

Equality Florida

Equality Illinois

Equality Michigan

Equality New Mexico

Equality Ohio

Equality South Dakota

Equality Texas

Equality Virginia

Fair Wisconsin

Fairness Campaign

Fairness West Virginia

Family Equality

Forum for Equality – Louisiana

Forum for Equality Louisiana

Friends of Dorothy of Indiana

Garden State Equality

Gender Justice

Georgia Equality

GLAAD

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law)

Grand Rapids Pride Center

Greenwood Indiana Pride

Human Rights Campaign

IYG

Lambda Legal

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund

LGBTQ+ Victory Institute

Los Angeles LGBT Center

Louisville Youth Group

Loving Beyond Understanding

Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition

MassEquality

Movement Advancement Project

Naper Pride Inc

National Center for Lesbian Rights

National LGBTQ Task Force

NBJC

North Dakota Human Rights Coalition

Northwest Arkansas Equality

NoVA Prism Center

Omaha ForUs LGBTQ+ Center

One Colorado

One Iowa

Our Spot KC

OutFront Minnesota

OutNebraska

Patchwork Transgender Peer Support

PFLAG National

PFLAG Akron

PFLAG Athens, TN

PFLAG Blairsville

PFLAG Bowie

PFLAG Burbank

PFLAG Cape Cod

PFLAG Cape Girardeau

PFLAG Carson Region

PFLAG Charlotte

PFLAG Chattanooga

PFLAG Clayton-Concord

PFLAG Corydon-Leavenworth

PFLAG Danville – San Ramon Valley

PFLAG Danville / Central Susquehanna Valley

PFLAG Denver

PFLAG Door County

PFLAG DuPage

PFLAG Fort Collins

PFLAG Franklin

PFLAG Franklin-Hampshire

PFLAG Ft Worth

PFLAG Geneva/Tri-Cities

PFLAG Georgetown

PFLAG Greater Boston

PFLAG Greater Orlando

PFLAG Greater Placer County

PFLAG Greater St. Louis

PFLAG Greensburg

PFLAG Hampton Roads

PFLAG Hartford

PFLAG Jersey Shore

PFLAG Lafayette/Tippecanoe County

PFLAG Lamorinda

PFLAG Lower Columbia

PFLAG Nazareth/Lehigh Valley

PFLAG Safety Harbor

PFLAG Salisbury Rowan

PFLAG San Diego County

PFLAG Socorro

PFLAG Storm Lake

PFLAG Tulsa

PFLAG Waukesha

Positive Women’s Network – USA

Pride Frisco

Pride Lafayette

Pride Richland County (Illinois)

Prism United

Project LPAC

Q Center PDX

Queer Keys

Queer Vox

Queering The Binary Foundation

Rochester Rainbow Union

Rockland County Pride Center

SAGE

Seacoast Outright

Shelly’s Voice Advocacy

Shoals Diversity Center

Silver State Equality

Tennessee Equality Project

The Center for HIV Law and Policy

The Frederick Center

The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert

The Pride Center at Equality Park

The Prideful Path Project

The Trevor Project

Time Out Youth

Transformation Project

Transgender Law Center

Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

TransLafayette

TransOhio

Us Giving Richmond Connections

Volusia Pride

Waves Ahead Corp Puerto Rico

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