LGBTQ Work on the Ground

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Letter from We Must Make the Racial Justice Must Be HRC President Equality Act the Law the Cornerstone Alphonso David // 5 of the Land // 6 of Our Work // 12 50 Years 2019 National of Pride // 8 Dinner // 14 The Next The Road Chapter // 10 to 2020 // 18 Equality The Future Financials // 30 in the of Our States // 20 Movement // 26 Justice for The Global Trans Lives // 22 Fight for Equality // 28 Finding Common Ground in Faith // 24 HRC President Alphonso David at the New York City Pride March (Jeff Zelevansky/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) See Beyond Ourselves Dear Friends, In August of 2019, I took the helm as president We have also deepened and expanded our CNN last fall. Together, we are working to make of the Human Rights Campaign. It has been work to protect and support the transgender sure that pro-equality voters are making their an amazing journey so far — one that has community, particularly trans and non-binary voices heard. inspired me, challenged me and deepened my people of color. Since the launch of the HRC appreciation for this incredible organization. Foundation’s Transgender Justice Initiative, we As the fiscal year came to a close, we Your support has helped me strengthen our have introduced new programming to empower encountered an unprecedented change to our existing work, while undertaking exciting and and assist trans leaders who are doing lifesaving daily lives with the COVID-19 pandemic. But necessary transformations to move LGBTQ work on the ground. We have also centered as in past moments of crisis in our history, we people that much closer to the North Star of full and uplifted trans and non-binary voices across learned from the experiences of our elders in equality for all. our work. the struggle and came together to support one another. We will do all that we can to help our In our policy and political work, the Human And in the face of anti-equality attacks from communities weather the storm. Rights Campaign is harnessing the strength lawmakers at both the federal and state levels, of our communities and our allies at the ballot we have continued to defend our community. To Although we have faced ups and downs, I have box to defend and advance LGBTQ progress; that end, we filed our first-ever lawsuit as part of never been more confident in our ability to make and in our public education, research and our new impact litigation work. And this is only change, nor have I been more proud to lead this training programs, the Human Rights Campaign the beginning. incredible organization. I am so grateful to fight Foundation is working to increase understanding alongside each and every one of you. Together, and encourage LGBTQ-inclusive policies and This past year, we also launched new initiatives we willl take back the soul of our democracy practices — building bridges and changing to find common ground with communities of and move our world that much closer to full hearts and minds around the world. faith, visiting with diverse houses of worship to equality for all. n find fellowship and healing. And from the launch Over the past year, we have deepened and of our new Long-Term Care Equality Index to our In Unity, strengthened our racial justice work. Early on first-ever all All Children All Families Report, we in my tenure, I stated unequivocally that are working to ensure the health, welfare and LGBTQ people of color have long been protection of our community at all stages of life. marginalized within our community, and Alphonso David that this was something I was committed to At the same time, we are firing on all cylinders to President changing. Since then, we have launched new activate pro-equality voters across the country programming and resources for communities to turn out for pro-equality candidates up and Human Rights Campaign of color; published research spotlighting critical down the ballot. We have been deeply involved in He/Him/His gaps in support; and pushed for policies and centering the conversation around the needs of legislation to advance racial equity. the LGBTQ community, going all the way back to Follow me on Twitter: @AlphonsoDavid our historic presidential town hall co-hosted with hrc.org/2020annualreport 5 See Beyond Ourselves for LGBTQ people across the country. Nearly two-thirds of We Must Make the LGBTQ Americans report having experienced discrimination in their everyday lives. This is why we need the Equality Act — a federal bill that will add LGBTQ people to existing civil rights laws and strengthen protections for all people — including women, religious minorities and people of color. There is broad bipartisan support for this legislation. And the Law there is a bright line extending from the historic pro-equality victories we achieved in the of the Land 2018 elections to House passage of the Equality Act the following spring. ears of strategizing, Making the Equality Act mobilizing and the law of the land remains But the Equality Act will languish Yorganizing reached HRC’s highest legislative as long as Mitch McConnell a critical inflection point on priority. No one’s civil rights controls the Senate and Donald Friday, May 17, 2019, when should depend on the Trump sits in the White House. the U.S. House approved the state or zip code they live That is why HRC is ramping up Equality Act on a bipartisan in. But today, if an LGBTQ our biggest political effort ever vote of 236 to 173. This is person were to drive from to turn out the 10 million LGBTQ the first time in history that Maine to Los Angeles, voters and our 52 million allies a chamber of Congress has their rights would literally in November 2020, so we can extended the most basic change dozens of times. build on this momentum and protections to everyone, no And the harsh reality is that secure these lifesaving — and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) joins HRC and other advocates at matter where they live or discrimination remains a potentially life-changing — the Capitol (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) whom they love. real and persistent problem protections for our community. n 6 Human Rights Campaign 2020 Annual Report See Beyond Ourselves “This is not just an act of Congress that we are taking for the LGBTQ community, this is progress for America.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi TOP HRC staff and supporters in Washington BOTTOM LEFT Sandra Zuno Baermann of UnidosUS (Eric Kayne/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) BOTTOM RIGHT HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) hrc.org/2020annualreport 7 See Beyond Ourselves 8 Human Rights Campaign 2020 Annual Report See Beyond Ourselves Outgoing HRC President Chad Griffin, incoming President Alphonso David and This was the biggest volunteers at the New York City Pride March Pride celebration in (Jeff Zelevansky/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) HRC history, featuring as many as 300 In 1969, a group of Compton’s Cafeteria in movement. Fifty years resiliency that drives us to events across the fearless heroes stood up San Francisco, and on the later, supporters of fight harder and smarter country at which the and fought back against sidewalks of New York, equality, including HRC, to keep winning battles brutality and oppression. Washington, D.C., and continue to celebrate for equality today and in LGBTQ community The Stonewall uprising in other cities and towns these pioneers and honor the future. Our community members and allies New York City launched across our nation. them with action. stands on the shoulders shared stories, a massive movement for of giants, and we honor celebrated equality equality — but before Led by brave transgender In the scope of history, them by fighting for a Stonewall, LGBTQ people women of color like Stonewall was not that future in which every and inclusion, and fought for their rights Marsha P. Johnson, long ago. And while our person can thrive, no reflected on how far at Cooper Do-Nuts and Sylvia Rivera and others, community still faces matter where they live, we’ve come and how the Black Cat Tavern Stonewall launched the challenges, these activists who they are or whom in Los Angeles, at modern LGBTQ equality modeled resiliency — a they love. n far we’ve yet to go. hrc.org/2020annualreport 9 See Beyond Ourselves The Next Chapter mmediately after becoming After meeting with advocates while only some in our community women, HRC launched president of the Human Rights and community members are allowed to thrive. Therefore, the Transgender Justice ICampaign, Alphonso David hit during the tour, David identified within his first months as Initiative. Through this the road for a national tour to hear urgent initiatives to pursue as president, David announced new initiative, HRC will help directly from community members HRC’s president. initiatives to advance equality for emerging transgender about the issues that matter most. the more marginalized members leaders build capacity in their Guided by a strong sense of of the LGBTQ community. own communities; leverage Over the course of two jam- responsibility to the champions of relationships with HRC packed weeks, David visited our movement who came before ● To address the barriers that partners to deliver economic seven cities to meet with and rally and to our nation’s promise of full endanger transgender lives, and training opportunities; and HRC members, advocates, voters equality, David is keenly aware and that disproportionately use the levers of government and pro-equality candidates.

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