Join NCLR for an event to highlight poverty in the Black LGBTQ community and to honor the lives of Black and poor LGBTQ people who remain resilient despite the challenges they experience. To build community awareness of and mobilization against Black LGBTQ poverty, we will hold a panel with a performances from Cakes Da Killa. The panel will explore the causes and the policy and non-policy solutions needed to address Black LGBTQ poverty. Register ModeratorImara Jones, Founder & Producer,...
On the anniversary of Juneteenth, our dynamic panel including Imani Rupert-Gordon, Executive Director of NCLR; Zoë Polk, the Executive Director of EBCLC; and Rebecca Dixon, Executive Director of NELP, explore what we need from the philanthropic community as leaders in order to thrive and build institutions that will advance bold ideas and movement work. The panel will be moderated by Thato Ramoabi, MPA, Program Manager of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative....
This Pride month, Ahead of the Curve premieres world wide! Join us for a panel discussion about the film and its themes of identity, language and intergenerational queerness. Panelists include: Imani Rupert- Gordon, Executive Director of NCLR; Cathy Sakimura, Deputy Director and Family Law Director at NCLR; Ruth McFarlane, VP of Advancement at Ms. Foundation; Franco Stevens, Founder of Curve Magazine, Jen Rainin director of Ahead of the Curve and Tamika Butler, Founder and Principal of Tamika...
For more than four decades, NCLR has made our communities more just and equitable. Fighting for justice doesn’t just happen in the courts, in elected chambers or in political arenas. Radical change in systems is sparked by radical change in hearts and minds. The first to create LGBTQ centered programs in immigration and asylum, sports, youth and family law, NCLR sees a path to equality in each of us. A leader in LGBTQ reproductive justice, anti-poverty efforts and eradicating conversion...
This year, USC OWN IT 2021 is coming to a screen near you! Join them on April 10th and 11th for their fifth annual women’s leadership summit to connect with and learn from industry leaders and peers. You won’t want to miss this! The USC OWN IT Women’s Leadership Summit (sponsored by NCLR) bridges the gap between women and non-binary leaders and students. The summit celebrates the connections and ideas sparked when people’s paths and identities intersect.Their jam-packed two-day...
Join the SF LGBT Center for an extraordinary evening celebrating community! The SF LGBT Center connects diverse community to opportunities, resources, and each other to achieve our vision of a stronger, healthier, and more equitable world for LGBT people and our allies. Register
This year, USC OWN IT 2021 is coming to a screen near you! Join them on April 10th and 11th for their fifth annual women’s leadership summit to connect with and learn from industry leaders and peers. You won’t want to miss this! The USC OWN IT Women’s Leadership Summit (sponsored by NCLR) bridges the gap between women and non-binary leaders and students. The summit celebrates the connections and ideas sparked when people’s paths and identities intersect.Their jam-packed two-day...
LGBTQ Black History Month: Honor, Celebrate, and Dream Join NCLR for our upcoming panel!Honoring the Past, Making History TodayLGBTQ Black History Month: Honor, Celebrate, and Dream Moderator:Richard A. FowlerAmerican Storyteller, Richard Media Company Cofounder, Fox News ContributorPanelists:Imani Rupert-Gordon, NCLR Executive DirectorKierra Johnson, National LGBTQ Task Force Executive DirectorDominique Morgan, Black and Pink Executive DirectorDavid Johns, National Black Justice Coalition...
Learn about the state of queer rights in the U.S. with Imani Rupert-Gordon, the Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). Presented by HER and hosted by Nicole Lim. Register to Join
The number of queer womxn with speaking roles in the top-grossing films from 2014-2019 clocks in at a paltry 0.5%. Shocked? Where are the stories that center queer womxn? Too often these stories are under-resourced and not well distributed, but that’s starting to change with films like My Name is Pauli Murray and Ahead of the Curve. Each film centers a strong queer woman who has worked intersectionally to advance LGBTQ+ womxn’s representation across movements. Imani Rupert-Gordon, executive...
