Just days after Donald Trump is inaugurated in Washington, D.C., thousands of leaders and advocates in the LGBTQ and progressive movements will be gathering in Las Vegas for the 2025 Creating Change Conference, five days of discussion and fellowship focused on “planning a path forward in a time of challenge and opportunity for our communities.”
Organizers say the 2025 conference – happening Jan, 22-26 at the Rio Hotel and Resorts, is on track to be the largest ever, with “close to 4,000 attendees, powerful plenaries and numerous opportunities to gather, learn and share in community, including workshops, day-long institutes, special events and share resources.”
All Creating Change programming and events will take place in the host hotel’s convention space.
The theme for the 2025 conference is “Rooted in Resistance, Power and Love,” and organizers say the event will serve as “a call to action emphasizing the importance of confronting injustice, harnessing our collective power and acting with love. At CC25 in Las Vegas, we invite participants to explore how resistance nurtures our LGBTQ+ movement, strengthens our activism, and shapes our future.”
The conference schedule, including the Day-Long Institutes and workshops, will be updated regularly and can be accessed here.
All plenaries will be streamed live on the Creating Change YouTube channel, and videos will be available later for viewing as well.
The conference opens Jan. 22 with a plenary on “Black Leadership Rising,” a “powerful discussion featuring some of the most influential Black LGBTQ leaders across our movements,” according to a press release for the conference. The panel will “explore the unique insights and challenges of how Black LGBTQ voices are shaping policy, advocacy, and cultural change to advance liberation for all,” the press release explained.
The Jan. 23 plenary, “Democracy, Fascism and the Road Ahead,” will focus on “the state of our lived and political realities in the post-election landscape,
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