D.C. LGBTQ activists call for resilience, advocacy after election
About 100 people turned out on Dec. 12 at D.C.’s Eaton Hotel to listen and ask questions to a panel of six LGBTQ rights advocates who discussed the impact on the LGBTQ community of the election last month of Donald Trump as U.S.
president and a Republican majority in both houses of the U.S. Congress. The event, which was hosted by the Washington Blade, was entitled, “Charting Our Future: LGBTQ+ Advocacy & Resilience in a Changing Landscape.” “There are a lot of complicated issues that are coming for our community in the next four years, ” Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff told the gathering in opening remarks. “And we’re hoping this will be the first in a series of events.
So please share your feedback with us,” he said. The Blade organized the event in partnership with the D.C. LGBTQ+ Budget Coalition, HME Consulting & Advocacy, the Eaton Hotel, the D.C.
LGBTQ+ Community Center, Capital Pride Alliance, and the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs. Heidi Ellis, CEO of the LGBTQ+ Budget Coalition, served as moderator.
