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    Trainee from the Dominican Republic runs for office

    Brayan Minyetty (center) graduates from the Political Leadership Academy in the Dominican Republic.The Dominican Republic has already seen its…

  • Victory Institute Staff

    Victory Institute Leadership Team: Folks You Should Know!

    The LGBTQ Victory Institute has an amazing team that puts together its Leadership programs. This team works somewhat behind-the-scenes,…

  • Peruvian Congressman Belaunde

    Peruvian Congressman Pushes for Gender Identity Legislation

    Peruvian Congressman Alberto de Belaunde speaks at the 2017 LGBTQ Leaders Conference.On Tuesday, March 17, in the Peruvian Constitution…

  • Justice for Ally Steinfeld: Transgender Teen Murdered in 2017

    The transgender members of the LGBTQ community are statistically more likely to face violence such as assault, verbal abuse,…

  • Findings from the LGBTI Political Participation in the Caribbean Survey Report

    Victory Institute published a report in July of 2017 that details the results from a survey distributed in English-speaking…

  • Emma Gonzalez speaks at the Washington DC March for Our Lives

    Gun Violence and the LGBTQ Community

     On March 1st we published a blog discussing Emma Gonzalez, the student activist from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.…

  • Costa Rican election candidates

    2018 Costa Rican Elections Shake Things Up

    Parliamentary candidates of the VAMOS party in Costa Rica (Margarita Salas and Dayanna Hernández are first and second to…

  • Lange P. Luntao Stockton California

    Local LGBTQ Leader Returns Home to Reinvest in Stockton School System

    A native of Stockton, California, Lange P. Luntao is one of an increasingly large group of "boomerangs," local slang…

  • South African Victory Trainee Roche

    Victory Trainee Secures Position with South African political party COPE

    Roché Kester (top row, third to the left) poses with her group during the mock campaign exercise at South…

  • Reggie Greer and Nancy Van Reece pose in front of the Victory logo with a

    ‘Running is Winning’: An Interview with Council Member Nancy VanReece

    Nashville Metro Council Member Nancy VanReece made history in 2015 when she became the first out woman elected to…

  • Colombian Congressional candidate Juan David Velez

    Update: Three newly elected LGBTQ officials in Colombia

    Juan David Vélez, newly elected Congressman in ColombiaAs our partner in Colombia, Caribe Afirmativo, and Victory Institute wrap up…

  • Colombian politician Tatiana Pineros

    Two LGBTQ candidates are elected in Colombia

    Colombia held its legislative elections on March 11th, the first of two elections taking place this year, with the…

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