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  • Andrea Jenkins election night team

    Historic election night for LGBTQ community

    “2017 will be remembered as the year of the trans candidate.”--USA TodayThis year’s election night was a historic one…

  • Mayor Tony Briffa of Australia

    Representation is Power: Intersex elected official in Australia

    Tony Briffa made history in 2008, becoming the world’s first openly intersex person elected to public office. Briffa was…

  • Indian Pride Flag

    First openly transgender woman appointed judge in India

    Only months after granting LGBTQ people the right to freedom of sexual orientation expression and three years after recognizing…

  • Victory Institute training in Nashville

    Victory Institute, Tennessee Equality Project train LGBTQ leaders in Nashville at final leadership summit of 2017

    What a year it has been.Throughout 2017, LGBTQ elected officials serving at the state and local level have used…

  • 2017 International LGBTQ LEaders Conference logo

    Finally, a place for LGBTQ seniors in the District

    Victory Institute’s 2017 LGBTQ Leaders Conference will be a space for the LGBTQ community, its leaders and representatives to…

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    Leading by tweeting

    In the age of "new media," LGBTQ elected officials and movement leaders are harnessing the power of technology to…

  • Victory Institute St. Louis training participants

    Victory Institute, PROMO train LGBTQ leaders in St. Louis

    St. Louis, in so many ways, is a microcosm of today’s America. From racial tension and a broken justice…

  • DACA protesters

    Fighting for the full LGBTQ community

    Three big issues have dominated the American LGBTQ movement for some time: marriage equality, the military and hate-crime legislation.…

  • Victory Institute Solidarity Foundation

    Victory Institute, Solidarity Foundation train future LGBTIQ leaders of India

    From October 5th-7th October, the Victory Institute team and the Solidarity Foundation were organized the fourth and final training…

  • Jimena Caballero and Dayanna Hernandez

    Costa Rica may have its first openly transgender Parliamentary candidate

    Some of the VAMOS pre-candidates in Costa Rica: Jimena Caballero, civil rights defender, and Dayanna Hernandez, trans activistIn Costa…

  • Honduras LGBTQ activists

    Candidates in Honduras sign agreement to boost political participation of underrepresented groups

    Ahead of the November elections in Honduras, Afrodescendants, indigenous people, women, youth, people with disabilities, human rights defenders, and…

  • Denver Candidate & Campaign Training

    Denver Candidate & Campaign Training is largest training class in four years

    The Victory Institute team was in Denver this past weekend at our third and final Candidate & Campaign Training…

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