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NEW REPORT: Political Violence Targeting LGBTQ+ Candidates Is Rising — Threatening Safety, Campaigns, and the Future of Representation
Nearly 9 in 10 LGBTQ+ candidates fear harassment; 1 in 3 receive death threats online WASHINGTON, DC — LGBTQ+ Victory Institute has released a new national rep…
LGBTQ+ Victory Institute wants to recruit you – for a training!
2026 is a critical year for building LGBTQ+ representation. LGBTQ+ Victory Institute is ready to support potential, new, and incumbent candidates with events d…
From East L.A. to Statewide Office: Ricardo Lara’s Historic LGBTQ+ Leadership Honored with LGBTQ+ Political Hall of Fame Induction
Harvey Milk helped open the door for LGBTQ+ people to become elected leaders, being the first openly gay person elected into public office in California and a …
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2025 Out for America Report: A census of LGBTQ+ representation in the United States
Published June 24, 2025First published in November 2017, Out for America is LGBTQ+ Victory Institute’s annual analysis of the state of LGBTQ+ representation i…
Democracy Demands Equality: Mapping Strategies and Experiences in LGBTIQ+ Political Participation in Latin America and the Caribbean
This is the first regional report from the LGBTIQ+ Political Participation Observatory of the Americas and the Caribbean. Based on the analysis of over 360 doc…
Out for America Interactive Map
Our interactive Out for America map shows known openly LGBTQ+ elected officials at every level of government. Filter by state, position level, party affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity and race/ethnicity.