11 Days until Election Day, U.S. House has a anti-LGBTQ Speaker and more.

The latest in LGBTQ+ Politics. [LGBTQ+ Victory Fund logo]( [The Agenda]( LGBTQ+ Stories You Should Know About 300 LGBTQ+ Candidates: Meet Our Latest Endorsement Slate! Yesterday, we released our final endorsements for the 2023 campaign cycle! We’ve endorsed 260 candidates running in the 2023 cycle and 43 candidates running in the 2024 cycle, over 300 LGBTQ+ candidates total! [Meet our latest endorsements here](. 11 Days Until Election Day in Virginia! We are only 11 days from Election Day in Virginia (and across the United States, of course). Spotlight candidates Danica Roem and Joshua Cole, who are both running in competitive seats, are hard at work on the campaign trail. Danica, [who’s now running for a state Senate seat]( highlighted her record [of passing 41 bipartisan bills]( and clearly outlined her policy positions: [boost affordable housing and making school meals free](. Meanwhile, Joshua Cole is out [meeting with voters and hearing from them (including stops at local barbershops!)](. He also hit the doors with [fellow Spotlight candidate Adele McClure]( These elections will be essential for [both LGBTQ+ rights and for reproductive access across the South, so it’s imperative these pro-equality candidates win]( [DONATE BUTTON]( Meet the New House Speaker: He’s a Bigot! On Thursday, the U.S. House elected a new Speaker. And his background is, [to say the least, alarming](. Mike Johnson has [made a career out of anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice stances](. He once called [marriage equality a “harbinger of chaos” and referred to homosexuality as an “abnormal lifestyle”.]( He also [introduced a national “Don’t Say Gay” law]( LGBTQ+ House candidates were quick to call out Johnson’s extremism. In one of our favorite moments, [incumbent Rep. Angie Craig used her vote to wish her wife a happy anniversary](. Quick Hits: Get the Headlines Fast Right now, there are more LGBTQ+ Latinx elected officials serving in public office than ever before. [Meet five of the LGBTQ+ Latinx candidates to watch this November]( U.S. Senator Tammy {NAME} spoke to [The 19th about her reelection campaign, her work to reach across the aisle and more. Read the full interview here]( Sarah McBride might be the first out trans person elected to the U.S. Congress, but she doesn’t want to be the last. As she recently told The Hill, [“My hope is that we get to a world where it’s no longer newsworthy that people like me are in politics or get elected to public office.”]( Alarming news from The Advocate: [about 100,000 trans youth live in states that compromised their rights in 2023](. Read the full study here ([and learn about our state legislative candidates here]( [DONATE BUTTON]( LGBTQ+ Victory Fund is the political arm of the LGBTQ+ community. Since our founding in 1991, we’ve supported and elected LGBTQ+ candidates like U.S. Senator Tammy {NAME}, Governors Maura Healey, Tina Kotek and Jared Polis and thousands of LGBTQ+ candidates around the country. We’re proud to be the only national organization endorsing pro-equality and pro-choice LGBTQ+ candidates in the United States. We’ve shattered rainbow ceilings in all 50 states and broken election records. [Meet our latest endorsements here!]( We’ve shattered rainbow ceilings in all 50 states and broken election records. [You can power our work and the next Rainbow Wave with a donation today!]( [DONATE TODAY]( [DONATE MONTHLY]( FOLLOW ALONG: [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [YouTube]( Paid for by LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Your contribution may be used in connection with federal, state and local elections and be subject to federal, state and local laws. Contributions to LGBTQ+ Victory Fund are not tax deductible. Victory Fund members do not have governance participation rights. LGBTQ+ Victory Fund 1225 I Street NW, Suite 525 Washington, DC 20005 United States This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Don't unsubscribe just yet — you can change how many & what type of emails you receive by [by updating your account here](. Unsubscribing will remove you from ALL Victory Fund email contact. If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive ANY email from us, please [unsubscribe](.