OutNebraska
{{Infobox organization
|name = OutNebraska
|logo = File:OutNebraska logo.png
|logo_alt = OutNebraska
|map = Map of USA NE.svg
|map_size = 225px
|map_alt = Map showing Nebraska
|map_caption = U.S. State of Nebraska
|predecessor = Nebraska Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights
|formation = 2009
|location = 211 N 14th St
|headquarters = Lincoln, Nebraska
|area_served = Nebraska
|methods = Lobbying, community organizing, community events, education
|leader_title = Executive Director
|leader_name = Abbi Swatsworth
|affiliations = Equality Federation, Community Services Fund of Nebraska
|website = {{URL|outnebraska.org}}
|formerly = Outlinc
}}
OutNebraska is a Nebraska statewide LGBTQ advocacy, lobbying, and community organization.
History
A Lincoln, Nebraska LGBTQ community organization was incorporated as Outlinc in 2009.{{cite news |author= |title=Notice of incorporation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/298458716/?terms=outlinc |work=Lincoln Journal Star |date=30 Nov 2009 }} It expanded to a statewide organization and changed its name to OutNebraska in 2019.{{cite magazine |magazine=#Boom Magazine |url=https://www.boom.lgbt/index.php/news-a/99-regional/1600-outnebraska-the-cornhusker-state-s-new-lgbtq-statewide-organization |title=OutNebraska: The Cornhusker State's New LGBTQ Statewide Organization |author=Equality Federation |date=February 1, 2019 |access-date=May 1, 2020 }}
Community events
=Prairie Pride Film Festival=
OutNebraska sponsors the Prairie Pride Film Festival, which has brought independent films on LGBTQ themes to Nebraska since 2010.{{cite news |last=Ward |first= Brittany |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Prairie Pride Film Festival Returns for its 8th year Thursday |url=https://kzum.org/prairie-pride-film-festival-returns-for-its-8th-year-thursday/ |work=KZUM |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |access-date=May 1, 2020 }}
=Let's Go Birding Together=
OutNebraska hosts birdwatching events in warm weather months. Let's Go Birding Together ("LGBT") events are a partnership with Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.{{cite news |last=Lange-Kubick |first=Cindy |date=May 17, 2018 |title=Let's Go Birding Together |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/432213783 |work=Lincoln Journal Star }}
Advocacy and organizing
OutNebraska opposed Nebraska's prohibition on same-sex marriage. {{cite news |last=Young |first=JoAnne |date=December 28, 2014 |title=The Heineman Legacy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/619698913 |work=Lincoln Journal Star }}
OutNebraska has advocated for a state law protecting LGBT people from employment and housing discrimination, expressing skepticism that city-level laws are comprehensive enough. {{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Riley |date=September 4, 2019 |title=Fairness Ordinance not likely up for vote |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/600160397/ |work=Lincoln Journal Star }}
OutNebraska joined the ACLU in 2016 in providing training to help poll workers identify transgender and gender nonconforming Nebraska voters.{{cite news |author= |date=October 21, 2016 |title=State election safe and secure |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/566510596/ |work=Fremont Tribune }}
Partnerships
OutNebraska is affiliated with the Equality Federation and the Community Services Fund of Nebraska.{{cite web |url=https://www.communityservicesfund.org/member-agencies/outnebraska.html |title=Member Agencies: OutNebraska |author= |website=Community Services Fund of Nebraska |access-date=May 1, 2020 }}
In expanding from Lincoln into a statewide organization, OutNebraska partnered with Panhandle Equality, an advocacy group in the Nebraska Panhandle.{{cite web |url=https://outnebraska.org/outlinc-expanding-to-outnebraska/ |title=OutLinc expanding to OutNebraska |author= |website=OutNebraska |access-date=May 1, 2020 }}
See also
{{Portal|LGBTQ|United States}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://outnebraska.org/ OutNebraska website]
- [https://twitter.com/OutNebraska OutNebraska Twitter]
{{EqFed}}
{{LGBT in the United States}}
Category:LGBTQ political advocacy groups in the United States