Building Collective Power
Organizing LGBTQ+ communities to shape policy, shift power, and build a just future.
We focus on building the relationships, skills, and infrastructure our communities need to enable meaningful change and move toward long-term liberation.
How We Build Power
Learn Together
We invest in education and community learning that deepens understanding of systems, strategy, and collective action.
Getting Organized
We bring people together across identities and issues to act collectively and build sustained community power.
Changing the Rules
We advocate for policies that expand rights, protect our communities, and move resources where they’re most needed.
Developing Leaders
We cultivate leaders grounded in accountability, strategy, and community care who can guide long-term transformation.
Advocacy
Advocacy for Policy and Systems
We build collective power so LGBTQIA+ communities can shape the policies that impact our lives. Through civic education, advocacy, and leadership development, we work to expand economic opportunity, strengthen protections, and direct resources where they are most needed.
Programs include:
Civic Engagement Cohort
Queer the Vote
2026 Legislative Priorities
Community Data
For, With, and By Community
Our data work is grounded in lived experience and shaped by LGBTQIA+ communities. Through community-designed research and participatory analysis, we gather information that reflects real conditions and supports advocacy, policy change, and equitable resource allocation.
Initiatives include:
SKC LGBTQIA+ Collaborative
Housing
Economic Justice
LGBTQIA+ People Deserve Dignity at Work
We organize to ensure LGBTQIA+ workers have the power, protections, and resources needed to thrive. Through education, leadership development, and worker-led organizing, we strengthen collective power in the workplace and across our broader economy.
Programs include:
Labor Rights Advocacy
Queer Labor Rights Cohort
Workers’ Rights Workshops
Educational Labor Rights Campaigns
Strippers Are Workers (SAW)
Gender Justice
Creating Inclusive and Affirming Spaces
We advance gender justice so transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people can live safely and authentically. Through advocacy, education, and community leadership, we work to strengthen policies and practices that affirm people of all gender identities and expressions.
Programs include:
Talk Gender to Me Workshop
Housing Justice
Housing is a Human Right
Safe, affordable housing is essential to collective well-being. LGBTQIA+ communities face disproportionate housing discrimination, economic barriers, and instability.
We organize to protect renters, strengthen community leadership, and advance policies that ensure LGBTQIA+ people can secure and sustain safe homes.
Programs include:
Queer Housing Justice Network
Renters’ Rights and Advocacy Workshops
Know Your Renters’ Rights Campaigns
Annual Housing Forum and Resource Hub