HRC President Kelley Robinson: “We can have a white nationalist wannabe dictator with a 34-count criminal record, or we can have a White House that looks like America and fights for all of us – we just have to be present.”
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CHELSEA — The Human Rights Campaign, Advocates for Transgender Equality, the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, movement leaders, and leading political influencers and strategists gathered today at McCormick Place in Chicago on the first day of the Democratic National Committee Convention for a show of political strength for the LGBTQ+ movement.
The conversation, dubbed the DNC’s LGBTQ+ Kickoff, focused on the impact and influence of the LGBTQ+ movement in this election and how defeating Donald Trump and Project 2025’s agenda relies on the engagement of the LGBTQ+ community and the more than 75 million Equality Voters across the country.
Speakers at the event included: Kelly Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign; Senator Sarah McBride, Senator from the State of Delaware and candidate for Congress; Dear Brady-Davis, Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago; Wilson Cruz, Award-winning actor, producer and activist; Sophia Bush, Actress, activist, producer and entrepreneur, Jordan C. Brown, political strategist and founder of One Blue Hill; Guy Cecil, President of Miles Strategies, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Executive Director, Advocates for Transgender Equality; Annise Parker, President and CEO of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund and former Mayor of Houston; Marisa Richmond, Member of the Metro Historical Commission and the President’s Advisory Commission to Promote Educational Quality, Equity, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans; Keith Edwards, Democratic digital and communications strategist; Blair Imani, Creator of Smarter in Seconds, LA Times bestselling author and historian; Charlotte Clymer, an activist, war veteran and author of the popular blog “Wilbur and Charlotte” – thoughts on politics, religion and culture.
Some key moments of the event:
KELLEY ROBINSON: “I want us to be clear about this – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people – we have always been at the forefront of this progress and change in the United States of America. … We are here, we will always be here, we are not going back.”
