Executive Director of Equality Florida, Activist Nadine Smith Equality FloridaOn May 29, over 100 LGBTQ+ organizations released a joint letter condemning racial violence. “The numbers are increasing, so it takes finding voices.”She recently facilitated two Zoom calls for anyone who considered themselves a Black LGBTQ leader, whether they were affiliated with an organization or not. “There is lots of leadership in the Black LGBTQ community that might not have a title, might not have an organization…We wanted to create things for leadership to be sort of self-defined. Another key piece of the fight to end white supremacy, Smith added, is for everyone to realize how they, too, will benefit from dismantling this racist system. Voter suppression in the Black community undercuts the election of champions for LGBTQ protections.

Source: Forbes June 11, 2020 21:00 UTC