Equality Nevada is non-profit charity and advocacy organization. We fight for civil rights, securing full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. We advocate to achieve fair treatment and equal opportunity for all Nevadans regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Equality Nevada focuses on youth, making sure laws are passed to protect them, provider funding and resources to low income families to help make possible that all youth can achieve the same dreams in life.
Equality Nevada builds a social and political voice for the LGBTQ communities of Nevada. We work with leaders from all around Nevada in an intentionally collaborative, inclusive, diverse, and respectful way.
We aim to advance LGBTQ protective policy, convene and organize LGBTQ leaders, people, and organizations, and elect candidates who support the various needs of our diverse community throughout the state.
We provide leadership training’s, volunteer opportunities, and sponsorship opportunities to engage and grow the LGBT and straight-ally community involved in this fight.
Latest News:
Trans Awareness Month - By Jamie Parris “Trans Awareness Month? Didn’t we just have Pride last month?” What makes Trans Awareness Month different from Pride is that TAM is [...]
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LGBTQ History Critical Points From 1966 to Present - Before Stonewall, there is an event that occurred three years before in the streets of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco in August 1966. These [...]
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The Legacy of Matthew Shepherd - On a fateful night, twenty one years ago on October 6, 1998, a young gay man named Matthew Shepherd stopped into a bar in Laramie, [...]