Movement Moments: The National LGBTQ Task Force at 50
In 1973, a group of LGBTQ activists came together to form the National LGBTQ Task Force and advance a progressive vision of liberation for the LGBTQ+ community. But our fights are far from over – join us for a series of conversations about the past 50 years and the next from the voices and organizers who helped shape our history.
Movement Moments: The National LGBTQ Task Force at 50
“Make a Way Out of No Way” — Organizing as Black, Queer Women with Victoria Kirby York & Mandy Carter
Our history is filled with stories of how the movement gave queer people a sense of belonging, pride, and family—but often excluded communities of color who played essential roles in driving us forward. At the Task Force, we put inclusion and intersectionality at the forefront of all that we do, but that didn’t happen without a fight.
We sat down with Victoria Kirby York, Director of Policy and Programs at the National Black Justice Coalition and Mandy Carter, founder of Southerners on New Ground and the National Black Justice Coalition to discuss their experiences fighting for and building Black and queer spaces within the LGBTQ movement.