Your one-time donation supports our work to build power for queer and transgender people in New Mexico. We do this through advancing policy, engaging people in our work, and actively participating in politics:

Policy

• Expanding non-discrimination protections at the Children Youth and Families Department and Public Education Departments;

• Advocating for a state budget that funds important programming for our communities;

• Eliminating the publication requirement when trans members of the community change their name;

• Banning the use of the Panic Defense

• Advocating for explicit coverage for transition-related care in Medicaid

People

• Communicating our issues to a statewide audience;

• Creating the issue environment to initiate policy change;

• Building a robust volunteer engagement program;

• Convening the NM LGBTQ+ Roundtable to deepen connections between agencies serving the LGBTQ2S+ community;

• Developing leaders from within the LGBTQ2S+ community to be leaders in policy change;

Politics

• Recruiting and building the capacity of LGBTQ2S+ community members to run for office;

• Recruiting, supporting, and electing candidates who are LGBTQ2S+ champions statewide;

• Engaging in a robust assessment of the values and issue positions of candidates;

• Endorsing candidates who are champions for transgender and queer people across the state.

• Expanding engagement in local elections statewide.

Donations to this page support Equality New Mexico, a 501(c)(4) policy and political advocacy organization. These donations are not tax deductible.

To make a recurring, tax deductible contribution, click here.