Only 8 Days Left: Help Us Cross the Finish Line

There are only 8 days left in the 2026 Legislative Session and we need your help to keep things moving!

Over the past few weeks, our communities have been crucial in getting important legislation in front of advocates, legislators, and the Governor. This is a reminder to all of us how much we can accomplish when we come together and advocate for critical legislation for each other. 

We saw an inspiring, massive public push for the Immigrant Safety Act, which ultimately was signed into law by the Governor by the third week of session! This proves that our voices matter and make a difference! But the work's not over, we’re not resting, and we need you in this fight with us. 

There are key pieces of legislation that must pass in order to protect our freedom, health, and safety. Are you ready to help us get these bills across the finish line?

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TAKE ACTION NOW

Here are a few pieces of legislation that we need you to plug into and fight for!

SB53: NMCHISPA
Our data privacy legislation that keeps our information out of the hands of the federal administration, hostile neighboring government agencies, and hateful individuals in our own communities needs to get through the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House quickly in order to pass! Tell your legislators to support SB53 through the link below!
https://goeqnm.org/NMCHISPASB53

HB292: Prison Rape Elimination Act
The federal government has rolled back protections for Intersex and Trans people who are incarcerated. We must protect every New Mexican - incarcerated or not - from sexual abuse and violence. This bill finally received a message from the governor, now we need your help to get this through the House and Senate rapidly! Tell your legislators to support PREA! 
https://goeqnm.org/PREA

SB189: Gender-affirming Care and Reproductive Healthcare Insurance Coverage
Gender-affirming and Reproductive care are legally protected in New Mexico, but that’s not enough when we don't have affordable, guaranteed access to it. SB189 will require insurance coverage for full spectrum Gender-affirming and Reproductive care. Tell your legislators to support guaranteed access to affordable Reproductive and Gender-affirming care!
https://goeqnm.org/SB189

SB40: Driver Privacy and Safety Act
This legislation addresses tools used by local and state law enforcement like automated license plate readers to ensure our location data isn’t being accessed by hostile federal and neighboring state agencies. We know that people receiving Reproductive or Gender-affirming healthcare are already being tracked. New Mexico must protect our rights to freedom, health, and safety. Tell your legislators to protect our freedom to move!

HB137: Buprenorphine Stock Requirement
This bill will require all pharmacies to keep buprenorphine (Soboxone) in stock, a life-saving medication that helps reduce craving and withdrawal symptoms for those battling opioid use disorder. New Mexico is facing a growing overdose crisis, we need real solutions. Buprenorphine is proven to reduce overdose and relapses. Tell your legislators to support HB137!
https://goeqnm.org/HB137

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Join Us in the Final Days

We hope you’re able to take the time to fill these forms out! If you’d like to join our final Legislative Phonebanks, sign up below!
https://goeqnm.org/legsessionsupport

We will continue fighting in the final days of the 2026 Legislative Session for policies that uplift and protect LGBTQ New Mexicans, and we’re grateful for our community’s support during a chaotic and ever-changing time of year. We couldn’t do this without you.

Stay plugged in and connected for updates and ways to get involved by following us on social media!

Our Justice Shouldn’t Be Capped

Our Justice Shouldn’t Be Capped

As Executive Director of Equality New Mexico, I am deeply concerned by proposals to cap punitive damages for corporate health care entities.  These efforts are being sold as “reasonable” solutions to complex problems, but New Mexicans should be clear-eyed about what they really are: a move to protect powerful corporations by limiting accountability — and a move that will hit marginalized communities hardest.

Punitive damages exist for a reason.  They are not about frivolous lawsuits or personal profit.  They are about deterrence and accountability. When corporations act recklessly, knowingly cause harm, and put profits over people, they should face consequences that affect their bottom line; that is where punitive damages are most useful.  When we cap punitive damages, we send a message that corporate harm has a price limit — that no matter how severe the misconduct, accountability can be calculated and absorbed as just a cost of doing business.

For LGBTQ people, this is not abstract policy.  Many LGBTQ New Mexicans already face barriers to safe and respectful health care: being denied care, misgendered, dismissed, or forced to fight just to be treated with dignity.  Transgender and nonbinary people experience especially high rates of medical discrimination and mistreatment.  When harm happens, the legal system is often the last line of accountability and justice.  Weakening that system means fewer protections for people who already have the least power.

We should also pay attention to what is happening beyond health care.  In New Mexico, Blackstone, a nearly 200 BILLION dollar corporation, is actively attempting to acquire PNM, our largest utility — a move that would place a critical public service under private equity control.  At the same time, massive data centers are being promoted as the future of our economy, often with generous incentives and limited transparency, while serious questions remain about water use, infrastructure strain, and whether these projects will truly benefit local communities. Again, the ones who will be most disproportionately impacted are communities already in the margins. 

So we have to ask the obvious question: how long will it be before we’re told that limiting punitive damages against those corporations is the only way to keep New Mexicans working?  Right now, the claim is that capping punitive damages for corporate health care entities is the only way to address a doctor shortage.  Is it really such a leap to imagine lawmakers soon arguing that shielding private equity firms, tech companies, or energy corporations from accountability is the only way to bring any jobs to New Mexico?

That argument is a lie — and a dangerous one.  It asks New Mexicans to give up hard-won rights instead of demanding real solutions.  It shifts responsibility away from corporations and onto the people harmed by their decisions.  And once that logic is accepted, it does not stay contained.

We have seen this fight before.  New Mexicans worked for years to pass the New Mexico Civil Rights Act so that government entities could be held accountable when they violate people’s rights. That law was grounded in a simple truth: accountability matters most when power is uneven.  Efforts to cap punitive damages undermine that principle.  They move us backward toward a system where powerful entities are protected from consequences, while ordinary people are told their harm has a ceiling - or better yet, to stay silent..

For LGBTQ people, the stakes could not be clearer.  Our protections have never been freely given. We have had to claw and scrape for basic rights — in employment, housing, public spaces, and health care.  Those protections mean little if corporations cannot be held fully accountable when they harm us.  A system that caps punitive damages turns discrimination, neglect, and abuse into manageable risks for corporations, while leaving LGBTQ people to bear the cost.

Equality New Mexico rejects the idea that corporate comfort should come before human dignity.  We reject the false choice between jobs and justice, between access to care and accountability, between economic development and civil rights.  New Mexico’s future should not be built on shielding corporations from responsibility — it should be built on protecting our people.

We can solve real problems without giving corporations a free pass.  And we must.  Because once accountability is weakened, it is always the most marginalized who are asked to pay the price.

Contact Governor on PREA HB292

Contact Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, telling her to push PREA, HB292, forward! 

Silence and delay are not neutral. Despite previously publicly championing survivors of sexual violence, Governor Lujan Grisham has not issued a message for HB 292 which puts protections around sexual violence in correctional facilities into state law. 

Without these important measures, sexual violence will likely  increase in state facilities and people who experience sexual violence will have decreased access to important supports. 

Governor MLG’s delay on PREA - HB292 prioritizes correctional facility administration and convenience over the safety and dignity of New Mexico residents in custody.

This is why we need your support and your voice now - follow these steps and share with the governor that it is our states’ moral obligation to do what we can to prevent sexual violence in juvenile justice and correctional facilities. 

Instructions: 

Follow the link to contact the Governor

• Fill out your information

• For the “issue” section, select Government Issues

• Copy and paste the suggested message below

• Feel free to make edits 

• Please keep the final sentence of “Provide a message for HB292, The Prison Rape Elimination Act, as it's written!”

• Then you can send the message! 

Link to contact the Governor: 

Contact the Governor - Office of the Governor - Michelle Lujan Grisham

Suggested message: 

Every New Mexican deserves protection from sexual violence, incarcerated or not. Vote yes on HB292, The Prison Rape Elimination Act! 

The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) has been in effect since 2013. Reducing sexual violence in federal, state, and local correctional facilities, jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers is critical. 

The federal administration refuses to enforce critical pieces of PREA - this is unacceptable and dangerous. Trans and Intersex people who are incarcerated deserve to be protected from sexual violence. LGBTQ people in the carceral system face higher rates of sexual violence than any other group. This change in policy means hundreds of LGBTQ people across the country could face sexual violence without treatment, and preventative measures may be abandoned. New Mexico must protect people who are incarcerated

Every New Mexican deserves protection from sexual violence, incarcerated or not. Provide a message for HB292, The Prison Rape Elimination Act, as it's written!

Equality New Mexico's Legislative Agenda 2026

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URGENT Announcement Pertaining to Gender-affirming Care in New Mexico

Community Announcement

Important information for folks who have insurance plans through the NM healthcare insurance exchange, BeWellNM.

What is happening?

Several organizations and entities have received information that as of January 2026, Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico (BCBS) and United Healthcare plans on the state based New Mexico exchange may no longer cover gender affirming care for plan members of any age.

What are your options?

The open enrollment period for insurance selection on the NM exchange BeWellNM is available until January 15th. Until the end of open enrollment you may review your benefits and change your plan if it no longer works for your healthcare needs.

Choosing an insurance plan is a complex decision which requires the consideration of many things, including the availability of network providers in your area and costs.

There are only two days left of this period, so now is an important time to review your benefits and see if your plan works for your healthcare needs in 2026!

What to do:

Figure out if this decision impacts your plan.

Call current and prospective providers to see what plans they take.

Review your insurance plan documents to see things like co-pays, coinsurance, pharmacy and lab coverage.

Have questions about your plan or are not sure? You can find contact information for insurance brokers at:

https://bewellnm.com/

Make decisions before the open enrollment period closes. If you decide to make a plan change, you must do it by Jan 15th, 2025.

After this date, you can enroll in or change plans only if you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.

The future:

Advocates are working to try to ensure this care is covered in future plan years, including 2027. The future is uncertain, but folks are working.

Things to know:

If you are unsure if this will impact you, try to get more information.

This information was raised and brought by concerned community members. It should not be interpreted as legal advice or direct advice on determining what plan is right for you.

This may or may not impact employer based plans that are governed by other healthcare plans.

Things are continuously changing and we are gaining access to new information all the time. These changes are deeply impacting trans and gender expansive people and our communities overall. We can get through these uncertain times by caring for each other in little and big ways.

Honoring Melissa Alexander's Leadership and Legacy

As Melissa Alexander departs from EQNM’s Board of Directors, we are taking a moment to reflect on her time with us, her impactful work, and the bittersweetness of saying goodbye to one of the most influential leaders in our organization’s history.

Stepping In When It Mattered Most

Melissa joined the board in late 2019, after spending years building a statewide trans advocacy organization in Ohio and a very successful career in law. When it came to joining the board, she wasn’t just willing, she was excited, enthusiastic, hopeful, and more than ready to get to work. 

At the time, EQNM was navigating a critical period of transition. The organization was separating from the former Executive Director, the only staff position at the time, and facing serious questions about how, or even if, EQNM would continue. Melissa stepped into that uncertainty with vision, steadiness, and an unwavering belief in what EQNM could become.

Rebuilding and Reimagining EQNM

Melissa played a central role in rebuilding the organization from the ground up. She was not only heavily involved in hiring our Chief Liberation Officer, Marshall Martinez, but had also made the selfless decision to volunteer an abundance of time in order to rebuild our organization. She spent countless hours making fundraising calls, sending mailers, proofreading emails, being a political thought partner, overseeing the endorsements committee, building a budget, hiring statewide staff, and strategizing for EQNM’s growth. In short, EQNM would not be where or what it is today without her. 

A Trusted Partner to Staff and Community

Melissa wasn’t just an excellent board member and chair, she was a reliable and trustworthy partner to the organization. She never missed a phone call from a staff member needing support, and was always willing to lobby and get the word out on protections we were championing for LGBTQ New Mexicans. With zero hesitation, Melissa dived in headfirst on anything she could to help fuel Equality New Mexico, and without her, we likely wouldn’t have been able to accomplish what we have in recent years for Queer and Trans New Mexicans.

Giving Beyond the Boardroom

Beyond her direct work on EQNM’s Board of Directors, Melissa dedicated so much of her time to uplifting our organization. She’s donated her art as a seasoned ceramicist for our annual Resilience awards, sold tickets to our events, stood as an ambassador for EQNM, recruited donors, spoken on our behalf at Democratic Party events, and volunteered on campaigns.

“It is not and easy time for our queer and trans community these days with the constant attacks out of Washington and the road ahead is treacherous indeed. I have full faith in the efforts of the staff and Board members of EQNM in keeping up the good fight against this sea of hate and continuing the growth of EQNM!”

— Melissa Alexander

Wishing Melissa Well in Her Next Chapter

While losing Melissa from our Board of Directors is a very sad moment for us, that sadness is greatly outweighed by the excitement we have for her. Melissa will now be able to focus on one of her biggest passions, pottery and ceramic art, and fully enjoy her retirement. Melissa has not just been a Board Member, she’s been an instrumental part of this team. Our staff, organization, and movement would not be where it is today without Melissa’s unwavering support. We’re eternally grateful for Melissa’s time with Equality New Mexico, and we wish her nothing but joy and bliss as she steps into this new chapter.

Our Top Ten Wins of 2025!

2025 was a year of growth, reflection, and action. We couldn’t make any of this possible without your support, so let’s celebrate our biggest moments together! We are grateful for you, and we look forward to continuing to build our movement in 2026.

This year, we hit a huge goal by opening our office! A place where staff, board members, and community can work together!  Shout out to TGRCNM for renting us an awesome space next to our closest partners!

We kept the momentum going and recruited two new board members and hired three new staff! Our team will continue to grow right alongside our movement!

During the 2025 Legislative Session, we defeated every single bad bill! Legislation with potential to harm LGBTQ New Mexicans never got far! Here in New Mexico, advocates and legislators alike stand together against the “new normal” of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, stopping harmful bills and pushing the status quo forward.

We mobilized massive civic engagement. We sent almost 50,000 texts, sent 131,000 emails, and made 6,500 calls, engaging our community and keeping you up to date!

We kicked off Pride Month by hosting the biggest Resilience event in our organization's history! In a time of fear and uncertainty, we gathered in solidarity and joy.

EQNM & TGRCNM collaboratively convened focus groups of Gender-affirming and Reproductive healthcare providers in order to get a better understanding of our state's healthcare landscape and how we can most effectively take action to protect New Mexicans.

Our endorsed candidates for municipal and school board elections had an 85% win rate! Meaning an overwhelming majority of our candidates will soon take office and work to protect and uplift LGBTQ New Mexicans!

We launched the NMCHISPA campaign, taking on Big Tech and hostile governments in order to protect New Mexicans personal information online so that it can't be used to harass, persecute, or prosecute them. Learn more at NMCHISPA.org!

We helped pass landmark legislation like Confirmatory Adoptions, which will help protect LGBTQ families, Semi-open Primaries, ensuring every New Mexican has a voice in every election, and the MVD Data Bill, protecting sensitive personal information held by state agencies.

We launched the only LGBTQ Legislative Leadership Development Program in the state, bringing young, Queer and Trans voices into policymaking spaces for a hands-on experience!

None of these achievements would’ve been possible without the unwavering support of our community. We are going into 2026 grateful, grounded, and ready to get to work for Queer and Trans New Mexicans.

JOIN OUR TEAM: LGBTQ Statewide Summit Event Coordinator

JOIN OUR TEAM:
LGBTQ Statewide Summit Event Coordinator

Equality New Mexico (EQNM) is hiring an Event Coordinator to support the planning and execution of our LGBTQ Statewide Summit. This role is remote with required in-person work in New Mexico during the Summit. The position pays 75 dollars per hour, not to exceed 20 hours per month or 14,000 dollars total for the contract. Travel and lodging for in-person work are covered. This role reports to the Chief Liberation Officer.

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Equality New Mexico works to build an empowered, connected, and inclusive LGBTQ community across the state. We bring people together through advocacy, leadership development, and community building, all with the shared purpose of creating a stronger future for LGBTQ New Mexicans.

About EQNM

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The Event Coordinator will lead the planning and execution of the LGBTQ Statewide Summit, a gathering that brings LGBTQ people together from across New Mexico, including rural communities. This role organizes the details that create a smooth, welcoming, and powerful experience for attendees. You will work closely with EQNM staff, volunteers, vendors, and partners to keep the event running on track.

The Role

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What You Will Do

• Coordinate vendors for catering, entertainment, rentals, and logistics, including contract review with leadership.

• Support sponsorship and partner fulfillment before, during, and after the Summit.

• Collaborate on workshop and session logistics with the Director of Policy and People.

• Manage ticketing, registration, and attendee communications.

• Organize, train, and schedule volunteers with the Community Engagement Strategist.

• Oversee setup and takedown to ensure all details run smoothly.

• Track budgets, maintain expense records, and ensure materials are produced on time.

• Provide weekly updates to leadership and join Summit-related staff meetings.

Who You Will Work With

• Chief Liberation Officer

• Director of Policy and People

• Director of Influence, Experience and Culture

• Internal Liberation Strategist

• Community Engagement Strategist

• Narrative and Voice Strategist

• Development & Engagement Strategist

Preferred Qualifications

• Whova or other digital event management tools

• Event planning experience

• LGBTQ cultural competency

• Strong writing and verbal communication

• Problem solving and time management

• Ability to work with minimal supervision

Time Commitment

This role includes flexible remote work leading up to the Summit and in-person work in New Mexico for setup, the event itself, and takedown. Average time is about five hours per week, with variations based on the event schedule.

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Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to support a mission-centered team advancing LGBTQ rights and leadership across New Mexico. You will help create an event that promotes connection, community, and statewide empowerment.

Apply Now

Send your resume and a short cover letter to Info@eqnm.org by December 31, 2025.

​​Queer Immigrants Deserve Safety, Dignity, and Belonging

Across the country, immigrant communities are facing increasing violence. Masked agents are kidnapping people, stoking violence within communities, and physically tearing apart families - leaving children crying while they're pried out of the arms of their loving parents.  Entire communities are living in panicked hiding. These actions are not isolated events but part of a broader pattern of cruelty designed to strip dignity from those who are already marginalized. 

“We know that justice for LGBTQ people cannot be separated from justice for immigrants, because so many in our communities hold both of those identities.”

The fight to protect immigrants is being led in New Mexico by groups like the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, Contigo Immigrant Justice, ACLU-NM, and many others. These organizations have worked tirelessly to mitigate harm, pass legislation, and educate the public.

Between the new detention facility at Fort Bliss, and the guidance released to detention centers to stop counting demographics like gender-expansivity or non-heterosexuality, it’s more crucial than ever that we support our immigrant organizations, fight for the Immigrant Safety Act, and stand with Queer and Trans immigrants. 

“We know that the people detained across New Mexico’s three detention centers can’t wait one more day for relief. Every day someone is detained is another day they are away from their family, their job, and their basic human dignity. New Mexico has the power to take action and end the suffering of those detained and protect others from enduring these unsafe conditions by passing the Immigrant Safety Act. The Immigrant Safety Act would prohibit New Mexico state and local governments from entering into agreements to detain people in federal civil immigration custody. This bill would close a loophole that allows ICE and for-profit detention contractors to use New Mexico counties as passthroughs to avoid normal scrutiny of the disastrous safety records of those contractors in running New Mexico’s immigration detention centers.”  -Jessica Martinez, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center

Queer immigrants live a distinct experience. They often flee violence, discrimination, and economic instability in their countries of origin, only to face new dangers in the United States. For LGBTQ immigrants, detention is life-threatening, with reports of abuse and denial of medical care. For trans immigrants, the risks multiply. Discrimination at the border, compounded with the barriers of language and legal status, makes survival a daily act of courage. When the country enacts policies that target immigrants, Queer and Trans immigrants feel the blow twice over.

We know that immigrants are part of the fabric of our state. They are our neighbors, our coworkers, our classmates, and our loved ones. We know that queer immigrants build families here, create art here, labor here, and lead movements here. Our liberation is tied together. 

When one community is attacked, the safety of all is threatened. To stand for queer liberation without standing for immigrant justice would be to deny the very principle of solidarity.

It is vital to remember that our state has a long history of resilience and collective care. Immigrants in New Mexico have organized for decades to expand access to education, healthcare, and protection from deportation. Many of these victories have been won through coalitions that bring together immigrants, LGBTQ people, workers, and faith communities. These alliances remind us that power grows when we refuse to be divided.

“In light of what we are witnessing across the country, we must ensure the safety of our community. We must stand in our power as a community and continue to uplift voices of immigrants who are enduring dangerous conditions, due process violations, racial profiling, and systems of harm. We as a state have the power to end the suffering of detainees and ensure the safety of our community and that is by taking a stance to refuse to be complicit in human rights abuses. Our movement continues to grow and we will keep advocating for the Immigrant Safety Act and working with our champions in the legislature until this bill is passed.”- Jessica Martinez, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center

There are resources here for those seeking support. Organizations such as:

• New Mexico Immigrant Law Center provides legal assistance and advocacy for immigrant families.

• Somos Un Pueblo Unido organizes immigrant workers and fights for policies that expand protections.

• Contigo Immigrant Justice (formerly Santa Fe Dreamers Project) supports undocumented people, especially LGBTQ+ immigrants, with legal and social services. 

• The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico offers direct support and advocacy for trans and nonbinary people, including immigrants. 

Together, these groups create a network of care that ensures people are not left to face attacks alone.

We remain committed to building a state where all people can live with safety, dignity, and belonging. That commitment requires us to speak out against every attempt to criminalize immigrants and to fight alongside them for justice. It requires us to listen to queer immigrants in our community and follow their leadership. It requires us to recognize that immigrant justice is not a separate struggle from our own but part of the same fight for liberation.

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We urge our community to take action. Support immigrant-led organizations in New Mexico. Show up at rallies and vigils. Educate yourself about the distinct struggles of queer and trans immigrants. Check in on your neighbors. Build relationships that cross boundaries of identity, status, and background. 

By choosing solidarity, by insisting on intersectionality, and by lifting up the voices of queer immigrants, we can demonstrate the power of a community that refuses to be divided.

Join Our Team: Development & Engagement Strategist (Part-Time, Temporary)

*If you're looking for the Community Engagement Strategist position information it can be found HERE.

Part-Time Temporary
Development & Engagement Strategist

Equality New Mexico (EQNM), a statewide LGBTQ advocacy and public education organization, is excited to welcome a part-time, temporary Development & Engagement Strategist to our team. We’re looking for someone motivated, curious, and committed to supporting our work for LGBTQ New Mexicans. This role will play an important part in helping us meet fundraising goals that sustain and grow our vibrant organization.

JOB OVERVIEW

We’re seeking someone who has experience with grant writing, event planning, donor cultivation, stewardship, and solicitation, but we also value transferable skills and a willingness to learn. If you’re eager to grow your fundraising skills and want to contribute to building community power, we’d love to hear from you.

This is an hourly, part-time, and temporary position (average 20 hours per week $18.50 and up/HR, depending on experience and expertise). There is potential for this position to grow into a full-time role as the budget allows. Unless otherwise discussed, the role is set for 26 weeks at 15–20 hours per week. This position reports directly to EQNM’s Chief Liberation Officer.

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Assist the Executive Director and Board of Directors in developing a fundraising plan, including cultivation, stewardship, and solicitation of current and potential donors, volunteers, and other supporters of EQNM.

• Assist in the development and implementation of fundraising events, including house parties and other gatherings accessible to various demographics, in collaboration with EQNM’s Internal Liberation Strategist.

• Communicate with donors by phone and email in a thoughtful, people-centered way.

• Partner with EQNM’s administrative assistant to schedule and organize fundraising committee meetings, donor meetings, and events.

• Work with communications staff to create compelling fundraising communications for EQNM supporters.

• Schedule donor and community meetings with the Board of Directors and/or Executive Director.

• Use research tools to identify potential EQNM donors and supporters.

• Convene and facilitate a fundraising committee to expand EQNM’s donor base, volunteer network, and visibility in the community.

• Support staff with grant applications and reports (e.g., track and calendar deadlines, proofread documents, and complete other tasks as assigned).

• Collaborate with staff and committees on planning and executing major fundraising events.

• Compile fundraising progress reports and assist with budget reporting as needed.

• Assist with special projects as assigned.

• Report regularly to your supervisor on successes, barriers, and progress toward organizing goals.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; comfortable connecting with people one-on-one or in groups.

• Access to reliable internet service.

• Ability to work in-person at our Albuquerque office (if local) or work remotely and actively participate in Zoom meetings (if not local).

• Ability to manage multiple projects, stay organized, and meet deadlines while maintaining focus.

• Familiarity with Google Suite programs.

• Willingness and ability to travel on occasion.

• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed.

• Ability to learn new systems quickly (both technical and organizational).  
  

OUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE

EQNM is committed to uplifting the voices of Black, Indigenous, and people of color within the LGBTQ community. We prioritize outreach to communities most impacted by harmful policy, ensuring they are at the center of our work to shift policy and public narratives.

While EQNM has an evolving list of issues that we see as impacting LGBTQ people, this list is not comprehensive. We engage our communities around issues that impact LGBTQ New Mexicans, including:

• Reproductive and Gender Affirming Care access

• Worker protections, including equitable pay and time off

• Racial justice and equity, including addressing systemic biases in the criminal justice system

EQNM is proud to be an advocacy organization that speaks not on behalf of, but in unison with, LGBTQ people across New Mexico. We seek opportunities to align with people and systems of power to create a state where all of us thrive — and we don’t shy away from engaging authentically with institutions when their decisions harm our communities.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

EQNM is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and we encourage People of Color, Women, Trans folks, and people of various experience levels to apply! We know that the systems of higher education and previous job experience often further marginalize strategically undervalued/resources communities like People of Color, Women, Trans and Queer folks, etc.  If you think you have an interest in this work, please apply and allow us to interview you to identify transferable skills that you may have.

TO APPLY:

We’d love to hear from you! You can apply by filling out our GOOGLE FORM or by emailing marshall@eqnm.org with your responses to the applicable questions in the application form.