Sustaining members are donors who give at least $10 monthly, supporting 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.

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