Please join us for our 27th Annual FFM event on 

Tuesday, October 22nd at 5:30pm

at FareStart

700 Virginia St, Seattle, WA 98101

Please email maya@hdcc.org or sara@senatedemocrats.org for more information.

Dear Friends,

We ask you to join us in sponsoring the 27th Annual Fighting for the Majority. Shortly after the passage of Washington’s so-called Defense of Marriage Act in 1998, a small group of LGBTQ+ community leaders vowed that our community would never again serve as a legislative punching bag. They created Fighting for the Majority, and the partnership with Democratic leadership in the House and Senate has brought us a string of victories for LGBTQ+ people unparalleled in the country.

We see the rights of LGBTQ+ people under attack across the country. Over 515 bills were introduced in state legislatures in 2024 to prohibit trans youth from getting gender-affirming care or playing sports and to prohibit teachers from even acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ+ people and history. The US Supreme Court has called into question constitutional protections for privacy and liberty that struck down criminal prohibitions on same-sex intimate conduct and established marriage equality.

By contrast, Democratic majorities in Washington have continued to prioritize the civil rights of the LGBTQ+ community. In 2024, the legislature took swift action to repeal the Liquor & Cannabis Board’s “lewd conduct” rule after it was unfairly enforced at gay bars on Capitol Hill; passed legislation requiring LGBTQ+ positive curriculum in public schools; and enacted bills to prohibit book bans, establish a hate-crimes hotline, increase access to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, and provide pay equity protections for workers preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

LGBTQ+ people in our state continue to face challenges that the state legislature can help with. These include seniors forced back into the closet as they transition to assisted living or skilled nursing facilities; homeless youth who disproportionately identify as LGBTQ+; trans kids who are bullied or harassed in school; and LGBTQ+ people and allies in the Black, indigenous, and people of color community who are fighting for racial equity and police accountability.

Contributing to Fighting for the Majority is the most efficient and strategic way to ensure that the Democratic majority can continue to fight for LGBTQ+ equality. Please join me today in sponsoring Fighting for the Majority. Click here to contribute to FFM. Please make your sponsorship by September 23rd in order to be recognized in the printed invitation for the event. We look forward to seeing you at our 27th Annual Fighting for the Majority event on Tuesday, October 22nd at 5:30 pm, at FareStart in Seattle!

Thank you,

Louise Chernin, Monisha Harrell, Matt Landers, and Dr. Bish Paul, Co-Chairs, Fighting for the Majority