by Johnny Redd | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
LINCOLN, NE – After years of rollbacks on civil rights protections from Title IX opponents, the Biden administration’s newly released Title IX rules are a necessary step forward to protect all students, including LGBTQ+ students and student survivors of assault. This...
by Johnny Redd | Aug 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, Governor Jim Pillen issued a discriminatory executive order designed to marginalize and erase transgender people from public life. Abbi Swatsworth, executive director of OutNebraska, issued the following statement: “We are deeply disturbed and angered at...
by Johnny Redd | May 19, 2023 | Advocacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2023 Contact Abbi Swatsworth, (c) 402.217.1935 LINCOLN, Neb. – Friday night, the Nebraska Legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors as well as abortion after 12 weeks. LB 574, which now awaits the...
by Johnny Redd | Apr 2, 2023 | In the News
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OMAHA, NE: Central High School Students Walk Out, Protesting Transphobic Legislation On Friday, March 31, at 2:30 p.m., Central High School students will walk out of school. This protest is in observance of the Trans Day of Visibility and in protest...
by Johnny Redd | Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Health and Services Committee voted 4 to 2 yesterday evening to move LB574 onto general file despite warnings from advocates, community members and multiple medical associations. LB574, dubbed the “Let Them Grow Act,†would outlaw all forms of gender-affirming...
