National Stonewall Democrats
The National Stonewall Democrats is an LGBT-rights group in the United States based in Washington, D.C., affiliated with the Democratic Party. The word "Stonewall" refers to the 1969 Stonewall riots.
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[edit] History
The National Stonewall Democrats was founded in 1999[1] by Barney Frank, a gay Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Massachusetts's fourth congressional district, and brought together LGBT Democratic clubs throughout the nation which had been unaffiliated since the dissolution in 1987 of the Washington-based National Association of Gay and Lesbian Democratic Clubs.[2]
The group describes itself as "a grassroots force for social change within our movement and within our party." The organization is based in Washington, D.C. and currently has over 90 chapters.
Michael Mitchell is the newest executive director having served as Executive Director of Equality Utah, the marriage campaign manager for the ACLU's LGBT Project, and the advocacy and planning specialist for the Equality Federation. He replaced Kyle Bailey as the interim Executive Director.[3] Previous leaders of the organization include Jo Wyrick, Eric Stern, Michael Perez, Paul Yandura, Michael Colby, and Chad S. Johnson.
In 2003, the University of Michigan chapter of the Stonewall Democrats became the first of its kind on a college campus.
[edit] Chapters
- Alabama Stonewall Democrats
- Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club and Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club of San Francisco
- Arizona Stonewall Democrats
- Atlanta Stonewall Democrats
- Bay State Stonewall Democrats in Massachusetts
- Capital Region Stonewall Democrats
- Central Maryland Stonewall Democrats
- Central Oklahoma Stonewall Democrats
- Central Valley Stonewall Democrats
- Cleveland Stonewall Democrats
- Colorado Stonewall Democrats
- Delaware Stonewall Democrats
- Desert Stonewall Democrats (Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley)
- Dolphin Democratic Club of Broward County
- Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus
- Four Freedoms Democratic Club
- Freedom Democrats
- Fresno Stonewall Democrats
- Gateway Stonewall Democrats in St. Louis
- Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats of New York City
- Gertrude Stein Democratic Club of Washington, DC
- GLBT Caucus of the Democratic Club of Hawaii
- Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
- Harvey Milk Stonewall Democrats of Orange County
- Hillsborough County GLBTA Democratic Caucus
- Houston Area Stonewall Democrats
- Indiana Stonewall Democrats
- Iowa Stonewall Democrats
- Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens
- Liberty City Stonewall Democrats (Philadelphia)
- Linn County Stonewall Democrats (Iowa)
- Louisiana Stonewall Democrats
- Kanawha Stonewall Democrats (Charleston, West Virginia)
- Kansas City Pride Democratic Club
- Mahoning Valley Stonewall Democrats
- Michigan Stonewall Democrats
- Minnesota Stonewall DFL
- New Hampshire Stonewall Democrats
- New Jersey Stonewall Democrats
- Oregon Stonewall Democrats
- Rainbow Democratic Club
- San Diego Democratic Club of San Diego
- Silicon Valley LGBT Democratic Club
- South Carolina Stonewall Democrats
- South Dakota Stonewall Democrats
- Southern Arizona Stonewall Democrats
- Steel City Stonewall Democrats (Pittsburgh)
- Stonewall Democratic Club (Los Angeles)
- Stonewall Democratic Club of Greater Sacramento
- Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada
- Stonewall Democrats of Alachua County
- Stonewall Democrats of Alaska
- Stonewall Democrats of Austin
- Stonewall Democrats Caucus of Arkansas
- Stonewall Democrats of Collin County
- Stonewall Democrats of Dallas
- Stonewall Democrats of Denton County (Texas)
- Stonewall Democrats Illinois
- Stonewall Democrats of Dallas
- Stonewall Democrats of New York City
- Stonewall Democrats of Northern Nevada
- Stonewall Democrats of Ohio
- Stonewall Democrats of Pinellas County
- Stonewall Democrats of the Rio Grande Valley
- Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio
- Stonewall Democrats of Southwest Florida
- Stonewall Democrats of Summit County
- Stonewall Democrats of Ventura County
- Stonewall Democrats of Western New York
- Stonewall DFL
- Stonewall Young Democrats (California)
- Suncoast Stonewall Democrats, Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Florida
- Tarrant County Stonewall Democrats (Fort Worth)
- Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus
- Triangle Stonewall Democrats
- Truman State University Stonewall Group
- Utah Stonewall Democrats
- Virginia Partisans Gay and Lesbian Democratic Club
- Washington State Stonewall Democrats
- Wyoming Stonewall Democrats
- Young Democrats of America GLBT Caucus
[edit] References
- ^ "Organization information". Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (Washington: District of Columbia). http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=204115. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ "Organization information". Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (Washington: District of Columbia). http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=127509. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ Stonewall Democrats Staff
[edit] External links
- Stonewall Democrats official website
- Cleveland Stonewall Democrats
- Harvey Milk Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club
- Washington State Stonewall Democrats
- Sacramento Stonewall Club of Greater Sacramento
- Colorado Stonewall Democrats
- Stonewall Democrats of Central Maryland
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