OutNebraska
PredecessorNebraska Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights
Formation2009
HeadquartersLincoln, Nebraska
Location
  • 211 N 14th St
Area served
Nebraska
MethodsLobbying, community organizing, community events, education
Executive Director
Abbi Swatsworth
AffiliationsEquality Federation, Community Services Fund of Nebraska
Websiteoutnebraska.org
Formerly called
Outlinc

OutNebraska is a Nebraska statewide LGBTQ advocacy, lobbying, and community organization.

History

A Lincoln LGBTQ community organization was incorporated as Outlinc in 2009.[1] It expanded to a statewide organization and changed its name to OutNebraska in 2019.[2]

Community events

Prairie Pride Film Festival

OutNebraska sponsors the Prairie Pride Film Festival, which has brought independent films on LGBTQ themes to Nebraska since 2010.[3]

Let's Go Birding Together

OutNebraska hosts birdwatching events in warm weather months. Let's Go Birding Together ("LGBT") events are a partnership with Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.[4]

Advocacy and organizing

OutNebraska opposed Nebraska's prohibition on same-sex marriage.[5]

OutNebraska has advocated for a state law protecting LGBT people from employment and housing discrimination, expressing skepticism that city-level laws are comprehensive enough.[6]

OutNebraska joined the ACLU in 2016 in providing training to help poll workers identify transgender and gender nonconforming Nebraska voters.[7]

Partnerships

OutNebraska is affiliated with the Equality Federation and the Community Services Fund of Nebraska.[8]

In expanding from Lincoln into a statewide organization, OutNebraska partnered with Panhandle Equality, an advocacy group in the Nebraska Panhandle.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Notice of incorporation". Lincoln Journal Star. 30 Nov 2009.
  2. ↑ Equality Federation (February 1, 2019). "OutNebraska: The Cornhusker State's New LGBTQ Statewide Organization". #Boom Magazine. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Ward, Brittany (July 10, 2018). "Prairie Pride Film Festival Returns for its 8th year Thursday". KZUM. Lincoln, Nebraska. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ Lange-Kubick, Cindy (May 17, 2018). "Let's Go Birding Together". Lincoln Journal Star.
  5. ↑ Young, JoAnne (December 28, 2014). "The Heineman Legacy". Lincoln Journal Star.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Riley (September 4, 2019). "Fairness Ordinance not likely up for vote". Lincoln Journal Star.
  7. ↑ "State election safe and secure". Fremont Tribune. October 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Member Agencies: OutNebraska". Community Services Fund of Nebraska. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ "OutLinc expanding to OutNebraska". OutNebraska. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
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