Massequalityorg the Campaign for Equality

Massequality.orMassequalityorgrg worked to advance legislation prohibiting discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations by: direct lobbying; organizing constituent visits with lawmakers; making calls to constituents asking them to contact their lawmakers; organizing key stakeholders to testify in support of the legislation before the joint committee on the judiciary; securing publication of positive news articles, editorials, blog posts and letters to the editor published in ma; and delivering postcards from supportive constituents to legislators.

Massequality.orMassequalityorgrg worked to elect and re-elect 38 pro-lgbtq candidates through communications with its membership via email, direct mail, social media, phone banking, and canvassing, and placement of editorials in written and print media.

Through lobbying, coalition organizing, and membership activation, massequality.orMassequalityorgrg secured: $150,000 in government funding to support homeless lgbtq youth; $300,000 to support the activities of the Massachusetts commission on lgbtq youth (up from $100,000 in fy12 and $200,000 in fy13); and level funding for survivors of intimate partner violence, the prevention and treatment of hiv/aids, and other social services supporting the lgbtq community.