OutNebraska | |
Logo Alt: | OutNebraska |
Map: | Map of USA NE.svg |
Map Size: | 225px |
Map Alt: | Map showing Nebraska |
Predecessor: | Nebraska Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights |
Formation: | 2009 |
Location: | 211 N 14th St |
Headquarters: | Lincoln, Nebraska |
Area Served: | Nebraska |
Methods: | Lobbying, community organizing, community events, education |
Leader Title: | Executive Director |
Leader Name: | Abbi Swatsworth |
Affiliations: | Equality Federation, Community Services Fund of Nebraska |
Formerly: | Outlinc |
OutNebraska is a Nebraska statewide LGBTQ advocacy, lobbying, and community organization.
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]
OutNebraska sponsors the Prairie Pride Film Festival, which has brought independent films on LGBTQ themes to Nebraska since 2010.[3]
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]
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]
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]