OutFront Minnesota

Minnesota's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization.

For over 35 years, OutFront Minnesota has advocated for more inclusive LGBTQ+ laws and policies at the state legislature, built more inclusive school environments for LGBTQ+ youth, and provided a helpline and support to LGBTQ+ folks experiencing violence.

This year, our Give to the Max Day goal is $30,000—the amount needed to provide a year of financial assistance to queer and trans people experiencing violence. 

Every year OutFront Minnesota answers over 1,000 helpline calls and supports almost 300 clients. When you are a queer or trans person experiencing violence, sometimes food, transportation, or healthcare costs are the first things you need to reach safety. A gift of $50 is enough to get a trans person experiencing violence groceries to get through the week.

This year, OutFront Minnesota used our financial assistance and advocacy services to help a queer single mom who experienced domestic violence. We helped her secure an apartment and buy winter clothes for her children, and now she’s able to focus on healing from trauma, looking after her kids, and studying for her degree. 

But OutFront Minnesota also knows that helping individuals is only one way of addressing violence for LGBTQ+ communities. 

To stop violence before it even starts, OutFront Minnesota also passes policies at the state capitol to make sure that our LGBTQ+ communities are protected under the law from violence and discrimination. We also work with educators, GSAs, and youth to build safer schools, so that LGBTQ+ students are protected from violence too. 

Donate $50 on Give to the Max Day to help OutFront Minnesota support our communities, such as by helping a queer person get emergency transportation to a shelter in the middle of winter. As it gets colder, trans and queer people all around the state will need our community support more than ever. Your donation is part of the way our community shows up for one another.

And remember, for the first $5,000 donated toward Give to the Max Day, your donation will be doubled thanks to a generous donor match. This means that when you donate $50, you are actually donating $100 to help keep our queer and trans communities safe. 

Donate today to reach OutFront Minnesota's $30,000 goal—the amount of financial assistance we give out every year—and help our fellow queer and trans Minnesotans access food, shelter, safety, human rights, and belonging.