Please join us for our 26th Annual FFM event on 

Monday, October 30th at 5:30pm

at the Century Ballroom

915 E Pine St, Seattle, WA 98122

Please email maya@hdcc.org or sara@senatedemocrats.org for more information.

Dear Friends,

We ask you to join us in sponsoring the 26th Annual Fighting for the Majority event. Shortly after the passage of Washington’s so-called Defense of Marriage Act in 1998, a small group of LGBTQIA+ community leaders vowed that our community would never again serve as a legislative punching bag. They created Fighting for the Majority, and the partnership with Democratic leadership in the House and Senate has brought us a string of victories for LGBTQIA+ people unparalleled in the country.

Your support last year helped us re-elect the first LGBTQIA+ women members in the state Senate, Claire Wilson and Emily Randall, and increase the majority of our state’s first female and openly-LGBTQIA+ Speaker, the fabulous Laurie Jinkins. This year, we are preparing for a critical election cycle in 2024.

We see the rights of LGBTQIA+ people under attack across the country. Over 500 bills were introduced in state legislatures in 2023 to prohibit trans youth from getting gender-affirming care or playing sports and to prohibit teachers from even acknowledging the existence of LGBTQIA+ people and history. The US Supreme Court has called into question constitutional protections for privacy and liberty that struck down criminal prohibitions on same-sex intimate conduct and established marriage equality.

By contrast, Democratic majorities in Washington have continued to prioritize the civil rights of the LGBTQIA+ community. In 2023, the legislature allowed trans folks to seal the records of their name changes; provided protections for homeless trans youth seeking shelter; and provided $1 million to renovate and build a new foundation for Lambert House.

LGBTQIA+ people in our state continue to face challenges that the state legislature can help with. These include seniors forced back into the closet as they transition to assisted living or skilled nursing facilities; homeless youth who disproportionately identify as LGBTQIA+; trans kids who are bullied or harassed in school; and LGBTQIA+ people and allies in the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community who are fighting for racial equity and police accountability.

Contributing to Fighting for the Majority is the most efficient and strategic way to ensure that the Democratic majority can continue to fight for LGBTQIA+ equality. Please join us today in sponsoring Fighting for the Majority. In order to be recognized in the printed invitation for the event, please make your sponsorship contribution by September 28, 2023. Click here to contribute to FFM. We look forward to seeing you at our 26th Annual Fighting for the Majority event on October 30th, at 5:30 pm, at Century Ballroom in Seattle!

Thank you,

Linda DiLello Morton and Michael Mattmiller, Co-Chairs, Fighting for the Majority