08/28/2026
It’s an honor and privilege to have our incoming PFLAG National Board Member, Keturah Johnson, speak at today’s March on Washington: Defend the Vote, an event commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, where a quarter million Americans once stood for equality and freedom. Today, we carry that work into a new generation.
Right now, more than 600 bills and ballot measures across this country trade on fears about transgender people, but their impacts extend far beyond the greater LGBTQ+ community: they threaten access to education, healthcare, safety, employment, housing, transportation, and financial resources for rural communities, women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, and families of all kinds.
We have been here before. We have lived through these same political stunts.
We are proud to advocate alongside our partners at the NAACP to defend the right to vote, protect equal opportunity, and secure economic dignity. Across gender, sexuality, faith, race, and region, we move as one body and one demand. When we stand together, no statehouse and no silence can outlast us.
This election season, we’re calling on YOU to turn your pride into power by voting this November.
Join us at PFLAG.org/PFLAGvotes—because when we vote, we protect our families. When we educate, we empower our communities. When we organize, we build power. And when we show up together, we shape the future.
