About This Issue

Fall 2026

Across this issue of Equality magazine, you’ll see the truth of the moment we’re living in: Our community is under pressure, our rights are being tested and the forces working to push LGBTQ+ people out of public life are louder than they’ve been in years. But you’ll also see something else — the resilience, courage and clarity that have always carried this movement forward.

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Board of Directors

  • Julie Anderton, IL
  • Gwen Baba, CA
  • Jordan Barth, DC
  • Joy Bowling, NC
  • Percy Brown, GA
  • Sophia Bush, CA/NY
  • James Costos, CA/NY
  • Morgan Cox, TX
  • Sue Dunlap, CA
  • Melanie Falls, OH
  • Anne Fay, TX
  • Todd Hawkins, CA
  • Christina Hernandez, TX
  • Cordy Elkins Herrmann, AZ
  • Sherie Hughes, DC
  • Karine Jean-Pierre, DC
  • Andrea Jenkins, MN
  • Jay Kuo, NY
  • Andrew La Badie, WA
  • Marcus McElroy, IL
  • Marcia Namowitz, NY
  • Brian O’Connor, CA
  • Jodie Patterson, NY
  • Nico Ramsey, TX
  • Henry Robin, NY
  • Kelley Robinson, DC
  • Elizabeth Rodriguez, TX
  • Brigid Scarbrough, GA
  • Elizabeth Schlesinger, MO
  • Shawn Skelly, VA
  • Sam Slate, MO
  • Brian Michael Smith, CA
  • David Stetter, MO
  • Betty Pei Ching Sun 孫佩菁, LA
  • Lauren Verrusio, NY
  • Jamaul Webster, NY
  • Michael Weinholtz, CA
  • Tatiana Williams, FL
  • Hudson Young, DC

Foundation Board of Directors

  • Oliver Clyde Allen III, GA
  • Gwen Baba, CA
  • Beck Bailey, CA
  • Jordan Barth, DC
  • Josh Beasley, TX
  • Gurpreet Brar, DC
  • Sophia Bush, CA/NY
  • Candi Castleberry, WA
  • Edie Cofrin, GA
  • James Costos, CA/NY
  • Carol Ebersole-Weiss, NY
  • Chunkit Fung, NY
  • Tony Garavaglia, MO
  • Ashlyn Harris, NY
  • Todd Hawkins, CA
  • Cordy Elkins Herrmann, AZ
  • Latoya Holman, NV
  • Andrea Jenkins, MN
  • Tom Knabel, MN
  • Dr. Johnnie A. Lee, NJ
  • Chris Lehtonen, CA
  • Aidan Madigan-Curtis, NV
  • Karen Morgan, OH
  • Brian O’Connor, CA
  • Jodie Patterson, NY
  • Layne Rackley, CA
  • Nico Ramsey, TX
  • Henry Robin, NY
  • Kelley Robinson, DC
  • Ryan Roche, GA
  • Elizabeth Rodriguez, TX
  • Brigid Scarbrough, GA
  • Judy Shepard, WY
  • Shawn Skelly, VA
  • Brian Michael Smith, CA
  • Matt Smith, TX
  • Andrew Solomon, NY
  • Andrew Walsh-Bare, ME
  • Aaron Walton, CA
  • Jamaul Webster, NY
  • Michael Weinholtz, CA

Board of Governors

  • Ronny Adriansyah, TX
  • Steven Alagna, MO
  • Colin Altman, OH
  • Jon Amos, NY
  • Paul Anagnostos, FL
  • David Armstead, LA
  • Luke Austling, MN
  • Charlize Baker, ME
  • Alisa Baldwin, TX
  • Nyema Barber, GA
  • Andrew Bare, ME
  • Sandy Bass, CA
  • Danielle Bisordi, NY
  • Amy Bornstein, MO
  • Brayland Brown, FL
  • Javier Brown, GA
  • Benjamin Burns, NV
  • Charles Buza, MN
  • Michael Cabe, GA
  • Jake Campbell, GA
  • Alex Carlis, CA
  • Dana Castelvecchi, TX
  • Sarah Castleman, BC
  • Patrice Clarke, TX
  • Jefferson Coombs, CA
  • Dolores Covrigaru, NY
  • Lala Crowden, TX
  • Morgan Davis, TX
  • Loline Djidade, NV
  • Eric Epstein, PA
  • Brian Femminella, CA
  • Staci Fox, GA
  • Andrew Gammill, OH
  • Mike Gibbons, OH
  • Maria Glover-Wallace, TN
  • Krys Gordon, FL
  • Kamisha Green, FL
  • Renzo Guliano, NY
  • Jackie Gunning, TX
  • Alejandro Guzman-Jurado, CA
  • Lisa Harbus, NE
  • Karen Harmon, OH
  • Jay Henslee, CA
  • Mike Herenick, NV
  • Molly Herzig, CA
  • Josh Hill, FL
  • Frank Hopper, MO
  • Nathan Huet, WA
  • Michelle Hurst, MD
  • Elijah Hyman, OH
  • Sylvia Inchausti, CA
  • Scott Kalish, PA
  • Nick Kiahtipes, UT
  • JoAnn Killackey, IL
  • Kevin Kiser, IL
  • Anthony L’Heureux, NH
  • Steven Landry, WA
  • Adam Lanter, IL
  • Taylor Largmann, MA
  • Donzell Lewis, CA
  • Stephen Lewis, IL
  • Lucy Little, OH
  • Scott Lohmann, FL
  • David Lumbley, FL
  • Audrey Martin, TN
  • Brian Martin, NV
  • Lindsey Mazza, CA
  • Caitlin McBee, KY
  • Corey McCalin, MN
  • Soleil McCants, NV
  • Brian McGuire, CA
  • Stephen Merritt, TX
  • Robert Michaels, TX
  • Joseph Milizio, NY
  • Grant Miller, CA
  • Tory Mitchell, IL
  • Kelly Moffat, NY
  • Marianne Mondt, PA
  • D. Monroe, LA
  • Andrew Noriega II, CA
  • Kristen Norman, MN
  • Cameron Pruette, NC
  • Michael Rendon, TX
  • Dakerri Rhone, TN
  • Renee Ricca, TX
  • Diane Richards, CA
  • Paul Richards, PA
  • Chris Richter, CA
  • Jean-Luc Rivera, GA
  • Cassi Robinson, UT
  • Loran Rodriguez, TX
  • Ben Rubio, TX
  • Josh Russell, CA
  • Carmen Salgado, FL
  • James Santana, CA
  • Paul Santella, CA
  • Andrea Simonton TX
  • Areesha Singh, TX
  • Annie Skornia, MO
  • Jennifer Slipakoff, GA
  • David Stetter, MO
  • Zack Stillings, OH
  • Taylor Stockett, TX
  • Mark Sundermeier, NV
  • Ge’ron Tatum, LA
  • Daniel Taylor, KY
  • Leigh-Anne Taylor, PA
  • Olivia Taylor, TX
  • Adrianna Tender, FL
  • Jacob Thomas, MN
  • Vikrum Vishnubhakta, NY
  • Vincenzo Volpe, DC
  • Tim Walsh-Bare, ME
  • Jess Gerald Waltman, MS
  • Dana Weiss, NY
  • Michael Westwood, NY
  • Jace Wheatley, OR
  • Latreece Whitfield, OR
  • Benjamin Williams, OH
  • Lorraine Woerner, NY
  • Adriann Wolfe, TX
  • Julie Wood, GA
  • Nathan Wright, OH
  • Leondrus Wright, NV
  • Rick-Arlo Yah Lira, CA

Emeritus Council

  • John Barry, IL
  • Deiadra Burns, TX
  • Xavier Esters, WA
  • Anne Fay, TX
  • Charlie Frew, GA
  • Randall Hance, TX
  • James Harrison, CA
  • Tom Knabel, MN
  • DyShaun Muhammad, AZ
  • Dana Perlman, CA
  • John Ruffier, FL
  • Linda Scaparotti, CA
  • Ashley Smith, DC
  • Deb Taft, FL
  • Faye Tate, CO

Human Rights Campaign Senior Staff

Kelley Robinson
President

Tim Bahr
Vice President, Leadership Giving

Shelly Bloomrose
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel 

Lynne Bowman
Vice President, Campaigns

Jay Brown
Chief of Staff & Executive Vice President

Kate Childs Graham
Chief Strategy Officer

Dane Grams
Vice President, Membership

Andrea Green
Vice President, Operations & Security

Cheryl Greene
Vice President, School & Youth Programming

Krystal Gutierrez
Vice President, People Strategy

Nik Harris
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Rebecca Hershey
Senior Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging & Strategic Initiatives

Ellen Kahn
Senior Vice President, Equality Programs

Ken Labombard
Vice President, Development & Operations

John Lake
Vice President, Corporate & Foundation Relations

Sam Lau
Vice President, Communications

Mollie Levin
Vice President, Events & Activations

Jonathan Lovitz
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs & Engagement

Sharon McGowan
Senior Vice President, Policy & Litigation

Aaron Miller
Vice President, Brand

Stephanie Osborn
Chief Operating Officer

Amy Peña
Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Densil Porteous
Vice President, Volunteer Leadership

Margot Rosen
Deputy Chief of Staff/Vice President, Office of the President

Susanne Salkind
Senior Vice President, People Strategy & Operations

James Servino
Vice President, Digital Fundraising & Mobilization

Chris Speron
Chief Development Officer

Thanh Tran
Senior Vice President, Finance

Tuvinh Vuong
Vice President, IT & Data Analytics

Jordyn White
Vice President, Strategic Outreach & Training

JoDee Winterhof
Senior National Strategist

Human Rights Campaign Equality Staff

Robert Villaflor
Senior Design Director

Josette Matoto
Deputy Design Director

Other Contributors

  • Ruth Bordett
  • Dane Grams
  • Christopher Huntley
  • Mitch Johnson
  • Sam Lau
  • Mollie Levin
  • Jonathan Lovitz
  • Aaron Miller
  • Aneesha Pappy
  • Norman Watkins
  • Nick Winchester

Foundation Partners

  • Airbnb
  • Amazon
  • Anonymous
  • Assurant
  • Baker Hughes Foundation
  • Bank of America
  • Braze
  • Bloomingdale's Inc.
  • Comic Relief
  • CVS Health
  • David Bohnett Foundation
  • Feigin Foundation, The
  • Fortive Foundation
  • Fortra
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc.
  • Google
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Kettering Foundation
  • Kors Le Pere Foundation, The
  • Match Group
  • Morningstar Foundation, The
  • Movement Advancement Project
  • Nike
  • New Belgium Brewing
  • Nordstrom
  • PepsiCo Foundation, The
  • Pfizer
  • PGA Tour
  • PhRMA
  • PVH
  • REI Co-op
  • T-Mobile
  • TJX Companies
  • Toyota
  • Trans Union
  • Vanguard
  • Verizon
  • ViiV Healthcare
  • Wells Fargo Foundation
  • World Bank Foundation
  • USAA
  • ViiV Healthcare
  • Walt Disney Company
  • Wells Fargo

Our National Corporate Sponsors

Platinum Partners

Gold Partners

Silver Partners

Bronze Partners

All advertisers in Equality magazine are Human Rights Campaign National Corporate Partners. Because of HRC’s commitment to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ Americans in the workplace, all of our National Corporate Partners must demonstrate their own dedication by achieving a score of 85 percent or greater on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index.

Equality is a publication of the Human Rights Campaign and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Equality (ISSN 1092-5791) is published quarterly by HRC, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Copyright 2026. All rights reserved.

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