OutFront Minnesota

The US House is racing to advance a budget bill that will strip billions from essential health care and supportive services; reach out to your Representatives and urge them to vote NO:

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We will keep moving forward. Our communities are resilient, and we will continue to advocate for our rights and for the care that we need, in Minnesota and beyond. Our care to all who are affected by this decision.

Today’s decision solidifies a fraught patchwork of care access across this country and cruelly denies many families the right to make health care decisions with the expert care providers based solely on where they live.

OutFront Minnesota is deeply disappointed by today’s 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Skrmetti case, which erodes the Equal Protections Clause and upholds a harmful ban on gender affirming care.

We stand with all those affected by these and other threats of harm.

We call on our communities and all those across Minnesota to stand together in this moment, to reject violence, and to look out for one another and for those who serve our communities.

We understand that many other elected officials along with reproductive healthcare providers were among others named as targets. We hope this arrest brings a measure of relief.

Acts of violence like these can affect all of us and we encourage those who need them to seek out supportive resources.

While we await specific details from this investigation, we know that politically motivated threats of violence towards elected officials, healthcare providers, and civic institutions & organizations are all too prevalent.

Our communities know the impact of these actions all too well, only a few weeks ago we honored Harvey Milk’s birthday. His assassination along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in 1978 is forever part of our history.

Speaker Emerita Hortman was a respected leader, an ally to our communities, and will be dearly missed.

OutFront Minnesota condemns these acts in the strongest of terms - violence has no place in our political process or civic life.

Our communities join all Minnesotans in mourning the loss of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark; and we hold in our care Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette as they continue their recoveries along with all of their loved ones.

This post contains mentions of violence/death.

Tonight, a suspect is in custody in the wake of horrific acts of violence targeting lawmakers over the weekend. Our communities join all Minnesotans in mourning the loss of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark; and we hold in our care Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette as they continue their recoveries along with all of their loved ones. Speaker Emerita Hortman was a respected leader, an ally to our communities, and will be dearly missed.

OutFront Minnesota condemns these acts in the strongest of terms - violence has no place in our political process or civic life. Our communities know the impact of these actions all too well, only a few weeks ago we honored Harvey Milk's birthday. His assassination along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in 1978 is forever part of our history. While we await specific details from this investigation, we know that politically motivated threats of violence towards elected officials, healthcare providers, and civic institutions & organizations are all too prevalent.

We understand that many other elected officials along with reproductive healthcare providers were among others named as targets. We hope this arrest brings a measure of relief. Acts of violence like these can affect all of us and we encourage those who might need them to seek out supportive resources. We stand with all those affected by these and other threats of harm. We call on our communities and all those across Minnesota to stand together in this moment, to reject violence, and to look out for one another and for those who serve our communities.

CW: violence/death involving elected officials.

Tonight, a suspect is in custody in the wake of horrific acts of violence targeting lawmakers over the weekend.

As Pride Month begins, I’m proud to continue the work of making Minnesota a place where our LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit neighbors are seen, valued, and free to live as their authentic selves.
 
Happy Pride, Minnesota!

No matter who you are or who you love, you are welcome here.

Happy Pride Month, Minnesota!

It is important to remember that this bill is not yet law. We can still prevent these life-threatening provisions from being passed. Now is the time for us to speak out.
Reach out to your Senators and urge them to oppose this harmful bill as it continues to move forward:

Among the amendments added to the bill was a ban on the use of all federal Medicaid dollars for medical gender-affirming care including surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormones. This ban would apply to individuals of all ages, adults and youth alike.

OutFront opposes this harmful bill.

The US House passed its budget reconciliation package early this morning on a 215-214 vote with only Republicans supporting the measure–including cuts from Medicaid and other social services programs—potentially resulting in the loss of federal support for hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans.

President Trump and his administration are coming after Minnesota, threatening to cut off our federal funding unless we turn our backs on trans kids. This is bullying, plain and simple.

And today, April 22, I filed a lawsuit to stop them.

Learn more: bit.ly/mn-v-trump-lawsuit

Trans visibility day rally held at Minnesota Capitol amid Trump hostility • Minnesota Reformer Hundreds rallied at the Minnesota Capitol on Monday to celebrate transgender visibility, praising Minnesota’s protections for trans people while confronting the Trump administration’s hostility toward...

Hundreds rallied at the Minnesota Capitol on Monday to celebrate transgender visibility, praising Minnesota’s protections for trans people while confronting the Trump administration’s hostility toward trans Americans.

It should not take legal action for schools to do the right thing, but appreciation to our friends at Education Minnesota and ACLU of Minnesota who are bringing forward these necessary challenges.

Updated rally time: please join us at 11:30am to welcome in legislators ahead of a noon floor session start.

We know Minnesotans will not stand by while lawmakers attempt to erode our civil rights.

Join us at the Minnesota Capitol on Wednesday, March 12th to rally from 2-4pm as we stand in opposition to HF 1233.

Forward, together.

Yes!

It’s another sports ban, but more troubling, it’s an attempt to begin carving out decades-old protections for all Minnesotans.

The inclusive protections of the Minnesota Human Rights Act have offered critical protections to LGBTQ+ Minnesotans since 1993. That is a record we should all be proud of.

Last week, HF 12–a ban on the full participation of trans athletes–failed to pass the House. This week, lawmakers are bringing forward another harmful bill, HF 1233. This bill seeks to create an exemption to the Minnesota Human Rights Act allowing for discrimination in athletics.

Another trans sports ban defeated today! 🌈

A placard w trans flag background that says "let kids play"

MN capitol rotunda with various pride flags and people

MN capitol rotunda with various pride flags and people

MN capitol rotunda with various pride flags and people

At the capitol w @outfrontmn.bsky.social @leighfinke.bsky.social and others to support our trans friends and neighbors against this bigoted legislation

We all deserve the chance to play the sports we love.

And we all deserve to be ourselves free from scrutiny, bullying, and harassment.

That’s the promise we’ve made in Minnesota.

And it’s a promise we’ll work to keep.

Let kids play.

We rallied and celebrated for inclusion! And thank you to all those who reached out to their representatives ahead of this important vote. Your voices mattered.

We are grateful to the many lawmakers who stood up and spoke proudly in defense of our communities.

We’ll keep showing up.

Today, Minnesotans showed up.

HF 12 - a bill seeking to limit the full participation of trans kids in sports - failed to secure the 68 votes needed and did not pass in the Minnesota House.

It’s a win for all of us who believe in inclusion!

Thank you to everyone who showed up today!

A graphic showing the Minnesota Capitol and the logo for the Minnesota Attorney General's Office that says: BREAKING NEWS: Court blocks Trump’s illegal orders targeting trans youth and gender affirming care Last night, a federal judge granted Minnesota’s request for a preliminary injunction to block President Trump’s illegal Executive Orders to deny life-saving medical care to trans youth from taking effect in Minnesota. The injunction will last for the duration of the state’s lawsuit challenging those orders.

Last night, in response to my lawsuit, a federal judge blocked Trump's illegal Executive Orders targeting gender-affirming care from taking effect in MN.

It is unlawful and immoral for Trump to use the federal government to target trans kids just trying to be themselves. I will not stand for it.