Houston, TX - June 12, 2016 - Last night, fifty people were murdered and fifty three injured in a horrific act of violence which has shocked the world.

Washington, DC - January 14, 2016 - Today, 36 national and local organizations representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people sent a letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security calling for an immediate end to the Administration's heavy-handed and immoral immigration raids , which have sparked a new wave of terror in immigrant communities across the country. The groups also called on the Administration to provide immediate relief to those fleeing violence and decried the Administration's giving short shrift to due process protections.

Washington, DC - January 26, 2016 - United We Dream, the national network of immigrant youth, has just released its "No More Closets" report, the largest national survey of the LGBTQ immigrant community ever conducted.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 4, 2015 -  Yesterday, the city of Houston voted down the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), that provided recourse to marginalized communities, especially those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ), when facing discrimination.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 13, 2015 - This week, United We Dream's QUIP program is launching the #NoMoreClosets campaign, a story collection effort that will highlight the intersection of the immigrant rights and LGBTQ movements.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - December 10, 2014 – Today, the United Nations (UN) celebrated 64 years of their International Human Rights Day. The U.N. LGBTQ Core Groups, which include the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission along with many other groups, hosted an event, which supported all families and family members. Dreamers and LGBTQ Immigrants rallied outside in solidarity with the U.N. to denounce the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) use of solitary confinement tactics in immigration detention. Such tactics leave LGBTQ immigrants vulnerable to the inhumane and dysfunctional U.S. detention system.