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Stonewall DFL members have voting privileges at all membership meetings and committee meetings; this includes voting for candidate endorsements.
The entire membership generally meets once or twice a year, electing the board of directors which meets monthly. Members are encouraged to be active with our six standing committees which meet with varying schedules. All meetings are public and guests are welcome.
Our next Annual Membership Meeting is on Saturday, January 4, 2020.
Stonewall DFL is a community caucus of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
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Outreach & Inclusion is Our Mission
Stonewall DFL represents the DFL in the LGBTQ community and represents the LGBTQ community in the DFL.
As the official LGBTQ outreach arm of the DFL, we participate in Pride and other events in every corner of the state – educating and registering voters, promoting our endorsed candidates, and creating a pipeline for LGBTQ people to get involved in the DFL Party.
We remind the Party of – and help it fulfill – its obligations of outreach and inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.
Electing Champions for our Community
Stonewall DFL works for a safe and equitable Minnesota by endorsing and electing LGBTQ and allied candidates for public office in and in the Minnesota DFL Party. Our endorsements are important to many Minnesotans who seek our advice choosing candidates that will champion issues impacting the LGBTQ community.
We currently do not have any active endorsements. The first opportunity for endorsements in the 2020 election is at our Annual Membership Meeting on January 4, 2020.
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Check out this endorsement! ✔️I’m truly honored to earn Ilhan Omar's endorsement. Ilhan is a leader in the movement who unapologetically fights for working families and marginalized communities. She's the only Federal MN elected fighting for free college for all and cancelling student debt, Medicare for all, and a Green New Deal. I'm excited to continue working with Ilhan to achieve the change Minnesotans need.
"As an Edison High School alum, I am proud to endorse Sonia Neculescu in the Special Election for District 60A. I’ve watched Sonia become a powerful leader. From managing my State House re-election campaign, to leading the Fight for $15 on the U of M campus and co-founding Women for Political Change, Sonia continues to lead with the moral clarity needed in this urgent moment.
I can’t wait to partner with her to deliver the bold, progressive policies we know Minnesotans need." - Representative Ilhan Omar
Join us for GOTV: sonia.mn/join
Donate: sonia.mn/donate
"TruckSluts isn’t intended to make rural queerness palatable to city dwellers, but to show rad queers and cool trucks, and the community has led it by sending in submissions. Bunny started to get photos from people all over the country. “It helps people see that there are other people doing the same shit. It’s good to see other gay rednecks. What I hear a lot is [something along the lines of], ‘We’re the only ones out here and it’s great to see babes homesteading, or gay queers and rednecks working seasonal jobs, working beet harvest, or people living in their trucks.’ People are excited to see it. If you go to truck Instagram, which is totally a thing, it’s so white supremacist, and heterosupremecist, heterofocused, and it’s fucking gross. It’s all Punisher skulls and thin blue lines, super gross sovereign citizen garbage, and I hate it. They shouldn’t have it or get to own it.”"
TruckSlutsMag Is Making Trucks Gay and Reclaiming Rural Queer Culture
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“There are gay rednecks, there have always been gay rednecks, and there always will be too.”Once again, Senator Paul Gazelka owes LGBTQ people an apology. The only "issues" LGBTQ people have are the prejudice and discrimination that people like Sen. Gazelka put into law.
"Among the many shocking statements espoused by Gazelka during this interview was his opinion that a person’s sexual orientation can be influenced by sexual assault or a person’s relationship with a parent of the same sex, as well as his belief that simply being LGBTQ means one has “a myriad of issues”."
Paul Gazelka Claims Homosexuality Can Result from Sexual Assault
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Gazelka also claims homosexuals have a “myriad of issues” Today, the Minnesota Reformer released a story highlighting an interview Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka gave to Truth & Liberty in which Gazelka made numerous, highly bigoted statements. In listening to the interview, the ...Working late night to prepare for the upcoming Stonewall DFL board meeting. Well, one of us is...
Sonia Neculescu for MN House 60A will be a voice for young people, for LGBTQ folks, and for working people. #TeamSonia Early voting is open NOW!MYDFL is elated to announce our endorsement of Sonia Neculescu for MN House 60A! She is a renter, an organizer, and a champion for working people. At 22 years old, Sonia would be the youngest woman ever elected to the State House.
"Sonia has built deep relationships in her district and with young organizers across the state," says Political Director Maddie Pavek. "She approaches policy with a much needed intersectional lens and isn't afraid to take on big issues. We know that she will be a strong partner with MYDFL long after the election."
Sonia says, “I’m proud to be endorsed by the Minnesota Young DFL! Young people have an incredible stake in the future of our planet and our systems — we need more of us in office. I look forward to partnering with MYDFL to fight for free public college for all, canceling student debt, statewide rent control, and a Green New Deal in our state.”
Election day is January 21st but early voting is open now! #MYDFL #60A
While these views are shocking enough on their own, it’s even more disturbing that they’re being made by one of the most powerful elected leaders in Minnesota's state government, and the person who sets the Republican agenda. #mnleg
ICYMI: GOP Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka appeared on a weekly livestream with a controversial, anti-gay televangelist and shared some disgusting opinions about the #LGBTQ community. #mnleg via @MNReformer https://t.co/WBITSTs37i
It’s clear that @paulgazelka will not change his deeply bigoted beliefs. If DFLers do not take back the State Senate, then Minnesota Republicans will continue to be led by a man who uses the Senate to attack our LGBT family, friends, and neighbors. That is unacceptable. #mnleg https://t.co/AfRFPNUx97
First elected official endorsement for @SoniaNeculescu something tells me it won't be the last!
#TeamSonia has been snowballing into something huge and fierce the last week with @StonewallDFL @outfrontmn and @TwinCitiesDSA endorsements! https://t.co/iogtcRyeM6
It’s really great that @SoniaNeculescu takes the time to show up for our communities. She’s a fierce advocate and someone you want in your corner
That’s why I was proud to support her for endorsement at the 2020 @StonewallDFL annual meeting & why I will continue to support her! https://t.co/BWMa0hF5Oz
I’m thrilled to welcome @StonewallDFL to #TeamSonia!
As a young queer person, I know our voices are desperately needed in the legislature. I’m committed to achieving queer liberation by banning conversion therapy, passing Logan’s Law, and decriminalizing sex work in MN. https://t.co/7aqe27vIJV
