Oppose H.R. 28 to Protect Civil Rights
On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States, and the 405 undersigned organizations, we call for the full inclusion, protection, and celebration of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex youth, including access to extracurricular activities such as athletics, and to school facilities, safe and inclusive school environments, and accurate and inclusive curriculum. We reject H.R. 28, the so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, because it would harm women
In honor of Pride At Work founder Nancy Wohlforth
With heavy hearts, we share the news that Nancy Wohlforth, founder of Pride At Work, passed away on December 31, 2024.
Nancy’s organizing and leadership in the labor, LGBTQIA+, and civil rights movements are tremendous and we look forward to sharing them in detail once her obituary is ready and plans for a spring celebration of life are finalized. Further Pride At Work plans to honor Nancy are being developed, including a way to capture and share your stories of her.
A few highlights from Nancy’s busy lifetime fighting the good fight:
Nancy Wohlforth became the first openly LGBTQIA+ officer of an international union in 2003 when she was elected as Secretary-Treasurer of OPEIU.
In 2005 she became the first openly LGBTQIA+ person elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
Nancy and Cal Noyce served as the first Co-Presidents of Pride At Work and in 1997 secured the AFL-CIO’s recognition of us as an official constituency group.
As a teenager Nancy spent a summer as a Freedom Rider in the Civil Rights movement, part of her lifelong commitment to racial justice.
Nancy was known for reminding her Pride At Work siblings, “If you don’t have a seat at the table, bring a sturdy folding chair!”
Tell the Senate: Remove anti-trans provision from the NDAA
The U.S. Senate is set to vote on the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) this week, but it currently contains a one-sentence provision that would deny gender affirming healthcare to the children of service members. The NDAA already passed the House with this discriminatory language that will hurt military families, but we still have a chance for it to be removed in the Senate through an amendment being made by Senator Tammy Baldwin.
Your Senators need to hear from you immediately that you support the amendment to remove Sec. 708 from the NDAA.
Skrmetti Supreme Court case: It’s about freedom!
Today the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on L.W. v. Skrmetti. Pride At Work, AFL-CIO stands with the Plaintiff families and physician, who are fighting for the freedom to keep medical choices about their kids in the hands of parents and doctors and make decisions based on medicine, science, and the physical and mental wellbeing of the patient. Extremist politicians have no business interfering with that. Trans kids and all of us deserve a brighter future, and we are committed to creating it.
Solidarity with Representative-Elect McBride and House Staff
Pride At Work, AFL-CIO condemns Speaker Johnson’s bathroom policy, which is a political stunt intended to harass and discriminate against a specific co-worker on the basis of sex and gender. We stand in solidarity with Representative-Elect Sarah McBride and the current and future staff of the House of Representatives and pledge to continue fighting for the safety and respect of all workers.