News & Stories

April 15, 2022

Welcoming and Affirming Worshipping Communities for the Upcoming Holiday

The Spring season signals the beginning of many important religious celebrations across faith traditions. At OutFront, we believe that queer people belong everywhere - including in places of worship and spiritual grounding.

March 31, 2022

Trans Day of Visibility 2022

This year we're focusing on the future.

March 15, 2022

We're Here, We're Queer, We're on the Move!

After many years at Sabathani Community Center, OuFront Minnesota is excited to share that we're moving offices!

September 23, 2021

OutFront Minnesota Educational Equity Update

As we start this new school year, we are reminded that not all educational experiences are created equal. While OutFront Minnesota has made significant progress in expanding queer and trans rights in our state already this year, we still receive emails and calls every week from students, educators, and administrators who do not feel safe or prepared in their schools.

April 8, 2021

Monica Meyer to depart from OutFront Minnesota – State’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization

APRIL 8, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS – The Board of Directors of OutFront Minnesota announced today that longtime Executive Director Monica Meyer is stepping down at the end of May.

Meyer joined Minnesota’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization in 2001 and became the Executive Director in 2010. The Board of Directors is currently in the process of naming an interim director.

February 22, 2021

Matt Dundas Comedy: Ep. 28—Equality on Mars

OutFront Minnesota Executive Director Monica Meyer and Policy & Outreach Director James Darville join Matt to discuss the state of LGBTQ rights in Minnesota and beyond.

January 13, 2021

Sun Post: Robbinsdale to penalize providers that engage in conversion therapy

Robbinsdale businesses or organizations that practice or host gay conversion therapy events will likely face financial penalties in 2021. The Robbinsdale City Council’s first matter of new business this year was the first reading of a conversion therapy ban, which passed unanimously at the Jan. 5 meeting.

November 24, 2020

MPR News: What's next for LGBTQ rights?

When a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling made same-sex marriage the law of the land, the LGBTQ community celebrated, but it didn't take the win for granted.

Supporters of marriage equality worried that a different balance of political ideologies on the U.S. Supreme Court could lead to the ruling being overturned down the line.

A group of about 60 transgender individuals, nonbinary individuals and cisgender allies listen to speakers at the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.

November 24, 2020

Our Progress on Accountability and Our Future as an Anti-Racist Queer Organization

On September 11, 2020, OutFront Minnesota released A Letter to Our Community on Accountability and Our Future as an Anti-Racist Queer Organization on our social media pages, website and to our email list. This letter was a response to the demands of our community members that we 1) explicitly address the ways in which we have upheld white supremacy both internally and externally, 2) condemn those actions, 3) establish and communicate a plan to prevent those actions from happening again.

October 20, 2020

Mpls St. Paul Magazine: Glow Holiday Festival Is Coming to the State Fairgrounds

A drive-thru holiday light show will brighten the fairgrounds this season.

An image of two moose sculptures lit up with white holiday lights