OurFamiliesCount.org Census Campaign Officially Launched

Today, the Human Rights Campaign joined leaders and advocates among the LGBT community today in the launch of Our Families Count (www.ourfamiliescount.org) — a new voluntary public education initiative promoting LGBT visibility and participation in next year’s U.S. Census.  The new 2010 Census education project is a collaborative and unique strategy to unite disparate populations across the entire LGBT spectrum.  The outreach effort is designed to educate all LGBT people about the importance of responding to the once-a-decade Census.  The new website (www.ourfamiliescount.org) is the centerpiece of the campaign and is available in both English and Spanish language versions.

Said HRC President Joe Solmonese:

“It is vital that every lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender person participate in the Census.  Census data allows LGBT families to be visible in a way like no other, and that is why HRC is a proud member of the Our Families Count partnership.”

A full list of the community, business and academic leadership groups to date that have endorsed the project and its education mission, in alphabetical order, follow the jump…

Community Leaders:

• Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC)
• American Institute of Bisexuality
• Bialogue
• The Bilerico Project
• BiNet USA
• Bisexual Resource Center
• California Faith for Equality
• Colage
• Delaware Valley Legacy Fund
• Equality Across America
• Equality California
• Equality Federation
• Family Equality Council
• Freedom to Marry
• Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
• The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada
• Georgia Equality
• HONOR PAC
• Human Rights Campaign
• LA Bi Center
• Lambda Legal
• MEGA Family Project
• Mi Familia Vota
• National Black Justice Coalition
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
• National Center for Transgender Equality
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
• National Sexuality Resource Center
• New York Area Bisexual Network (NYABN)
• One Iowa
• Palm Beach County (Fla.) Human Rights Council
• PFLAG National
• Safe Schools Coalition
• Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
• Transgender American Veterans Association
• Unid@s
• Youth Pride

Business Leaders

• Dancenow Productions, Inc.
• Echelon Magazine
• MZM Farm, LLP
• Renna Communications
• Savvyplanners.com
• Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc.

Academic Leaders

• National Sexuality Resource Center 
• The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law