OutFront Minnesota
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OutFront Minnesota is the largest nonprofit gay/lesbian/bi-sexual/transgendered rights organization in the state of Minnesota, USA.
"OutFront Minnesota's mission is to make our home a place where GLBT Minnesotans have the freedom, power, and confidence to make the best choices for their own lives."
The organization is community-based, and uses paid memberships and fund drives to fund its activities. It has had a profound effect upon gay and lesbian rights in both urban and rural Minnesota since its founding in 1987. Every year, OutFront Minnesota sponsors a rally at the state capitol in St. Paul, called "justFair Lobby Day", which attracted 5,000 attendees in 2006. Its executive director, Ann DeGroot, also acted as the executive director of the controversial 2000 Millennium March on Washington for Equality.
Other programs provided by OutFront Minnesota include Anti-Violence and Domestic Violence Services, Legal Referrals and education, speakers bureau, Education and Training. Tretter Collection at the University of Minnesota hosts the organizations official archive.
Other staff (current and past) include: Sian Nelson, Kathy Lee, Monica Meyer, Connie Kauppi, Laura McCarty, Jim Halloran, Rebecca Waggoner-Kloek, Becky Smith, Phil Duran, Jo Marsicano, Pam Burrows, Scott Fearing, Maryann Wolters, Gregg White, Doug Federhart, Joni Thome, Timthy Rose, Beth Zemsky, Rosanna Hudgins, John Norman, Sandra Ramlet, Rebecca Dreke and others along with hundreds of volunteers.
