ABOUT US

OutVote is building a renewed culture of civic engagement in the Gen-Z LGBTQIA+ community.

Here’s how we’re working to disrupt the landscape and harness electoral power:

OutVote Fellowship Program: we recruit and train LGBTQIA+ and allied youth organizers in target states to activate, educate, and register their communities to vote.

OutVote Action Network: we build partnerships with and fund local organizers and organizations to conduct critical voter registration and political education work in their communities.

OutVote Research Program: we hire, train, and fund aspiring researchers to conduct comprehensive projects about LGBTQIA+ civic engagement in the United States.

Vision Statement:

OutVote envisions a world where all LGBTQIA+ people are able to live freely, and where young LGBTQIA+ voters shape policymaking, restore trust in democracy, and empower civic and community engagement.

origin story

OutVote co-founders Isaac and Ranen first met as undergraduate Point Scholars, but put their heads together during the 2024 election cycle to tackle what they each recognized as a critical problem in the LGBTQIA+ community: young queer and trans people are disillusioned with electoral politics.

Ranen and Isaac knew this problem had the potential to make or break the results of the 2024 election and every future election. So they founded a solution based on community and a shared vision for collective participation – with the help of a dedicated team of advocates in Jo, Jenna, Camille, and Armando, who led OutVote’s work in its pilot election cycle.

Since that 2024 election cycle, OutVote has reached hundreds of thousands of young LGBTQIA+ voters, and our work is just getting started.