LGBTQ rights group Human Rights Campaign launches tour through mostly red statesThe multicity "American Dreams Tour" will focus on telling the stories of queer people in the hopes of changing hearts and minds during a precarious time for LGBTQ rights.
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July 28, 2025, 9:40 AM MDT
The Human Rights Campaign, the country's largest LGBTQ rights organization, is taking its LGBTQ equality message on the road with a multicity tour focused on changing more hearts and minds, particularly in red states.
The "American Dreams Tour" will kick off Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, and travel to cities in predominantly Republican-led states through November. The tour's goal, according to HRC, is to amplify LGBTQ people's stories "at a time of rising political attacks and cultural erasure" and "celebrate the communities pushing back against hate and fighting for a future of equality for all."
The tour will "anchor" in six major cities — Columbus; Las Vegas; Washington, D.C.; Dallas; Atlanta; and Nashville, Tennessee — with other stops to be announced in the coming weeks, according to HRC. Each stop will be tailored to the issues queer people are facing in those particular locales. The Columbus stop, for example, will be centered on "Ohio's legacy of LGBTQ+ activism while confronting today's political backslide and barriers to HIV care," according to HRC, while Atlanta's stop will be in partnership with Atlanta Pride and will zero in on "Black LGBTQ+ leadership and community-led care models."-------------------------
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