{{Infobox organization |name = OutNebraska |logo = File:OutNebraska logo.png |logo_alt = OutNebraska |map = Map of USA NE.svg |map_size = 225px |map_alt = Map showing Nebraska |map_caption = U.S. State of Nebraska |predecessor = Nebraska Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights |formation = 2009 |location = 211 N 14th St |headquarters = Lincoln, Nebraska |region_served = Nebraska |methods = Lobbying, community organizing, community events, education |leader_title = Executive Director |leader_name = Abbi Swatsworth |affiliations = Equality Federation, Community Services Fund of Nebraska |website = {{URL|outnebraska.org}} |former_name = Outlinc }} '''OutNebraska''' is a Nebraska statewide LGBTQ advocacy, lobbying, and community organization.
==History== A Lincoln, Nebraska LGBTQ community organization was incorporated as '''Outlinc''' in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Notice of incorporation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/298458716/?terms=outlinc |work=Lincoln Journal Star |date=30 Nov 2009 }}</ref> It expanded to a statewide organization and changed its name to OutNebraska in 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=#Boom Magazine |url=https://www.boom.lgbt/index.php/news-a/99-regional/1600-outnebraska-the-cornhusker-state-s-new-lgbtq-statewide-organization |title=OutNebraska: The Cornhusker State's New LGBTQ Statewide Organization |author=Equality Federation |date=February 1, 2019 |access-date=May 1, 2020 }} </ref>
==Community events==
===Prairie Pride Film Festival===
OutNebraska sponsors the Prairie Pride Film Festival, which has brought independent films on LGBTQ themes to Nebraska since 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ward |first= Brittany |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Prairie Pride Film Festival Returns for its 8th year Thursday |url=https://kzum.org/prairie-pride-film-festival-returns-for-its-8th-year-thursday/ |work=KZUM |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |access-date=May 1, 2020 }}</ref>
===Let's Go Birding Together=== OutNebraska hosts birdwatching events in warm weather months. Let's Go Birding Together ("LGBT") events are a partnership with Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lange-Kubick |first=Cindy |date=May 17, 2018 |title=Let's Go Birding Together |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/432213783 |work=Lincoln Journal Star }}</ref>
==Advocacy and organizing==
OutNebraska opposed Nebraska's prohibition on same-sex marriage.<ref> {{cite news |last=Young |first=JoAnne |date=December 28, 2014 |title=The Heineman Legacy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/619698913 |work=Lincoln Journal Star }}</ref>
OutNebraska has advocated for a state law protecting LGBT people from employment and housing discrimination, expressing skepticism that city-level laws are comprehensive enough.<ref> {{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Riley |date=September 4, 2019 |title=Fairness Ordinance not likely up for vote |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/600160397/ |work=Lincoln Journal Star }}</ref>
OutNebraska joined the ACLU in 2016 in providing training to help poll workers identify transgender and gender nonconforming Nebraska voters.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 21, 2016 |title=State election safe and secure |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/566510596/ |work=Fremont Tribune }}</ref>
==Partnerships==
OutNebraska is affiliated with the Equality Federation and the Community Services Fund of Nebraska.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.communityservicesfund.org/member-agencies/outnebraska.html |title=Member Agencies: OutNebraska |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Community Services Fund of Nebraska |access-date=May 1, 2020 }}</ref>
In expanding from Lincoln into a statewide organization, OutNebraska partnered with Panhandle Equality, an advocacy group in the Nebraska Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://outnebraska.org/outlinc-expanding-to-outnebraska/ |title=OutLinc expanding to OutNebraska |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=OutNebraska |access-date=May 1, 2020 }}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|LGBTQ|United States}} * LGBT rights in Nebraska * PROMO * One Iowa
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://outnebraska.org/ OutNebraska website] * [https://twitter.com/OutNebraska OutNebraska Twitter]
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