# OutNebraska

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{{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.](/source/United_States) State of [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska)
|predecessor   = [Nebraska Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights](/source/Nebraska_Coalition_for_Gay_and_Lesbian_Civil_Rights)
|formation     = [2009](/source/2009_in_LGBT_rights)
|location      = 211 N 14th St
|headquarters  = [Lincoln, Nebraska](/source/Lincoln%2C_Nebraska)
|region_served = [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska)
|methods       = Lobbying, community organizing, community events, education
|leader_title  = Executive Director
|leader_name   = Abbi Swatsworth
|affiliations  = [Equality Federation](/source/Equality_Federation), Community Services Fund of Nebraska
|website       = {{URL|outnebraska.org}}
|former_name   = Outlinc
}}
'''OutNebraska''' is a [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska) statewide [LGBTQ advocacy](/source/LGBT_social_movements), lobbying, and community organization.

==History==
A [Lincoln, Nebraska](/source/Lincoln%2C_Nebraska) [LGBTQ](/source/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 film](/source/independent_film)s 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](/source/birdwatching) events in warm weather months. Let's Go Birding Together ("LGBT") events are a partnership with [Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center](/source/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](/source/Nebraska_Initiative_416).<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](/source/ACLU) in 2016 in providing training to help poll workers identify [transgender](/source/transgender) and [gender nonconforming](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/LGBT_rights_in_Nebraska)
* [PROMO](/source/PROMO)
* [One Iowa](/source/One_Iowa)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://outnebraska.org/ OutNebraska website]
* [https://twitter.com/OutNebraska OutNebraska Twitter]

{{EqFed}}
{{LGBT in the United States}}

Category:Equality Federation
Category:LGBTQ political advocacy groups in the United States

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