Today we the launch the 3rd and final week of our #GiveOUT campaign with Freedom For All Americans! Buying any Tie The Knot product this week will directly support their life-saving work for our LGBTQ community around the world!
As you know, marriage equality is the law of the land. Justin and I fought tirelessly to make that a reality. Yet LGBTQ people are being fired from their jobs, evicted from their homes, and rejected from public spaces as a routine part of daily life in America today. Seven million LGBTQ people reside in 30 states that lack comprehensive, enduring nondiscrimination protections.
And it doesn't have to be this way.
That’s why Justin and I are proud to name Freedom for All Americans a Tie The Knot beneficiary again in 2020. FFAA was founded to spearhead a nationwide campaign that protects all LGBTQ Americans from discrimination by 2025. Once they secure employment, housing, and public accommodations protections nationwide, they’ll close up shop. You may not often hear a nonprofit tell you they intend to put themselves out of business, but that’s FFAA’s plan - they are unique, to be certain. FFAA is laser-focused on protecting as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.
In the last two years alone, FFAA helped ensure protections or defeat anti-LGBTQ legislation in states where an estimated 3,271,000 LGBTQ Americans reside (including Alaska, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Texas).
In 2020, FFAA will apply their winning playbook to state-based efforts where there’s a proactive opportunity to win statewide protections. For example, during November elections, the Virginia legislature experienced a pro-LGBTQ majority flip! FFAA is currently working in Virginia to build a powerful coalition that can help secure comprehensive legislative LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections in the first Southern state ever. And in 2020 they’ll also be working tirelessly in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
100% of Tie The Knot profits go to front-line LGBTQ organizations. All proceeds raised from the sale of our Tie The Knot Collection this week will be donated directly to Rainbow Railroad.