صندوق انتصار مجتمع الميم

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صندوق انتصار مجتمع الميم (المعروف سابقًا باسم صندوق انتصار المثليين والمثليات وصندوق انتصار مجتمع الميم )، [ 1 ] ويُختصر عادةً إلى صندوق النصر ، هو لجنة عمل سياسي أمريكية تُعنى بزيادة عدد المسؤولين الحكوميين من مجتمع الميم المُعلنين عن ميولهم الجنسية في الولايات المتحدة . يُعد صندوق النصر أكبر لجنة عمل سياسي لمجتمع الميم في الولايات المتحدة، وواحدًا من أكبر لجان العمل السياسي غير المرتبطة بأي جهة في البلاد. [ 2 ]

خلفية

تأسس صندوق النصر للمثليين والمثليات ومزدوجي الميل الجنسي والمتحولين جنسيًا (LGBTQ+) عام 1991 كلجنة عمل سياسي غير حزبية. يقدم الصندوق الدعم الاستراتيجي والفني والمالي للمرشحين والمسؤولين المثليين والمثليات ومزدوجي الميل الجنسي والمتحولين جنسيًا والمغايرين جنسيًا في جميع أنحاء الولايات المتحدة، والذين يترشحون لجميع مستويات الحكومة. وتقدم منظمة "معهد النصر"، الشريكة له، برامج تدريبية للمسؤولين المنتخبين. [ 3 ]

للنظر في ترشيحهم للحصول على التأييد، يجب على المرشحين تعريف أنفسهم كأفراد من مجتمع الميم، وإثبات دعم المجتمع لهم، وتقديم خطة واقعية للفوز، وإثبات دعمهم للجهود الفيدرالية أو جهود الولايات أو الجهود المحلية الرامية إلى تعزيز الحقوق المدنية لمجتمع الميم من خلال العملية التشريعية أو التنظيمية، وإثبات دعمهم للجهود الفيدرالية أو جهود الولايات أو الجهود المحلية الرامية إلى حماية الخصوصية وحرية الإنجاب. وتكون هذه المتطلبات أقل صرامة بالنسبة للتأييدات القضائية. [ 4 ]

تعتمد مؤسسة "صندوق انتصار مجتمع الميم" نظامًا هرميًا للتأييد. وتشمل الفئات: "صانع التغيير"، وتُمنح هذه الفئة للمرشحين القادرين على تحقيق إنجازات تاريخية رائدة والتأثير بشكل مباشر على تمثيل مجتمع الميم في أعلى مستويات الحكومة. [ 5 ] و"المرشحون المتميزون"، وتُمنح هذه الفئة للمرشحين القادرين على صنع التاريخ أو زيادة تمثيل مجتمع الميم في الولايات التي تعاني من انخفاض المساواة أو في الولايات التي تضم عددًا قليلًا من المشرعين من مجتمع الميم أو لا تضم ​​أيًا منهم. [ 6 ] أما المرشحون غير المصنفين فهم المرشحون الذين سيساهمون في زيادة عدد أصوات مجتمع الميم في الحكومة.

يُدار صندوق النصر للمثليين والمتحولين جنسيًا ومعهد النصر للمثليين والمتحولين جنسيًا من قِبَل رئيس تنفيذي وفريق عمل مقرهم في واشنطن العاصمة. كما يضم الصندوق مجلس إدارة مؤلفًا من كبار قادة الحكومة والسياسة والأعمال. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، يتم انتخاب مجلس حملة النصر لتجنيد المرشحين ودعمهم، فضلاً عن توفير الموارد المالية. [ 7 ]

تاريخ

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund was founded in 1991 by Vic Basile and William Waybourn, with Waybourn becoming its first executive director.[8] It provides strategic, technical and financial support to openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender candidates and officials across the United States, helping them win elections at local, state and federal levels. Victory has helped elect several hundred out LGBTQ+ candidates to Congress, state legislatures, school boards and city councils. In addition, it works to help openly gay and lesbian officeholders develop professionally through its collaboration with the International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials and co-sponsorship of the annual Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference.[9]

The group's founders, Dallas gay-rights activist William Waybourn and Human Rights Campaign Fund Executive Director Vic Basile, were inspired by the use of EMILY's List funds to power the 1990 election of former Governor of Texas Ann Richards. Waybourn and Basile planned an organization that would employ EMILY's List methodology—early money given sufficiently transforms "qualified candidates from 'fringe' status to 'front-runners'"—to propel gay and lesbian candidates to elected office.[3]

In 1995, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund was a principal organizer of a meeting between representatives of the Clinton administration and several dozen leaders of gay and lesbian organizations.[10] This meeting followed on the heels of the Presidential Appointments Project, whose goal was getting openly gay people appointed to all levels of the Clinton administration (and subsequently, the Bush and Obama administrations).[11]

In 1997, activist Brian Bond was hired as executive director of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund from his position as the director of the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council at the Democratic National Committee from to rebuild the nearly-bankrupt organization.[12] He is credited by Tammy Baldwin with helping grow the visibility and size of the organization.[13][14] He stepped down in 2003.[15]

Former LGBTQ+ Victory Fund board member Chuck Wolfe was named executive director in 2003. Under his leadership, the organization's budgets grew exponentially.[16]

Chuck Wolfe stepped down as president of the organization at the end of 2014. In 2015, Aisha Moodie-Mills became the new president and CEO of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, which made her the first woman, first person of color and first lesbian to become the head of the organization.[17][18] In 2017, Moodie-Mills' departure was announced and the new president and CEO was named, former Houston Mayor Annise Parker.

In 2018, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and Institute was renamed the LGBTQ Victory Fund and Institute to accurately reflect the environment in which it works.

On March 3, 2023, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund announced the addition of the "plus" in their name to be formally known as LGBTQ+ Victory Fund.[1]

On March 4, 2025, the Victory Fund announced that former California State AssemblymemberEvan Low would be its next president and CEO, succeeding Parker.[19]

Candidates supported

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund endorses dozens of out LGBTQ+ candidates each year, increasing exposure to potential donors and providing both strategic and material support. Past endorsees include Tammy Baldwin,[20]Barney Frank,[21]Sean Patrick Maloney,[22]David Cicilline,[23]Lupe Valdez,[24]Victoria Kolakowski,[25]Patricia Todd[26] and Virginia Linder.[27] The first candidate the Victory Fund endorsed was Sherry Harris, who was elected to the City Council in Seattle, Washington, in 1991, making her the first openly lesbian African-American elected official.[28]

In 2008, 80 of the group's 111 endorsed candidates won their elections.[29]

In 2009, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund donated $40000 to the election of Annise Parker as mayor of Houston.[30] In electing an out lesbian as its chief executive, Houston became the largest city in the country to have elected an out gay person as mayor. Local gay groups, particularly the Houston GLBT Political Caucus, had nurtured Parker's political career and were openly supporting her race. Victory Fund became a huge player in the race by providing a much-needed source of cash for Parker's grassroots efforts and helping her stay financially competitive with her two chief rivals, both of whose campaigns were lavishly funded. After the campaign, Parker referred to Victory Fund as her "secret weapon" and thanked the organization for its help.[31]

In 2019, the Victory Fund announced it was endorsing Pete Buttigieg for president, which was its first presidential endorsement.[32]

In 2022, Becca Balint won her primary[33] in part with $1 million from the Victory Fund, "putting her on a path to become" Vermont's first Congresswoman.[34] After the primaries, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund made 16 endorsements in congressional elections to expand LGBTQ+ representation in Congress by eight seats or approximately six million people.[35]

In the 2022 United States House of Representatives election in New York's third congressional district, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund and Human Rights Campaign endorsed Democrat Robert Zimmerman over Republican nominee George Santos, in the first congressional race where both candidates were openly gay.[36]

Programs and events

International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference

LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, the non-profit sibling organization of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, hosts a variety of events throughout the year. Its most prominent is the International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference hosted annually between November and December, bringing LGBTQ+ elected officials from around the world for a weekend of panels, speakers, and receptions. This conference grew out of a joint conference in 2004 with the International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials (INLGO). LGBTQ+ Victory Institute and NLGO merged in 2005.[37]

U.S. gatherings

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund also hosts a number of champagne brunches and receptions around the United States, in cities such as Chicago, Kansas City, and San Diego. The events bring together local LGBTQ+ elected officials and supporters and serve as fundraising for the organization.[38]

Other events

Other events include various pride receptions celebrating LGBTQ+ Capitol Hill staffers and LGBTQ+ political appointees.[39]

LGBTQ+ Victory Institute hosts events of its own as well as stewards several fellowship and internship programs. Events include LGBTQ+ Leadership Summits, which are day-long intensive trainings for LGBTQ+ leaders, and Candidate and Campaign Trainings, which are weekend-long crash courses on how to run for office. LGBTQ+ Victory Institute also hosts international trainings, and has received funding from USAID.

The Victory Congressional Internship program brings LGBTQ+ college students to Washington, D.C. for an intensive leadership program, and includes a semester-long internship with an LGBTQ-friendly member of Congress. Participants also attend the International LGBTQ+ Leadership Conference.

The David Bohnett Victory Congressional Fellowship brings an emerging LGBTQ+ leader to Washington, D.C. for a year-long intensive fellowship that supports the executive director of the LGBTQ+ Congressional Equality Caucus. It also includes a generous stipend and access to the International LGBTQ+ Leadership Conference.

The Victory Empowerment Fellowship was implemented by Aisha Moodie-Mills and helps emerging LGBTQ+ leaders of color and transgender leaders expand their campaign skills and policy-making power through a year-long membership and access to a Candidate Campaign Training and the International LGBTQ+ Leadership Conference.

The Bohnett Leaders Fellowship brings senior-level executives working with state and local governments, including government officials and elected officeholders, to a three-week intensive Executive Education program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[40]

The Political Appointments Program works with LGBTQ+ leaders and pro-equality presidential administrations to ensure qualified LGBTQ+ representation in all agencies and levels.

Executive directors

YearsName
  1991–1996William Waybourn
  1996–1997David Clarenbach
  1997–2003Brian Bond
  2003–2015Chuck Wolfe
  2015–2017Aisha Moodie-Mills
  2017–2025Annise Parker
  2025–present Evan Low

Criticism from LGBT Republicans

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund has attracted criticism from LGBT Republican politicians and operatives for apparent bias in favour of candidates running for office as Democrats.

Richard Grenell, the first openly gay acting Cabinet-level official in the US,[a][41] leveled criticism at their alleged bias against LGBT Republicans.[42] Robert Turner, head of the D.C. Chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans wrote an op-ed for the Washington Blade criticizing the then-Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund's pro-choice litmus test as harmful to its goal of electing LGBT candidates.[43] The Victory Fund, however, has said that its vision of the "Right to Privacy" can be as conservative as supporting abortion only in cases of rape and incest.[44]Carl DeMaio, a gay Republican member of the San Diego City Council who sought but did not secure the Fund's endorsement during his 2020 Congress bid[45] alleged that the Victory Fund gave campaign documents of his, given as part of the Victory Fund's endorsement process, to his opponent.[46]

According to its filings with the Federal Election Commission, between 2009 and 2024 the organization donated over $ 600,000 to 58 Democratic candidates seeking federal offices, and $13,400 to 5 state democratic parties. It further incurred over $1.15 million of independent expenditures in favour of five candidates in Democratic primaries, of which close to $1 million was in support of Becca Balint during the 2022 Democratic primary for Vermont's at large congressional seat, a contest she won by over 20 points. (It also spent approximately $62,000 against two Democrats facing LGBT primary rivals.) During that same period, it donated a total of only $20,000 to two Republican congressional candidates, Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei in 2012 and 2014 (both unsuccessful) and University of New Hampshire professor Dan Innis (later state senator) in 2014 (defeated in primary phase).[47]

As of November 2025, the organization's website lists over two hundred Democratic candidates seeking various offices as having been endorsed by the organization, along with two independent candidates and zero Republican candidates.[48]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑Grenell was the acting Director of National Intelligence from February to May, 2020. At no point did he hold a cabinet-level position. The first openly LGBTQ person to hold a cabinet-level position was Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation 2021-25.

Notes

  1. 123LGBTQ+ Victory Fund [@VictoryFund] (March 1, 2023). "Allow us to reintroduce ourselves. Hello 👋 We're LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, the only national organization that recruits, trains and supports LGBTQ+ candidates at every level of government across the U.S. Join us today at https://t.co/vKxAzIq1qW https://t.co/mV4GqHv64E" (Tweet). Retrieved April 7, 2023– via Twitter.
  2. ↑"Homepage". Victory Fund. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  3. 12"Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  4. ↑McDonald, John. "Victory Fund Gearing Up For Elections". southfloridagaynews.com. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  5. ↑"LGBT Victory Fund endorses Maloney in AG Dem primary". blogs.hudsonvalley.com. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  6. ↑"Victory Fund Endorses 36 More LGBTQ Candidates for 2018 - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive". Windy City Times. August 21, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  7. ↑"Board of Directors". Victory Institute. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  8. ↑Rimmerman, Craig A.; Wald, Kenneth D.; Wilcox, Clyde (July 1, 2000). The Politics of Gay Rights. University of Chicago Press. pp. 71–. ISBN 9780226719986. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  9. ↑"NALP - National Association for Law Placement - LGBTQ Organizations". www.nalp.org. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  10. ↑New York Times: David W. Dunlap, "Clinton Names First Liaison To Gay and Lesbian Groups", June 14, 1995, accessed Dec 9, 2009
  11. ↑"GLAAD thanks Victory Fund CEO & President as he announces departure". GLAAD. September 12, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  12. ↑"Brian Bond to Be Tapped as Deputy Director of Obama's Public Liaison Office". www.advocate.com. January 8, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  13. ↑Brian Bond (activist)#cite note-eisenla-7
  14. ↑Grant, Japhy (January 8, 2009). "Brian Bond to Be Obama's Deputy Director of Public Liaison, LGBT Point Person". www.queerty.com. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  15. ↑July 8, Peter Rosenstein; pm, 2011 at 5:22 pm EDT at 5:22 (July 8, 2011). "Bond leaves White House for DNC". washingtonblade.com. Retrieved April 28, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑"Charles A. Wolfe". www.stetson.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  17. ↑Bendix, Trish (March 27, 2015). "Morning Brew - Gillian Anderson would date a woman again". AfterEllen. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  18. ↑"Leading National LGBT Organization Names First Woman, First Black President - BuzzFeed News". Buzzfeed.com. July 24, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  19. ↑"LGBTQ+ Victory Fund and LGBTQ+ Victory Institute Announce Evan Low as New President and Chief Executive Officer". March 4, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  20. ↑"First LGBTQ U. S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Wins Reelection; Defeats Anti-LGBTQ Opponent in Key Senate Race". Victory Fund. November 6, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  21. ↑Rosenstein, Peter (April 12, 2018). "Victory Fund Crucial to Electing LGBTQ Candidates". Washington Blade. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  22. ↑mthomas. "Our Candidates". LGBTQ Victory Fund. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  23. ↑ يونكر، لورين (15 نوفمبر 2017). "صندوق النصر يدعم تسعة مرشحين للكونغرس؛ الفوز قد يضمن أغلبية مؤيدة للمثليين والمتحولين جنسيًا في مجلس النواب" . صندوق النصر . تم الاطلاع عليه في 11 أبريل 2021 .
  24. ↑ «لوبي فالديز تصنع التاريخ بفوزها في الانتخابات التمهيدية لمنصب حاكم ولاية تكساس؛ جينا أورتيز جونز تحصل على ترشيح الحزب الديمقراطي عن الدائرة 23 في تكساس» . صندوق النصر . 22 مايو 2018. تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 11 أبريل 2021 .
  25. ↑ "قاضية متحولة جنسياً تكسر الحواجز" . صحيفة "باي أريا ريبورتر" . 11 نوفمبر 2010. تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 29 أكتوبر 2012 .
  26. ↑ "باتريشيا تود تفوز - هذه المرة بجدية" . مجلة ذا أتلانتيك . 26 أغسطس 2006. تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 11 أبريل 2021 .
  27. ↑ نيكولا، جورج ت. (27 مارس 2017). "نبذة عن المجتمع: فيرجينيا ليندر" . تاريخ مجتمع الميم في شمال غرب المحيط الهادئ . تم الاطلاع عليه في 11 أبريل 2021 .
  28. ↑ mthomas. "مهمتنا" . صندوق انتصار مجتمع الميم . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 28 أبريل 2019 .
  29. ↑ «صندوق النصر يُعلن عن انتخاب مرشحين مثليين في جميع أنحاء الولايات المتحدة» برايد سورس . 6 نوفمبر 2008. مؤرشف من الأصل في 3 مارس 2016. تم الاطلاع عليه في 29 أكتوبر 2012 .
  30. ↑ ماكينلي، جيمس سي. (13 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2009). "حاجزٌ مُنهار، ولكن دون ضجة كبيرة" . نيويورك تايمز . مؤرشف من الأصل في 28 يناير/كانون الثاني 2015. تم الاطلاع عليه في 11 أبريل/نيسان 2021 .
  31. ↑ آدم، سيث (14 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2009). "أنيس باركر تصبح أول عمدة مثلية الجنس علنًا لمدينة أمريكية كبرى بعد فوزها في هيوستن" . منظمة GLAAD . تم الاطلاع عليه في 11 أبريل/نيسان 2021 .
  32. ↑ أكبر لجنة عمل سياسي للمثليين والمتحولين جنسيًا في البلاد تُؤيد العمدة بيت بوتيجيج . Thedailybeast.com (1970-01-01). تاريخ الاطلاع: 2019-06-30.
  33. ↑ "نتائج انتخابات مجلس نواب ولاية فيرمونت المباشرة لعام 2022 - أخبار إن بي سي" . www.nbcnews.com . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 10 أغسطس 2022 .
  34. ↑ غريغوري كريغ (10 أغسطس/آب 2022). "توقعات شبكة سي إن إن بفوز بيكا بالينت بترشيح الحزب الديمقراطي لمقعد مجلس النواب عن ولاية فيرمونت" . سي إن إن . تاريخ الاطلاع: 10 أغسطس/آب 2022 .
  35. ↑DeSilver, Drew (May 31, 2018). "U.S. population keeps growing, but House of Representatives is same size as in Taft era". Pew Research Center. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  36. ↑"In first gay v. gay Congressional race, the candidates are "just very different," Gay City News". Gay City News. September 23, 2022.
  37. ↑Rosenstein, Peter (December 9, 2017). "International LGBTQ Leaders Conference a rousing success". HuffPost. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  38. ↑"Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund's Champagne Brunch". CultureMap Houston. March 24, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  39. ↑Sloves, Todd. "Victory Fund and Institute Pride Reception". Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Congressional Staff Association. Archived from the original on September 15, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  40. ↑"Is an internship for you?". The Central Voice. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  41. ↑John Riley (July 22, 2020). "Gay former Trump appointee Richard Grenell unleashses tweetstorm attacking Joe Biden". Metro Weekly.
  42. ↑Brad Polumbo (July 25, 2020). "The fake mission of the LGBTQ Victory Fund". Washington Examiner.
  43. ↑Robert Turner (March 31, 2011). "No pro-choice litmus test for Victory Fund".
  44. ↑John Riley (July 20, 2020). "Path to Victory: Annise Parker on helping elect LGBTQ people across America". Metro Weekly. Candidates have to believe in some level of a right to privacy, which includes the right to abortion. Some of our candidates only believe in it after rape and incest, all the way to others who support the full Planned Parenthood position.
  45. ↑Trageser, Claire (October 14, 2014). "Gay Republican House Candidate Hasn't Won Fans In LGBT Community". NPR.
  46. ↑DeMaio, Carl [@carldemaio] (July 20, 2020). ".@AnniseParker Stop lying - Victory Fund claims to be non-partisan, but it is hyper-partisan in all its actions. In '14 you hosted my gay-baiting Democrat opponent at an event you organized in my district. You worked against the gay candidate in a top-tier race. #TrueColors https://t.co/U2uZ8uXib4" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2023– via Twitter.
  47. ↑"LGBTQ Victory Fund Federal PAC, Line 23: Contributions to federal candidates/committees and other political committees". Federal Election Commission.
  48. ↑"Our Candidates". LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

Sources

  • New York Times: Dunlap, David W. (November 6, 1994). "The 1994 Campaign: Homosexuality". The New York Times. Retrieved December 9, 2009. Some 130 candidates nationwide requested financial help from the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a political-action committee, said its executive director, William W. Waybourn. The fund has supported 27 candidates this year, he said, almost twice as many as in 1993.
  • New York Times: Jeffrey Schmalz, "As Gay Marchers Gather, Mood Is Serious and Festive," April 25, 1993, accessed Dec. 9, 2009. "At a celebration lunch sponsored by the Victory Fund, half a dozen appointed and elected officials who had not previously been known to be gay made an appearance."