OUT FOR FUNDRAISER TO PROMOTE NSW LGBTI ELECTION CANDIDATES
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Third party political campaigners, Out For, have announced they will be holding a fundraiser to assist them in raising campaign monies for three local LGBTI candidates competing for seats in the upcoming NSW election.
Out For was created out of a need for the LGBTI community to have a stronger political voice in Australian politics.
Founders Andrew Wolfson and Paul Friend say they wanted to champion LGBTI issues and who better to do that than out LGBTI candidates.
“As members of the LGBTI community looking for equality and social justice in Australia, we need to elect spokespeople to Parliament who are ready and committed to championing our combined causes,” says Wolfson.
“We know the only way to change the equality conversation is through electing candidates who will advance LGBTI issues and policies. The mission for Out For is to do exactly that, raise money for candidates that promote equality and elect more LGBTI people into public office. “
In keeping with this credo, Out For has thrown their support behind out politicians, Alex Greenwich MP (Independent), Penny Sharpe MLC (Labor), and Bruce Notley-Smith MP (Liberal) for their record of championing the rights of LGBTI citizens in NSW.
Whilst all three have an enviable record of pushing for changes to legislation to provide greater protections for the nation’s LGBTI people, Out For believes there is still much to be done in terms of LGBTI rights, so have decided to assist in fundraising initiatives in the hopes that Greenwich, Sharpe and Notley-Smith will all be re-elected.
To assist in this effort, Out For are throwing a fundraising cocktail party at the Beresford Hotel on Sunday March 15. Greenwich, Sharpe and Notley-Smith will be in attendance and ready to answer your questions on the issues that matter to the LGBTI community.