Black Leaders Caucus

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund's Black Leaders Caucus is a community dedicated to growing the number of Black LGBTQ+ elected officials around the country.

Black LGBTQ+ Americans are severely underrepresented in public office.

In 2022, a group of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund supporters formed the Black Leaders Caucus to address this disparity by identifying, recruiting, endorsing and supporting Victory Fund’s Black LGBTQ+ candidates. The Caucus ensures Victory Fund is using its full range of resources to increase representation – like campaign trainings and support from the Victory Campaign Board – so that more Black candidates have the resources they need to win.

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Ways to Support

Donate $35 and Become a Member

Join Victory Fund's Black Leaders Caucus

Donate to the Black Leaders Caucus Fund

Help us meet our goal and grow the number of Black LGBTQ+ officials nationwide

Donate to Black Priority Candidates

Directly support the campaigns that the Executive Committee has deemed priorities

Accomplishments of the Black Leaders Caucus

Before the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Black Leaders Caucus started in 2022, only 91 Black LGBTQ+ elected officials were serving in the U.S. – but as of 2024 that number is 146!

44 LGBTQ+ Victory Fund candidates who receive Black Leaders Caucus support are on the ballot in November 2024.

As of October 2024, the Black Leaders Caucus has raised over $100,000 for Black LGBTQ candidates since 2022!

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Executive Committee

Justin L. Hill

Chair

Cornelius Baker

Founder

Earl Fowlkes

Founder

Ernest Hopkins

Founder

Founding Members

Cornelius Baker

Remmington Belford

Nicole Bolden

Percy Brown

Royce Collins

June Crenshaw

Daniel Driffin

Barion Grant

Kendrick Henley

DeMarc Hickson

Justin Hill

Ernest Hopkins

Stacey Little

Mark McLaurin

Justin Smith

Starsha Valentine

Jamaul Webster

Meico Whitlock