ABOUT US
OutVote is building a renewed culture of civic engagement in the Gen-Z LGBTQIA+ community.
Here’s how we’re working to disrupt the landscape and harness electoral power:
OutVote Fellowship Program: We recruit and train LGBTQIA+ and allied youth organizers in target states to activate, educate, and register their communities to vote.
OutVote Action Network: We build partnerships with and fund local organizers and organizations to conduct critical voter registration and political education work in their communities.
OutVote Research Program: We are partnering with a national research institute to conduct a first-of-its-kind study to better understand Gen Z LGBTQ+ voters and their relationship with civic engagement.
Vision Statement:
OutVote envisions a world where all young LGBTQ+ Americans are civically engaged to build a more participatory democratic system.
origin story
OutVote co-founders Isaac and Ranen met in 2020 as undergraduate Point Scholars, but it was during the 2024 election cycle that they began discussing a challenge they both recognized within the LGBTQ+ community: many young queer and trans people are increasingly disillusioned with electoral politics.
They understood that this disengagement had the potential to shape not only the outcome of the 2024 election, but the trajectory of future elections as well. In response, they founded OutVote, a youth-led organization built on the idea that empowering LGBTQ+ young people to organize their own communities can transform civic participation.
With the help of a dedicated founding team of advocates, Jo, Jenna, Camille, and Armando, OutVote launched its pilot program during the 2024 election cycle, testing new approaches to mobilizing Gen-Z LGBTQ+ voters through peer networks and digital organizing.
Since then, OutVote has reached millions of young LGBTQ+ voters nationwide, laying the foundation for a growing movement to ensure queer and trans young people are represented in our democracy while actively shaping its future.
