OutFront Minnesota became LGBTQ rights powerhouse under departing leader
OutFront Minnesota became LGBTQ rights powerhouse under departing leader
Monica Meyer is stepping down after more than a decade leading state's premier LGBTQ equality group.
May 4, 2021 — 10:36am
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Monica Meyer is leaving OutFront Minnesota at a very different time for the cause of LGBTQ equality than when she took over the organization more than a decade ago.
It was 2010, amid a growing push across the country to ban same-sex marriage. Nearly 30 states had done so by statewide vote in the preceding few years.
"They were just passing everywhere," Meyer recalled. Then, ten years ago next week, Minnesota Republicans used new House and Senate majorities to put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the statewide ballot. "We were very aware of how difficult it was going to be," Meyer said.