Project Voices

To bring a greater awareness to domestic violence within the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities.

Explanation of what we are:
Project Voices began in the summer of 2008 as a special project of the Anti-Violence Program of OutFront Minnesota. After a collaboration of ideas regarding anti-violence work, this program was started because we think people need to know that domestic violence exists within the LGBT community and that our voices are powerful tools to making program and policy changes. You can help this movement by telling your own story. Project Voices will be collecting 200 stories from people across the country with the end goal of publishing these stories into one book. It is our hope that this project will bring to light the direct experiences of LGBT survivors.

“The reality of same-sex domestic violence also reflects the need within our own community to break the silence…it’s also vital to ensure that the voices of victims and survivors are heard, believed, and supported.”

Rebecca Waggoner Kloek
Anti-Violence Program Manager, OutFront Minnesota

• Help domestic violence survivors find their own paths to healing and empowerment
• Collect 200 stories from LGBT domestic violence survivors from Minnesota and other cities across the country
• Raise $35,000 to continue and complete the project by the end of 2010
• Publish selected stories in a book dedicated to the experiences of LGBT domestic violence survivors

If you wish to support this project, you can make an online donation at www.outfront.org, please make sure to denote that it is intended for Project Voices or by sending your donation to:

Project Voices/OutFront Minnesota
310 38th St East #204
Minneapolis, MN 55409-1337