The Human Rights Campaign has announced the launch of the “American Dreams Tour: Equality Across America.” Beginning July 30 in Columbus, OH, and running through November, the tour will travel across the country to mostly red and purple states, including Georgia, to amplify LGBTQ+ stories, address HIV and healthcare realities for the community, and chart a path toward equality.
“The American dream has never belonged to just one kind of person. It’s been built by people who dared to demand more—by women who marched, by workers who organized, by Black folks who bled for freedom, and by LGBTQ+ people who refused to disappear,” said Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights Campaign Foundation. “And every time this country tried to erase us, we rebuilt something stronger—with our stories, our truth, and our refusal to be silent.”
Each stop on the tour will feature training by HRC Foundation’s “Voices for Equality” storytelling program to help people harness their personal experiences as tools for change – whether speaking with their neighbors, engaging with lawsmakers, and posting on social media. This initiative will be accompanied by HRC’s new YouTube series, “Our American Dreams” that will capture the stories from the tour and around the country, rooted in LGBTQ+ joy and resilience.
The tour will anchor in six major cities, stopping in Atlanta from Oct. 11 through 12, aligning with Atlanta Pride:
Columbus, OH: July 30-31
Las Vegas, NV: Aug. 23
Washington, D.C.: Sept. 13
Dallas, TX: Sept. 19-20
Atlanta, GA: Oct. 11-12
Nashville, TN: Oct. 15-16
The “American Dreams Tour” comes amid a wave of attacks on LGBTQ+ people across the country, including bans on gender-affirming care, curriculum censorship, anti-transgender legislation, and HIV funding cuts. Through the tour and HRC’s “One Million Voices for Equality” campaign, the organization hopes to harness the power of storytelling to shift narratives, expand support, and change policy.
“For half a century, our movement has changed hearts and minds with our stories – Harvey Milk in the Castro, Pedro Zamora in the Real World, trans youth and parents coming forward in statehouses across the country,” Robinson said. “When people know who we really are, everything changes. This tour is about reclaiming that legacy. We’re traveling to the places where harm is happening—and where hope is rising. We’re showing up for communities who’ve been told they don’t belong and reminding them, and the country, that they are the American dream.”
To learn more about the American Dreams Tour, visit americandreamshrc.org.