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The Lavender Leash Coalition

Who We Are

The Lavender Leash Coalition is a network of LGBTQI+ and allied animal welfare professionals and the organizations that support them. We're a community, a resource, and an accountability structure for a field that needs all three.We're building the kind of space where you can be fully yourself and fully professional at the same time, because those two things should never have to be separate.

Facts & Figures

The barrier isn't performance.
It's visibility.

36%

of LGBTQ+ workers are considering leaving their jobs in 2025, up from 21% the year before

WorkL · 2025

4 in 5

LGBTQ+ workers say anti-LGBTQ+ state laws would affect where they would take a job

Out & Equal

47%

of LGBTQ+ employees have experienced workplace discrimination or harassment at some point in their lives

Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law · 2024

1 in 4

LGBTQI+ adults reported experiencing workplace discrimination in 2024 alone

Center for American Progress / NORC at the University of Chicago · 2025

82%

of transgender employees have experienced workplace discrimination or harassment at work

Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law · 2024

90¢

earned by LGBTQ+ workers for every dollar their straight counterparts make, with trans women consistently earning the least across all intersecting communities

HRC Foundation

Anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in the US

Number of bills introduced per year, 2015–2025

Sources: Trans Legislation Tracker · ACLU Legislative Tracker · Erin Reed / Erin in the Morning
Note: earlier years (2015–2020) reflect estimates compiled across trackers using varying methodologies.

Join as a Member

Send us your name, your organization or role in animal care, and a little about why you'd like to join. We'll be in touch with access to our Discord community and details about our monthly calls. Membership is completely free and we don't solicit donations.

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Become a Partner

Partner organizations don't need to join Discord. Reach out and we'll send you a standing link to our monthly calls and everything you need to share the coalition with your staff and volunteers. Partnering is completely free and we don't solicit donations.

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Partners