LGBT groups are circulating caucus resolutions they hope will make political parties more inclusive.

The Stonewall DFL, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor LGBT caucus, is circulating a gender inclusion resolution for the Tuesday night caucuses. The resolution aims to make the party’s gender parity system more inclusive.

The DFL party rules requires balanced power between males and females in party leadership. The Stonewall DFL resolution recognizes that that binary can leave people who don’t identify as male or female out of the process. The resolution states:

Whereas the DFL seeks to be inclusive of all people
Whereas the DFL has Constitutional Bylaws to intentionally maintain balanced leadership and power between males and females
Whereas the DFL adopted the Equal Gender Division Clause “Whenever any caucus, convention, or meeting elects two or more of any of the following: delegates, alternates, directors, committee members, their alternates, commission members, their alternates and state level presidential electors; equal division by gender shall apply, unless the election is uncontested” to ensure males and females are equally represented at any caucus, convention or meeting
Whereas not all persons identify as male or female
Whereas gender is not exclusively male or female but exists on a spectrum

Therefore let it be resolved that:
The DFL adopts policies that recognize, and are inclusive of, all self-identified gender identities.

If supported at the caucuses, the resolution could become party policy.

OutFront Minnesota also has a series of resolutions including eliminating the ban on gender confirmation procedures in public insurance programs, advancing safe schools, passing comprehensive sex education, increasing funding for HIV/AIDS prevention, banning licensed professionals from conducting conversion therapy, and increasing the minimum wage.

Here are copies of those resolutions:

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