The Christopher Street Project, a hybrid PAC and nonprofit named for the New York street that’s home to the Stonewall Inn, is aiming to be Washington’s first electoral organization dedicated solely to electing pro-trans Democrats to Congress.

The group says its launch, announced this week, is a response to a rising tide of rhetoric and legislation targeting transgender Americans and Democrats’ disconnected response to attacks on trans rights that are led disproportionately by Republicans, according to the group’s founder, 19-year-old Tyler Hack.

The organization, Hack said, will fill a critical gap left by national LGBTQ rights groups that decline or hesitate to call out Democrats for their votes or lackluster defense of the community.

“There’s no one giving Democrats their talking points right now and coordinating specifically on trans issues with the lens that we're focused on,” Hack said in an interview. “At the same time, we are also an electoral organization, and we understand the power of electoral politics.”

Hack said the Christopher Street Project is already gearing up for the 2026 elections, and the group will spend most of its energy over the next two years making sure that incumbent Democrats who support trans-inclusive policies are reelected.

Democrats who fail to protect transgender Americans against legislative attacks will “hear from their voters directly,” said Hack, a former campaign staffer for New York Democrats, and the group is prepared to organize against Democrats who vote against trans rights and mobilize voters to unseat them.

“Voters having another option other than an anti-trans Democrat in some particular races is going to be a........

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