Carabinero anuncia que contraerá la union civil con su pareja del mismo sexo / @Movilh 2016
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Charles Barkley Speaks Out About North Carolina's HB2
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JOHN PENDAL – INTERNATIONAL MAN OF LEATHER
Saturday 2 July 2016, 8.30pm, FREE.
Bandit Mugger & Thief, One Canal Street, M1 3HE
This solo stand-up comedy show is the true story of how a shy Baptist boy from Watford became an unlikely international sex ambassador when he won the 25th annual International Mr Leather contest in Chicago in 2003. He set out to tour the world representing every kink and fetish – regardless of whether he liked them or not.
www.johnpendal.com/iml.html
This show is part of Greater Manchester Fringe 1-31 July 2016: www.greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk
15 Minutes Can Make A Big Difference For Transgender Equality
A simple conversation with an experienced canvasser can actually improve a voter’s support for transgender nondiscrimination protections.
The post 15 Minutes Can Make A Big Difference For Transgender Equality appeared first on ThinkProgress.
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UNC President Orders Campuses to Discriminate Against Transgender Students
Today, HRC blasted University of North Carolina (UNC) President Margaret Spellings for ordering all campuses in the UNC system to discriminate against transgender students by forcing them to use restrooms and other facilities inconsistent with their gender identity. In a memo to UNC chancellors, Spellings – a former Department of Education secretary under President George W. Bush, who has gained attention for her anti-LGBT positions – directs the university system to violate federal law and instead comply with the discriminatory provisions contained in the radical HB 2 signed into law by Governor McCrory.
“This decision by UNC President Margaret Spellings not only inflicts real harm on transgender students in the UNC system, but also risks all federal funding flowing to the university, including federal student loans and grants to the thousands of students attending the state’s 17 campuses,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “All students have a right to learn without fear of discrimination, and President Spellings has an obligation to protect them. We urge her to reverse this decision, and stand up to the bullies who are targeting students simply for who they are.”
North Carolina educational institutions that comply with the law will now be in direct violation of Title IX, subjecting those educational institutions (including primary and secondary schools as well as universities) to massive liability and putting an estimated $4.5 billion of federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education, as well as funding received by schools from other federal agencies, at risk. This section of HB 2 offers costly supposed solutions to non-existent problems, and it forces schools to choose between complying with federal law — plus doing the right thing for their students — or complying with a state law that violates students’ civil rights. Read more about how this bill puts federal funding at risk here.
In addition to writing anti-transgender discrimination into law for schools, HB 2 also requires discrimination in access to restroom and locker room facilities in all buildings owned by the state or public entities, including airports, convention centers, and other publicly-owned buildings. HB 2 also eliminated existing municipal non-discrimination protections for LGBT people and prevents such protections from being passed by cities in the future.
Gov. McCrory and state lawmakers have been coming under increasingly intense pressure to repeal the discriminatory law in the upcoming legislative session later this month.Because of Governor McCrory’s failed leadership, North Carolina is now facing economic fallout inflicted on the state by anti-equality activists. Over 130 major business leaders have signed onto a letter urging North Carolina to repeal that discriminatory law in the upcoming legislative session later this month.
South Carolina legislature targets trans people with new public accommodations bill
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In South Carolina, Senator Lee Bright has introduced a bill, S 1203 to the Senate floor that seeks to limit the rights of the Palmetto state’s transgender community. A hearing before the Senate General Subcommittee on the bill has been scheduled for April 13.
South Carolina’s WISTV reports:
An Upstate senator has introduced a bill largely mirroring North Carolina’s controversial law blocking local governments from passing anti-discrimination ordinances covering the use of public bathrooms by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
Sen. Lee Bright brought S. 1203 to the Senate floor on Wednesday, which is says is essentially the same bill as North Carolina’s HB2.
“I’ve about had enough of this,” Bright said. “I mean, years ago we kept talking about tolerance, tolerance, and tolerance, and now they want men who claim to be women to be able to go into bathrooms with children. And you got corporations who say this is okay.”
In the same speech, the elected official called trans people “pedophiles” and said multi-gender bathrooms are “just beyond [him].”
Think Progress breaks down the bill’s reach, explaining:
S. 1203 would do three things: it would ban municipalities from establishing protections that would allow transgender people to use bathrooms, it would ban any state building from allowing transgender people to access sex-designated restrooms, and it would ban schools from allowing transgender people to access sex-designated restrooms.
You can read the short but pervasively harmful bill here in its entirety here, but this is not Senator Bright’s first outlandish proposal. His public statements, authored bills, and voting record show a history of discrimination against women and Muslims.
Governor Nikki Haley (R) has spoken against bill S 1203, saying it is unnecessary. The state’s Democratic Party Chairman, Jaime Harrison, also released a statement about the bill’s discriminatory and unwelcome nature. Harrison also calls on the South Carolina’s Republican Party to stand against discrimination. Hear their statements in the video below:
wistv.com – Columbia, South Carolina
Zeke Stokes, GLAAD’s Vice President of Programs, spoke against S 1203 in a statement: “As a native South Carolinian, it’s disheartening to see my home state seek to discriminate against friends and family, about whom I care so deeply. Governor Nikki Haley is exactly right when she says this bill is unnecessary. South Carolina legislators must protect all South Carolinians and stop this senseless attack on our LGBT neighbors.”
LGBT southerners and their allies have taken to social media as well to say “no” to S 1203:
Shame on @leebright for introducing a mean & economically reckless #S1203 against #transgender people #KeepSCfair #WeAreNotThis #SCtweets
— Ryan C. Wilson (@EqualityPrius) April 6, 2016
I’m ready to March against Lee Bright’s hate #s1203 #scstrong t.co/COCoIhOUik
— Connie Bacon (@womandeville) April 6, 2016
If you support #S1203 & are sitting in office now, the tide might change for you next term. #NOtoS1203 #SenatorLeeBright #queervotescount
— Chelle (@_runfatgirlrun) April 6, 2016
@leebright attempts to oppress our liberty and safety… again. Bc “family values.” #S1203 #TransLivesMatter
— jay (@jayemery_) April 7, 2016
GLAAD has been speaking out against discriminatory laws in several states, including most recently Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Dakota. GLAAD’s resource, “Debunking the ‘Bathroom Bills Myth‘” is a valuable resource for journalists and everyday people to understand the importance and impact of nondiscrimination bills, and ways to debunk falsehoods that often are raised in opposition to such bills. . GLAAD is calling on media, both in South Carolina and nationally, to ask media to hold promoters of such discriminatory bills as S 1203 accountable for false claims they have made.
LGBT advocates and media figures can also find background information about the LGBT community in South Carolina through GLAAD’s guidebook on the state. GLAAD developed the resource with SC Equality.
www.glaad.org/blog/south-carolina-legislature-targets-trans-people-new-public-accommodations-bill
Doctors Speak Out for Trans Youth
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Watch: New Honey Maid Commercial Shares Heartwarming Story of Acceptance
Honey Maid’s newest commercial is a heartwarming story of acceptance, sharing the story of a father and his gay son in a new ad in Spanish.
“I did not know your partner would be a man. It was a shock,” the older man says. “I thought I had lost my son, but now, I realize I have two.”
The ad also features the man’s partner and their children, showing the family together at a park.
“I think any child would be lucky to have two dads like you,” he continues.
The ad is one of several from the company that features same-sex parents and LGBTQ families as part of the company’s “This is Wholesome” campaign.
Mondelez International Inc., which owns Honey Maid, received a 100 on HRC Foundation’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to LGBTQ employees.
Watch the ad below and to learn more about the CEI, click here.
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