Adam Rippon on the ‘Scary’ Need for the Equality Act: WATCH

Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon appears in a new video for the Human Rights Campaign pushing for passage of the Equality Act.

Says Rippon in the clip: “I live in Los Angeles, California now, but if I packed up my clothes and threw them in my car and drove all the way back to Scranton, Pennsylvania, I would travel through so many states and every state I would travel to, my rights and my protections would change, and that’s scary. When I think about the other LGBTQ+ people that live in those states, if there’s a fear that you can be discriminated against, and that it’s okay, that must be a big thing to live with every single day. It’s important we don’t forget them.”

Adds Rippon: “The message that this legislation really sends to young LGBTQ+ people is that your identity should never be something that you feel is gonna hold you back.”

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Adam Rippon on the ‘Scary’ Need for the Equality Act: WATCH

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 29, 2019

TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION PREPARES PROPOSAL DESIGNED TO ROLL BACK PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER PATIENTS: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is preparing a rule change to interpretation of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to remove explicit protections for LGBTQ people in healthcare programs and activities. More from The Washington Post and Politico.

IT IS BEYOND TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE: More from Los Angeles Blade and The Washington Post.

Six months after the Tree of Life attack in Pittsburgh and on the last day of Passover, this shooting at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue is a tragic reminder that hate is alive and well in America.

— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) April 27, 2019

MUST WATCH MONDAY — OLYMPIAN AND FIGURE SKATER ADAM RIPPON JOINS THE “AMERICANS FOR THE EQUALITY ACT” CAMPAIGN IN POWERFUL NEW VIDEO: “The message that this legislation really sends to young LGBTQ+ people is that your identity should never be something that you feel is gonna hold you back,” 29-year-old Rippon said. “That’s why we need to pass the Equality Act now.” The Americans for the Equality Act series, filmed by award-winning directors Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) and Paris Barclay (@Harparbar), launched with a debut video featuring Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field (@sally_field) and her son Sam Greisman (@SAMGREIS). Additional videos have included Shea Diamond (@iamsheadiamond) and Justina Machado (@JustinaMachado). More from Reuters.

• Rippon has also launched a YouTube channel. More from NewNowNext.

TEXANS — JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATION: SB 2485, SB2486 and SB 2487, three municipal preemption bills targeting non-discrimination ordinances, are scheduled for a hearing Wednesday, May 1, in the House State Affairs Committee. Find out three ways you can join the fight from HRC.

UNITED METHODIST COURT UPHOLD ITS BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND LGBTQ CLERGY: More from Religion News.

This ruling from The United Methodist Church’s Judicial Council is deeply disappointing for countless LGBTQ Methodists, including young people and their families, who are yearning for a welcoming church family. t.co/s6TCWhxQtU

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 26, 2019

NEW STUDY SHOWS NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO IDENTIFY AS BISEXUAL HAS TRIPLED IN PAST DECADE: “In recent years, progress on achieving LGBTQ equality, coupled with representation through celebrity coming out stories and positive bi characters in TV and film are giving people more comfort and safety in coming out as bisexual,” said Elliott Kozuch, HRC deputy press secretary (@ElliottKozuch). More from Daily Mail.

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

RECENTLY RELEASED HONDURAN TRANS WOMAN DETAINED BY ICE AGAIN: Nicole García Aguilar, who was released last week after a year of incarceration in immigration centers, has been detained again by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. More from The Guardian.

MORE THAN 150 SAME-SEX COUPLES WED ON FIRST DAY OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN TAIWAN: More from Gay Star News.

ITALY SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF GAY MAN SEEKING ASYLUM: More from Pink News.

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— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 29, 2019

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Intersectional Women’s Organization Aims to Mobilize the Majority

“Women are mad as hell, we are ready to take action, and we refuse to go backward,” says Black Lives Matter’s Alicia Garza, cofounder of the new group Supermajority.

www.advocate.com/politics/2019/4/28/intersectional-womens-organization-aims-mobilize-majority