London Gay Men’s Chorus Sings ‘Beautifully Moving’ Tribute to Gay Men Murdered in Soho Nail Bomb Attack 20 Years Ago: WATCH

The London Gay Men’s Chorus this week sang outside the Admiral Duncan pub in the city’s Soho district to remember the nail bomb attack on April 30, 1999 which killed three people and injured 79 others.

The blast happened at the busy pub in the center of London’s very gay neighborhood at the start of a holiday weekend. Activist Peter Tatchell, spokesman for the gay rights group OutRage!, said at the time: “A lot of gay people saw the Old Compton Street area as a safe haven.They felt able to relax and hold hands without fear of attack. This outrage has destroyed that cosy assumption.”

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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: May 3, 2019

TRUMP-PENCE ADMIN ALLOWS MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO DENY LIFESAVING CARE TO LGBTQ PEOPLE: The final version of this regulation that would allow medical providers to cite their personal beliefs in refusing to provide a broad spectrum of services — including lifesaving care for LGBTQ patients. “The Trump-Pence administration’s latest attack threatens LGBTQ people by permitting medical providers to deny critical care based on personal beliefs,” said HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy (@David_Stacy). “The administration’s decision puts LGBTQ people at greater risk of being denied necessary and appropriate health care solely based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Everyone deserves access to medically necessary care and should never be turned away because of who they are or who they love.” More from HRC and The Washington Blade.

2/2 This could be especially dangerous for trans & non-binary people.

Being denied critically necessary transition-related care extends & exasperates increased incidences of depression & substance abuse, as well as health complications caused by delaying care. #putpatientsfirst

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) May 2, 2019

LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE FEDERAL BILL TO PROTECT LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM HOUSING DISCRIMINATION: The bipartisan bill would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the currently protected characteristics in the Fair Housing Act — a key part of efforts to pass the Equality Act. More from ABC 13.

FEEL GOOD FRIDAY — POWERFUL MOMENT IN SUPERGIRL FEATURES SUPERHERO CHARACTER COMING OUT AS TRANSGENDER: Nia Nal, aka Dreamer, is played by openly transgender actress Nicole Maines (@NicoleAMaines). Watch here.

Proud of all that she is. Stream the latest episode: t.co/TupMqTZ2Oa #Supergirl pic.twitter.com/hNAuq4NOgF

— Supergirl (@TheCWSupergirl) May 1, 2019

STATE LEGISLATION ROUNDUP:

• Last night, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a piece of legislation into law that unfairly targets transgender people.
• Earlier this week,  Republican Senate leadership in the Iowa legislature added discriminatory, harmful language to the state’s Health and Human Services Department funding bill, which has now been sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature. More from HRC and Rewire.
• A Texas bill would add gender identity to the list of protected classes in the state’s hate crimes laws. The law already has sexual orientation as a protected class. More from FOX 26 Houston.

HRC PRESIDENT CHAD GRIFFIN TO RECEIVE CHAIRPERSON’S AWARD FROM THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS: “Chad has been a strong and strategic leader in the fight for LGBTQ equality and a bridge-builder across movements,” said Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR), president and CEO of The Leadership Conference. “Under Chad’s leadership, HRC has grown into a powerhouse that has helped accelerate the pace of progress toward LGBTQ equality and fend off attacks on our fundamental civil rights.” More here.

TREVOR PROJECT’S TEXT AND CHAT RESOURCE FOR LGBTQ YOUTH WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE 24/7: The organization is partnering with Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) on the announcement. More from Campaign Live.

RETIRED BAPTIST MINISTER PENS POWERFUL OPED ON NEED FOR LGBTQ ACCEPTANCE IN THE CHURCH: More from USA Today.

NEW NIELSEN DATA SHOWS ENTERTAINMENT TRENDS FOR LGBTQ FAMILIES: More from The New York Times.

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

SCOTLAND TO ADD VOLUNTARY QUESTION ON GENDER IDENTITY TO NEXT CENSUS: More from The Scotsman.

UNITED KINGDOM OPENS FIRST PERMANENT HOMELESS SHELTER FOR LGBTQ COMMUNITY: More from BBC.

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

The Californian explores the Salinas Union High School District’s new LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum; Daily Interlake reports on a recent vote of the Kalispell ImagineIF Library Board of Trustees to keep an LGBTQ-inclusive book on the shelf, despite pushback from anti-LGBTQ activists; The New York Times profiles transgender comedian Patti Harrison (@Party_Harderson)

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‘Russian Agent’ Glenn Greenwald Ripped for Tucker Carlson Appearance Siding with Bill Barr, Trump on ‘Hoax’ Assertions: WATCH

The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald was blasted on Twitter Thursday night after an appearance with white supremacist Tucker Carlson on FOX News slamming Democrats for trying to get to the bottom of Russian interference in the U.S. election.

Said Greenwald: “The Democrats have put all their eggs in one basket, which is that they’ve insisted the central theme of the Trump presidency is that he was a Russia agent who collaborated with the Kremlin in the election, and they all agreed that Robert Mueller was going to be empowered to get to the bottom of this, and we were all going to accept whatever it was that Mueller found. And what Mueller found was that the entire conspiracy theory was a hoax. That there was no evidence to establish that it was true.”

Added Greenwald: “I think the reason that you’re seeing so much intense rage toward Bill Barr is that they know what he’s now going to do, which is what journalists should be doing and at least some of us are, which is asking the question … how is it that our discourse has been drowned out by a conspiracy theory as inflammatory and dangerous as you can possibly get, that turned out to be totally untrue?”

“They led their flock to believe for so long,” Greenwald added. “Cable networks profited from it. And now it’s kind of like the apocalyptic leader of a doomsday cult who keeps promising the world’s going to end on a certain date and then the date comes and the world still goes.”

If you still take this guy seriously, seek help pic.twitter.com/lGhsLiy4UH

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2019

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‘Russian Agent’ Glenn Greenwald Ripped for Tucker Carlson Appearance Siding with Bill Barr, Trump on ‘Hoax’ Assertions: WATCH

18 LGBTQ Films to Check Out at L.A.’s Asian Pacific Film Festival

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