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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: June 25, 2019
TODAY — MARKING SIX YEARS SINCE SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER DECISION: On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to civil rights in Shelby County v. Holder by striking down a key provision in the Voting Right Act (VRA). More from HRC.
Six years after #SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, @HRC joins with our partners across movements in urging Congress to #RestoreTheVote. Expanding access to the ballot box & protecting our democracy are central to the fight for full equality. t.co/l8struR303
— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) June 24, 2019
HRC JOINS ACTIVISTS IN LETTER TO SEC OF STATE MIKE POMPEO ASSERTING STATE DEPARTMENT “HAS ABANDONED FULL SUPPORT OF LGBTI PEOPLE”: “We cannot but conclude that you and the president have embarked on a clear-cut effort to undermine LGBTI progress at home and disavow LGBTI populations abroad,” the letter says. More from The Washington Blade.
TUESDAY TWEET — JOIN HRC IN STOPPING HHS PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ENDANGER LGBTQ HEALTH CARE: A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal seeks to strip away explicit health care protections on the basis of gender identity, effectively targeting transgender and gender non-conforming people’s access to critical care. More from HRC.
.@HHSgov seeks to rip away health care protections on the basis of gender identity. This is not only discriminatory, but against the public health & mission of HHS.
Share your comment & tell them discrimination in health care is wrong. #ProtectOurHealth t.co/yOORArVnCt pic.twitter.com/XZQUM7RCVF
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) June 24, 2019
NEW REPORT SPOTLIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING LGBTQ COLORADANS: The Colorado Health Foundation (@COHealthFDN) finds that LGTBQ Coloradans face challenges when it comes to financial stability, mental health and substance use issues. More from Public News Service.
PRIDE MONTH ROUNDUP
IN USA TODAY — “WHY WE OWE PRIDE TO BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN”: “Black transgender women deserve credit for the state of LGBTQ progress today,” writes Rasha Ali (@RashaFierce) and David Oliver (@doliver8) in an oped. Read more in USA Today.
#SLIDEFORPRIDE — AKA HAVING FUN WHILE DOING GOOD: Tinder is partnering with HRC and asking participants to email their senators urging support for the Equality Act. More from Bustle and Pix11.
Hey NYC. Head to Flatiron Plaza today and #slideforpride! Each person who slides we will donate $10 to @HRC. Come slide! pic.twitter.com/TvSEqjQK3F
— Tinder (@Tinder) June 24, 2019
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OPENS NEW EXHIBIT, “ILLEGAL TO BE YOU: GAY HISTORY BEYOND STONEWALL”: More from New York Daily News.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
STRUGGLE AMONG PROGRESS — A GLOBAL REVIEW OF THE STATE OF LGBTQ EQUALITY IN THE PAST YEAR: From Taiwan legalizing same-sex marriage and India’s Supreme Court decriminalizing same-sex relations, to the ongoing systemic violence against LGBTQ people in Chechnya, J. Lester Feder (@jlfeder) provides the update at The New York Times.
“THEY CAME DURING THE NIGHT” — GAY MAN DESCRIBES HORRIFIC TORTURE IN CHECHNYA: “I don’t feel safe here at all,” said Ahmed. More from NBC.
UKRAINE LGBTQ PRIDE HAS HISTORIC TURNOUT, ENCOUNTERS PROTESTERS DURING PARADE: More from Pink News and Radio Free Europe.
- Georgia’s first Pride march called off amid political turmoil. More from Openly.
- Costa Rica celebrates Pride for first time since its courts legalized marriage equality. It’s the first country in Central American to recognize that right. More from Reuters.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
Mashable spotlights how Afro-Latinx artist and organizer Sage Grace Dolan-Sandrino (@graceadvocates) showcases activism through storytelling; My San Antonio shares list of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities; HuffPost shares ‘American Crime’ star Connor Jessup’s (@connorjessup) powerful coming out story
“If you’re gay, bi, trans, two-spirit or questioning, if you’re confused, if you’re in pain or you feel you’re alone, if you aren’t or you don’t: You make the world more surprising and bearable.”
Thank you @connorjessup for sharing your truth and inspiring other LGBTQ people.��️�� t.co/oOA7atEBH6
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) June 25, 2019
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