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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: July 31, 2019
TODAY — HRC JOINS DNC AT LGBTQ COMMUNITY BREAKFAST AHEAD OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN DETROIT: Representatives from HRC, the DNC and the local Detroit LGBTQ community will discuss priority issues facing LGBTQ people, including fighting discrimination on the federal and state level, preventing HIV and working to end violence against the LGBTQ people — and specifically trans women of color. More here.
REPORT FROM NYC MEDICAL EXAMINER — TRANSGENDER WOMAN HELD IN SOLITARY AT RIKERS ISLAND DIED DUE TO SEIZURES CAUSED BY EPILEPSY: Says Layleen Polcano’s lawyer in a written statement yesterday, her epilepsy “was well-known to DOC and she suffered multiple seizures on Rikers. On 5/30, a jail doctor approved her placement in punitive segregation, despite her epilepsy. That became her death warrant.” Read more at Gay City News and NY Daily News.
HRC RESPONDS TO TRUMP’S VISIT TO JAMESTOWN,VA.: “Two years after his ‘both sides’ comments about Charlottesville, President Trump and Virginia’s Republican legislative leadership couldn’t be more in sync — both in terms of policy and rhetoric,” said HRC National Press Secretary for Campaigns Lucas Acosta (@LucasRAcosta). “Since then, Trump has tried to divide Virginians with his continued attacks on LGBTQ people, people of color and working families.” More from WTVR.
- While many Democrats boycotted the Trump event, Virginia Del. Danica Roem (@pwcdanica) says she chose to attend with Austyn Higgs, a trans woman of color and health care advocate from Richmond, to “have a presence to promote a narrative of inclusion and to counter the ‘vitriol and division’ going on at the national level,” reports the Prince William Times.
WHAT WE’RE READING WEDNESDAY — GOLFER AND ACTIVIST TADD FUJIKAWA (@TADD_FUJIKAWA) RECEIVES HRC VISIBILITY AWARD: “I know that when I was struggling with my own sexuality and coming to terms with that, seeing other people sharing their truth, being authentic and sharing their story really, really helped me and gave me hope,” Fujikawa told HRC. “It made me feel that I wasn’t alone — and that’s the main reason why I came out. I wanted to do the same thing for others and pass it on.” More from HRC.
Athlete and activist @Tadd_Fujikawa became the first male professional golfer to come out as gay to help others by being visibile. @HRC was honored to present him with the HRC Visibility Award. t.co/rl82J2wFtL
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) July 30, 2019
WOMP WOMP! ANTI-LGBTQ VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS TRY, FAIL TO CENSURE ONE OF THEIR OWN FOR OFFICIATING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CEREMONY: The doomed motion had been introduced in the 5th Congressional District Republican Committee to express formal disapproval of Rep. Denver Riggleman’s (R-VA) act for “failing to uphold the Republican Party platform” on same-sex marriage. More from NBC.
LOOKING ACROSS FAITH, A PUSH FOR LGBTQ INCLUSION CONTINUES INSIDE THE CHURCH: More from Jackson, Mississippi’s WLBT.
HRC RESPONDS TO SEPARATION OF CHILDREN FROM PARENTS WITH HIV AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER: Said David Stacy (@david_stacy), HRC Director of Government Affairs: “It is illegal under federal law to use HIV status as a bar to entry into the United States and should never be used as a reason to separate families. The cruelty of the Trump-Pence Administration knows no bounds.” More from Washington Blade.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
LESBIAN WOMAN DEPORTED TO UGANDA FACES DIFFICULTIES RETURNING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM: PN, whose full name cannot be disclosed, sought asylum in the U.K. on the basis of her sexual orientation, but was sent back to Uganda. Read more from Independent.
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED AFTER ATTACK ON A TEENAGER LAST WEEK OUTSIDE A TEL AVIV LGBTQ YOUTH HOSTEL: More from The Times of Israel.
LGBTQ CELEBRITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON UK GOVERNMENT TO REFORM GENDER IDENTITY LAWS: Advocates sent a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson noting that the U.K. was “lagging behind” other countries “in terms of legal equality for trans and non-binary people.” More from BBC.
TRANSGENDER ASYLUM SEEKERS TO LOSE LEGAL PROTECTIONS POST-BREXIT: “The protection of trans rights, currently enshrined in E.U. laws and treaties, is set to be dismantled once Britain leaves the union,” writes Maddie Grounds from Immigration Advice Services (@iasimmigration) in an oped. More from Openly.
HORRIBLE — RUSSIA SEPARATES CHILDREN FROM SAME-SEX PARENTS UNDER ‘LGBTQ PROPAGANDA’ LAW: More from LGBTQ Nation.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
Outsports reports on openly gay Australian rugby player Simon Dunn (@BySimonDunn) fighting back against anti-LGBTQ online comments; U.S. Soccer announces that Jill Ellis (@USWNT), who led the U.S. Women’s National Team to historic back-to-back FIFA Women’s World Cup titles, plans to step down as head coach.
For everything she has done and everything she has meant to this program we say, THANK YOU ❤️
Jill Ellis will step down as #USWNT head coach in October.#ThankYouJill: t.co/5I3dwtQXIo pic.twitter.com/QkCAkMItQj
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 30, 2019
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