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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 15, 2018
TODAY — HRC ON THE GROUND IN CHICAGO FOR MARIE NEWMAN: HRC President Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) is in Chicago joining NARAL President Ilyse Hogue (@ilyseh) to mobilize HRC members to get out the vote for Marie Newman (@Marie4Congress) — the pro-equality champion Illinois deserves.
The people of #IL03 have a progressive champion in @Marie4Congress, who will fight for the #LGBTQ community and women’s rights in the U.S. House Representatives. Be sure to head to the polls and vote on March 20. �� pic.twitter.com/un81u2wx4D
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 15, 2018
CONOR LAMB WINS PENNSYLVANIA SPECIAL ELECTION:
Pennsylvania voters have rejected the politics of hate and anti-equality candidates like Rick Saccone. Throughout this crucial special election, @HRC mobilized our thousands of members and supporters in the district to help send Rick Saccone packing. t.co/lGb7hTExqH
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 14, 2018
STUDENTS WALK OUT NATIONWIDE TO PROTEST GUN VIOLENCE: HRC supports common-sense gun violence prevention measures, including limiting access to assault-style rifles, expanding background checks, and limiting the ability for suspected terrorists, and those with a history of domestic abuse to access guns. More from The New York Times and Reuters.
These young people are showing more courage than @realDonaldTrump and many lawmakers in Washington. They are determined, organized, and ready to change the world. t.co/gLLkXYrjIs
— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) March 14, 2018
- HRC and other LGBTQ groups will join student-advocates at March 24’s March For Our Lives. More from Washington Blade.
THANKFUL THURSDAY: Yesterday, during an appearance on The View, openly lesbian director, actor and trailblazer Lena Waithe (@LenaWaithe) said of being an LGBTQ person of color: “We have to be a bit of a beacon of light for those young kids of color who are wondering like, ‘Am I weird?’ ‘Is something wrong with me?’ ‘What quality of life might I have?’” More from The View.
#JUSTICE FOR KENNE — MURDER CASE OF TEXAS TRANS WOMAN DISMISSED: Mark Daniel Lewis was accused of manslaughter in the death of Kenne McFadden, but charges were dismissed during Lewis’s probation revocation hearing last week. HRC was on the ground with allied groups in San Antonio, including the San Antonio Gender Association (SAGA), the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) and Equality Texas, calling for justice for Kenne. More from KSAT and The Daily Beast.
HRC ON THE GROUND TO PROTECT MARYLAND’S LGBTQ YOUTH: This week, HRC joined advocates from FreeState Justice to advocate for two important pieces of proposed legislation that seek to protect LGBTQ youth across Maryland — the Youth Mental Health Protection Act and the Ending Youth Homelessness Act of 2018. More from HRC.
.@HRC is in Annapolis today with @FreeStateLGBTQ and partners from around #Maryland to lobby in support of #HB902 & #SB1028, two bills that would protect #LGBTQ youth from so-called “conversion therapy.” #MDPolitics #MDGA18 pic.twitter.com/bBzThA8Kf2
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) March 13, 2018
CALIFORNIA PROPOSAL WOULD CLASSIFY SO-CALLED “CONVERSION THERAPY” A FRAUD: The proposal would bring conversion therapy under the state’s consumer-protection laws and allow individuals to sue practitioners. More from Courthouse News Service.
NAT GEO ACKNOWLEDGES RACIST PAST IN POWERFUL PIECE FROM EIC: Nat Geo Editor in Chief Susan Goldberg (@susangoldberg) writes, “[W]e have a duty, in every story, to present accurate and authentic depictions — a duty heightened when we cover fraught issues such as race.” More from Nat Geo.
MORNING MUST WATCH FROM THEM ON OLYMPIAN GUS KENWORTHY: Kenworthy (@guskenworthy)is an inspiration to millions of people everywhere. This is why are so proud to have honored Kenworthy with the HRC Visibility Award last year. Watch Gus’ inspiring story from them.
UTAH PARADE FUNDING ON HOLD AFTER ORGANIZERS EXCLUDED AN LGBTQ ORG: The Utah County Commission is holding back a $113,00 payment to America’s Freedom Festival after it denied a Provo-based LGBTQ youth organization permission to march. More from The Daily Herald.
FRAMINGHAM (MA) PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADOPTS TRANS-INCLUSIVE ATHLETICS POLICY: More from The Metrowest Daily News.
A TRANS MAN’S JOURNEY TO FIND AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE IN PENNSYLVANIA: More from WESA.
- The Trump-Pence administration wants to make this process even more difficult with the creation of the HHS so-called “Department of Conscience” designed to give health care providers a license to discriminate. More from Rewire.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN BAINBRIDGE ISLAND (WA) WOULD MAKE SINGLE-STALL RESTROOMS UNGENDERED: More from the Bainbridge Island Review.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
SAME-SEX ADOPTION LEGAL THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA: The Northern Territory legalized adoption by same-sex couples, making it the last territory in Australia to do so. More from Gay Times.
MEET THE LGBTQ ACTIVISTS FIGHTING KENYA’S LAW CRIMINALIZING SAME-SEX ACTS: They include HRC Global Innovator Njeri Gateru, the cofounder and head of legal at the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. More from BuzzFeed.
PRINCE WILLIAM SPEAKS IN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL LGBTQ EQUAILTY ON COMMONWEALTH DAY: More from Pink News.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
Cosmopolitan interviews 18 bisexual women on their coming out process; Out Magazine praises Asian-American transgender actor Ian Alexander (@ianalexander) for his roles in The OA and Every Day; Reuters reports on a London performance art project to benefit LGBTQ people in Egypt
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