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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: October 29, 2018
NEVER IN OUR LIFETIME HAS AN ELECTION BEEN MORE IMPORTANT: Bombs mailed to Trump critics. Black customers targeted at a Kentucky grocery store after a failed attack on a Black church. Eleven people — including a prominent HIV specialist — killed at a Pittsburgh synagogue. All this past week. We must hold accountable those who fan the flames of hate through their words — or their silence. Make your voice heard. #TurnOut on November 6. More from HRC.
Your vote is your voice. Use it to speak up for a more equal America. Vote for @StaceyAbrams on November 6. #gapol #gagov #TeamAbrams t.co/JHpdNpaaIg pic.twitter.com/BcSjd96mdp
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) October 28, 2018
#TurnOUT — JUST EIGHT DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY:
- HRC President Chad Griffin hit the campaign trail in Minnesota in support of pro-equality champions U.S. Sen Tina Smith (@TinaSmithMN), and congressional candidates Angie Craig (@AngieCraigMN), Dean Phillips (@deanbphillips) and Dan Feehan (@danielfeehan). The @HRC team is working to #turnout the vote for them and others up and down the ballot.
- Over the weekend, Griffin also joined @RepJeffries and the HRC team in #NJ03 to #TurnOUT #EqualityVoters for pro-equality champion @AndyKimNJ.
- Former President Jimmy Carter has called on Georgia gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp to resign as secretary of state due to Kemp’s alleged role in recent reports of voter suppression. More from The Associated Press.
- What’s at stake for the LGBTQ community this election: Read Maya Salam’s (@Maya__Salam) piece in The New York Times.
- Los Angeles Blade’s Karen Ocamb (@KarenOcamb) interviews HRC-endorsed U.S. congressional candidate Katie Porter. More from Los Angeles Blade.
- ICYMI — Natalie Portman joins HRC in Texas to mobilize voters for MJ Hegar.
Actor Natalie Portman joined @HRC members, supporters and volunteers in #TX31 today to knock on doors and mobilize #EqualityVoters for pro-equality leader @mjhegar.
Find your early voting site and make a plan to #TurnOUT and elect Hegar → t.co/qylBC7pPYk pic.twitter.com/xYbYdPc2aO
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) October 25, 2018
#WEWONTBEERASED — TRANS YOUTH SPEAK OUT AGAINST TRUMP-PENCE PLAN TO GUT PROTECTIONS:
- Brandon Adams, a trans teen from Framingham, Massachusetts, calls on his state to vote ‘YES’ on Proposition 3 to protect nondiscrimination protections for trans people in the face of the Trump-Pence memo. More from USA Today.
- Kasen Ford was 12 when he — along with his mom — sat down for an interview with StoryCorps about being transgender. Listen at NPR.
- Rideshare company Lyft has reaffirmed its dedication to transgender equality:
Today we’re proud to stand with @TransEquality providing free rides to support their important work, and reaffirming our commitment to equality & inclusion. And thanks to @Lyft passengers for donating $1.5M to @HRC (Human Rights Campaign) through Round Up & Donate!
— johnzimmer (@johnzimmer) October 26, 2018
AND IN MASSACHUSETTS — BOSTON’S MAYOR HOLDS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF TRANS RIGHTS: On Nov. 6, Massachusetts voters will decide the fate of a non-discrimination law that protects transgender people in public spaces. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed the non-discrimination bill into law in July 2016, and it went into effect in October 2016. Opponents of equality used anti-transgender tactics and messages to get Question 3, which would repeal these non-discrimination protections, on the ballot this election. More from WHDH.
MUST WATCH MONDAY — TYLER OAKLEY HONORED AT HRC’S TWIN CITIES GALA:
.@HRC was proud to honor @tyleroakley with the Visibility Award at the Twin Cities Gala, where he highlighted the diversity of the #LGBTQ community and the importance of amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. pic.twitter.com/2M30D5NGRs
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) October 26, 2018
ARREST IN SOUTH CAROLINA AFTER ANTI-LGBTQ BOMB THREAT: Jonathan Logan-Guy Radford was charged after allegedly posting that he had made a bomb and planned to target LGBTQ students at his high school. More from WIS News.
RALLY TO SUPPORT TRANSGENDER INMATES IN PITTSBURGH: The rally drew attention to the discriminatory practice of placing transgender women in men’s jails, putting them in danger of physical or sexual violence. More from David Highfield (@DavidHighfield) at CBS Pittsburgh.
PAUL MART, CO-FOUNDER OF GAY GAMES, PASSES AWAY AT 100: More from The Bay Area Reporter.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
KENYAN HIGH COURT TO RULE ON COLONIAL-ERA LAW BANNING SAME-SEX RELATIONS BETWEEN CONSENTING MEN: More from Gay Star News.
HORRIFYING — ANTI-LGBTQ GRAFFITI ON HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN TEL AVIV: The memorial honors the LGBTQ victims of the Holocaust. More from Pink News.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
Passport Magazine previews the November 3 Black Tie Dinner in Dallas; Evening Standard shares a conversation between openly gay actors Sir Ian McKellen and George Shelley; BBC reports penguin couple Sphen and Magic have become fathers as their foster egg has hatched; Times Union sits down with Stuart Milk, nephew of Harvey Milk; The New York Times explores single-fatherhood for gay and bisexual men; Arizona Capitol Times interviews openly transgender judge Tracey Nadzieja; INTO reports that a trans flag with the words “Trans People Deserve to Live” was unfurled from a balcony by the Trans Latin@ Coalition during the World Series.
Come through Dodger fans ������������ #TransRightsAreHumanRights #worldseries pic.twitter.com/4nnCFW7Nsg
— INTO (@Into) October 29, 2018
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