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Salesforce Calls on Governor Deal to Keep Georgia Open for Business
Salesforce Calls on Governor Deal to Keep Georgia Open for Business
As the discriminatory HB 757 heads to the Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s desk, Salesforce is joining corporate leaders across the country in speaking out against the deplorable anti-LGBT legislation. The company announced today that it would substantially decrease its investment in Georgia should the bill become law. Their statement, which was released earlier this afternoon, reads:
“The legislation creates an environment of discrimination and makes the state of Georgia seem unwelcoming to same-sex couples and the LGBTQ community. We were encouraged by Governor Deal’s recent comments that he would veto any bill that allows the perception of discrimination and we are now calling on him to stand by his comments and move quickly to veto HB 757. If HB 757 is not vetoed and instead becomes law, Salesforce will have to reduce investments in Georgia, including moving the Salesforce Connections conference to a state that provides a more welcoming environment for the LGBTQ community.”
As it stands, this bill could allow a business owner or employee to refuse service to LGBT people. It could also undermine local non-discrimination ordinances that protect LGBT people, permit hospitals to refuse to provide medically necessary care and allow a taxpayer-funded service provider to discriminate by denying a job because of the applicant’s religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Governor Deal made clear weeks ago that he wouldn’t sign legislation that allows discrimination–now is the time for him to show Georgia and the nation that he means it. Take action now to urge Georgia Governor Deal to veto this bill.
Ambassador Samantha Power Addresses HRC Staff, Members and Supporters
Ambassador Samantha Power Addresses HRC Staff, Members and Supporters
Last weekend, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power delivered an impassioned keynote at HRC’s Spring Equality Convention. Ambassador Power is a strong advocate for equality and has often used her position to advance LGBT equality efforts.
The Ambassador’s remarks on Saturday provided the narrative of how LGBT rights have gained salience within the Obama Administration, beginning with President Obama’s Presidential Memorandum in 2011.
“(The memorandum) made the struggle to end discrimination against LGBTI persons a central part of our government’s efforts to promote human rights around the world,” she said. “From fighting the criminalization of LGBTI status; to directing significant resources to empowering LGBTI groups abroad; to responding swiftly and meaningfully when governments have repressed LGBTI rights.”
She also articulated the many challenges that continue to plague the LGBT community around the world. Over 70 countries still criminalize same-sex activity or relationships and Ambassador Power called on the U.S. government and civil society to continue to spread the powerful message that LGBT rights are human rights, both at home and abroad.
Ambassador Power also called on HRC and other leading LGBT organizations to continue to partner with advocates around the world and to listen to local advocates on the ground.
“It is so crucial that groups like HRC take the expertise you’ve built over decades to train advocates in other countries who are facing daunting obstacles,” she explained. “Hearing from them how we can most effectively empower them to lead their own efforts to equality, always guided by the simple principle that it should never be too much to ask for everybody’s basic human rights to be respected; and that no one should be subjected to violence or discrimination just because of who they are.”
Notable guests, such as U.S. Special Envoy for the Rights of LGBTI Persons Randy Berry and National Security Council’s Director for Multilateral Affairs and LGBT Rights Curtis Reid, were in the audience. Ambassador Power highlighted the work of these two leaders, noting that Berry has traveled to 42 countries since being appointed and that Reid oversees the LGBTI portfolio at the National Security Council.
HRC thanks Ambassador Power for her leadership and looks forward to working with her to help expand LGBT equality abroad.
Watch the trailer for the Nigerian LGBT-themed film 'Hell or High Water'
Watch the trailer for the Nigerian LGBT-themed film 'Hell or High Water'
Photo Credit: TIERs & Asurf Films Limited
Today, The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) in partnership with Asurf Films Limited, released the trailer for Hell or High Water, a new short film about a young pastor in Nigeria who has to confront a hidden truth about himself.
The film tells the story of a pastor who is loved and adored by the people around him, but who has to make a difficult decision between being who he is and meeting societal expectations around sexuality and family. TIERs believes that LGBT people are human and need to portrayed as such in an accurate and respectful way. A step towards this kind of portrayal, this short film shares LGBT people’s stories and their traumatic experiences, challenging stereotypical narratives around sexuality and spirituality.
Hell or High Water is an important tool in representing LGBT people in Nigeria who have to navigate their sexual identities in a society where the only acceptable sexual orientation is heterosexuality. It exposes audiences to the reality of sexuality amidst spirituality, exorcism, blackmail, and family life, seeking to educate and inform people of the difficulty of living under heteronormative expectations as an LGBT person.
GLAAD has worked with TIERs and other LGBT advocates in Nigeria to help acellerate acceptance in Nigeria. Click here to learn more about GLAAD’s work in Nigeria and check out the Hell or High Water trailer below:
March 17, 2016
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Does this count as this Man About World visiting Russia on the travel map? Arrived in #Antarctica with One Ocean Expeditions by air to Bellingshausen Station, one of the first Soviet bases, founded in 1968. Trinity Church over my right shoulder, is the only permanently staffed Eastern Orthodox church in Antarctica.
Georgia House passes 'license to discriminate' bill. Will Governor Deal veto?
Georgia House passes 'license to discriminate' bill. Will Governor Deal veto?
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Yesterday, the Georgia House passed House Bill 757, which has added further anti-LGBT amendments to Georgia’s “license to discriminate” bill. The bill will now go to Governor Nathan Deal for his signature. Despite major resistance from Georgians, businesses, and celebreties with ties in Georgia, the House quickly introduced and voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill.
HB757 would allow Georgians to discriminate against LGBT people based on their religious beliefs. Hundreds of activists, clergy, celebrities, and companies have spoken out against this bill. Even the governor of Georgia, Nathan Deal, warned the senate not to send HB757 to him in its then current form, saying “it is important that we protect fundamental religious beliefs but we don’t have to discriminate against other people to do that.” While HB757 has been revised, it now allows for even more discrimination.
In its previous version, HB757 allowed “faith-based organizations” to discriminate against LGBT people. In it’s curent form, HB757 allows taxpayer-funded faith based organizations can deny services or employment to anyone who conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief broadly – as opposed to the previous version of the bill, which was specific to religious beliefs around marriage.
Among other things, the version of HB757 that passed last night holds that no pastor can be forced to perform a same-sex ceremony and no religious institution or faith-based organization can be forced to rent, lease or otherwise make space available if there are objections and would not be required to provide charitable services to anyone with whom they disagreed. Furthermore, FADA sanctions discrimination with taxpayer dollars. This means that an organization can take taxpayer money to perform public services and then deny those services as well as employment to a taxpayer if it is against the organization’s religious beliefs.
URGENT: Tell @GovernorDeal – stand w/ the strong majority who want a #FADA veto! t.co/pgCi3xaJk6 #GApol pic.twitter.com/jzkeRQZOUr
— Georgia Unites (@GeorgiaUnites) March 17, 2016
In addition to Georgian and LGBT activist outrage at this bill, over 450 corporations have warned that passing a law that allows discrimination is bad for business, including Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Unilever, and and Virgin. One outspoken business leader has been Salesforce CEO, Marc Benioff, who has has already warned that Salesforce will have to consider relocation if the bill passes. He reacted to the news quickly on Twitter.
One again Georgia is trying to pass laws that make it legal to discriminate. When will this insanity end? t.co/4jBrNJtCz8
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) March 17, 2016
Governor Deal has over a month to make a decision to sign or veto FADA. Join GLAAD to urge him to keep to his word and protect Georgians against discrimination. Learn more about the bill and visit Georgia Unites to see how you can help.
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