AM_Equality: December 16, 2019
HALLMARK APOLOGIZES AND REINSTATES AD FEATURING SAME-SEX WEDDING — REVERSING COURSE AFTER HRC MOBILIZES GRASSROOTS ARMY: “In conversations with the company on Saturday — and by mobilizing our grassroots army — HRC was able to voice our community’s outrage and garner nearly 70,000 signatures to let Hallmark know that LGBTQ people won’t be erased,” said HRC President Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid). “Now, we look forward to working with Hallmark to ensure that the company is one that lives into its values and pursues meaningful LGBTQ representation, both inside the workplace and in the content it creates.” More from CNN.
- HRC had suspended Hallmark’s score on the HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) after it caved to an anti-LGBTQ organizaiton and pulled the ad. After yesterday’s apology and ad reinstatement, the suspension was lifted. More from HRC, NewNowNext, Deadline and The Washington Post.
After thousands of voices expressed their outrage over @Hallmark’s decision, the company did the right thing by reversing this decision. Now, Hallmark is on the right path forward.
— Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid) December 16, 2019
MUST READ MONDAY — HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID SPEAKS WITH SWERV MAGAZINE ON HIS PERSONAL HISTORY, LOOKS AHEAD TO 2020: “We all must engage in the process. Cross cultural lines. Be intersectional. Fight for each other and ourselves,” said David on the 2020 elections. “Our democracy is at stake.” More from Clarence Fluker (@cjfluker) at Swerv Magazine.
Learn more about @AlphonsoDavid, the new President of the @HRC in @SWERVMagazine issue for Nov/Dec. Interview by @cjfluker. t.co/PvCZXwsJnH pic.twitter.com/P6PSwsrGxg
— SWERV Magazine (@SWERVMagazine) December 11, 2019
HRC CONGRATULATES HOUSTON MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER ON HIS RE-ELECTION: “Across the city, individuals and families living in Houston rejected Tony Buzbee’s hateful and discriminatory message and embraced a future where every person, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation, has a chance to succeed,” said HRC President Alphonso David. “Moving forward, HRC will work with Mayor Turner to identify ways to improve the lives of LGBTQ people living in Houston.” More from HRC.
THE MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION’S JUDY AND DENNIS SHEPARD LEAD HATE CRIMES TRAINING AT AUSTIN POLICE ACADEMY: More from Patch.
NPR’S DAVID GREENE (@NPRGREENE) ON MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY SELECTING “THEY” AS WORD OF THE YEAR. More from NPR.
GET CULTURED – Entertainment, arts and sports news!
A LOOK INTO THE GROWTH AND SIGNIFICANCE OF LGBTQ BALL CULTURE: “Houses are the central kinship structure in the community…[F]or many members of the ballroom community, their house is the only family they know and have that is inclusive, that affirms them,”said Marlon Bailey, a professor of women and gender studies at Arizona State University. More from WBUR.
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID SPEAKS ON WORKPLACE INCLUSIVITY IN MEXICO: Listen to the interview with Oscar Lopez (@oscarlopezgib) from Openly.
NIGERIA HOLDS FIRST TRIAL CHARGING LGBTQ PEPOPLE UNDER ITS ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS: More from The Guardian.
RUSSIAN TEENAGER ATTACKED FOR “LGBTQ APPEARANCE”: Activists tie the violence to Russia’s 2013 law banning LGBTQ “propaganda among minors” and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric on state television. More from The Moscow Times.
ARGENTINIAN PRESIDENT’S SON SHOWS LGBTQ PRIDE AT FATHER’S INAUGURATION: More from the Los Angeles Blade.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
Washington Blade in its Game Changers series spotlights HRC’s Viet Tran (@viethoaitran), who is working to build diversity and inclusion in LGBTQ sports leagues
This week in the @WashBlade Game Changers series, we meet @viethoaitran from @stonewallDC who is creating change both on and off the field #inclusion #diversity @StonewallSports t.co/VBdYyZxU5J pic.twitter.com/ziZSTqrqpG
— Kevin Majoros (@sportinindc) December 14, 2019
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