#AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 9, 2019
THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN MUST CEASE: Bailey Reeves, a Black transgender teen, was killed over Labor Day weekend in Baltimore, and was remembered at a vigil on Friday evening. Tragically, Bee Love Slater, a Black transgender woman, was also killed in Florida last week. Read more from HRC, The Baltimore Sun and Out Magazine.
- The National Black Justice Coalition is calling for action and an end to the deadly violence against Black trans women. Read their full statement here.
“When transpohobia mixes with misogyny racism it can result in fatal violence.” — @HRC Press Secretary @SarahEMcBride on the tragic death of Bailey Reeves, a 17-year-old trans woman killed in Baltimore over Labor Day Weekend. #SayHerName t.co/hpR99UmFAA
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 7, 2019
HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID (@AlphonsoDavid ) ON THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES — “OUR RIGHTS ARE ON THE LINE NOW”: Read more here.
Trump has put 160 federal judges on the bench and 2 judges on the Supreme Court FOR LIFE. Our rights are on the line now and for the foreseeable future. And he is not done. We must stop it. pic.twitter.com/6JHye5dtJI
— Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid) September 7, 2019
MONDAY MUST-READ — HRC LEGAL DIRECTOR SARAH WARBELOW ON THE TRUMP-PENCE PROPOSAL THAT COULD ALLOW DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, LGBTQ PEOPLE AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES: “Under this proposal, a for-profit contractor could terminate an employee who uses birth control, an employee who is pregnant and unmarried or a worker who marries his same-sex partner,” Warbelow (@SarahWarbelow) writes in The Advocate. “Contractors could also argue that the exemption allows them to refuse to hire LGBTQ people, deny same-sex couples the health benefits they offer married opposite-sex couples or refuse to allow transgender employees to dress and use facilities consistent with their gender identity.” Read the full op-ed here.
HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID TO APPEAR AT THE ATLANTIC FESTIVAL: The annual event brings together the biggest names in politics, business, tech and more. Find out more at The Atlantic.
NAVAJO NATIONAL COUNCIL ENDORSES THE EQUALITY ACT: Read the Council’s full statement here:
“It is in the Navajo Nation’s best interest to support US Senate Bill 788 as a step in allowing LGBTQ communities, including our Two-Spirit LGBTQ communities, the freedom from discrimination.”
Thank you @24thnnc for taking this critical action to support the #EqualityAct. �� t.co/0PBe71jttH
— HRC in Arizona (@HRCaz) September 6, 2019
LGBTQ ADVOCATES CALL ON U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR DC TO IMPROVE DISMAL RATE OF PROSECUTION OF BIAS-MOTIVATED CRIME: Of the more than 200 bias-motivated crimes investigated by DC police last year, only a small portion were prosecuted as hate crimes. More from NBC Washington.
HRC JOINED ADVOCATES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT THE 2019 UNITED STATES CONFERENCE ON AIDS: More from HRC.
.@HRC joins advocates from around the country at the #2019USCA to share insights and learn strategies to educate LGBTQ people and allies about the current realities of HIV prevention, treatment and care. pic.twitter.com/sOeGWOV7ZV
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 6, 2019
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICIAL IAN DUNCAN (@IanDuncanHMG) CONFIRMS THAT PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO ENACT MARRIAGE EQUALITY BY 2020: More from PinkNews.
BOSNIAN CAPITAL SARAJEVO HELD ITS FIRST-EVER LGBTQ PRIDE MARCH LAST WEEKEND TO GREAT SUCCESS: More from Balkan Insight.
COMIC BOOK FEATURING A SAME-SEX KISS SELLS OUT AFTER THE MAYOR OF RIO DE JANEIRO ATTEMPTED TO BAN IT: More from CNN.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
Dallas Magazine highlights local LGBTQ business leaders, including Toyota’s Ellen Farrell;
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