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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 12, 2019

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 12, 2019

STUDENTS FROM 33 HBCUS GATHER IN DC FOR ANNUAL HRC FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP SUMMIT: Nearly 50 students from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) convened at HRC headquarters over the weekend. Said HRC President Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid): “t is thrilling to see so many students come together, learn from each other and increase their collective strength as advocates, particularly in a climate where the federal government is threatening their very existence. The commitment and dedication demonstrated by these young leaders to honor their identities and dreams is inspiring. We look forward to having them return to their campuses with a renewed commitment to fighting for equality and inclusion.” More from HRC. 

  • The gathering capped off a year during which HRC’s HBCU program has launched new initiatives, including a series of on-campus engagement events and #HBCUOutLoud Day that celebrates the visibility, awareness and stories of LGBTQ students, staff and alumni of HBCUs. Learn more from HRC.

HRC FOUNDATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LAUNCH SURVEY TO EXAMINE HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK AND LATINX YOUNG ADULTS: Respondents will be asked about their health care experiences, including their knowledge and experiences with PrEP, as well as their background and identity. HRC’s goal is to identify ways to better connect community members with tools such as PrEP, and with inclusive, competent providers. Read more from HRC. 

.@HRC and @UConn are researching the health care experiences of Black and Latinx young adults.

��Share your story.�� t.co/IsfncZFj8X

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) November 11, 2019

TUESDAY TWEET — U.S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS TODAY ON FUTURE OF THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA) PROGRAM: Nearly two million Dreamers — including an estimated 75,000 LGBTQ Dreamers — could face unique risks and harms if deported from the only home they’ve ever known. Learn more from HRC and United We Dream. 

Undocumented youth, their families, and allies from Florida are heading to DC to tell the Supreme Court: our #HomeIsHere!

See you tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/sqZ9Gckx6I

— United We Dream (@UNITEDWEDREAM) November 11, 2019

RHODE ISLAND GOV. GINA RAIMONDO (@GovRaimondo) SIGNS LEGISLATION RESTORING BENEFITS TO LGBTQ VETERANS WHO WERE DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED: Reports Amanda Pitts (@APittsABC6), “It’s estimated that more than 100,000 LGBTQ members of the United States military were discharged, dating back to World War II, with ‘dishonorable’ or ‘less than honorable’ discharges all over their sexual orientation.” More from ABC6. 

MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING 14-YEAR-OLD SON, GIOVANNI, BECAUSE HE WAS GAY APPEARED IN A NEVADA COURT LAST WEEK: More from The Advocate. 

TRANSGENDER WOMAN & ADVOCATE NIKKI ARAGUZ LOYD PASSED AWAY IN TEXAS LAST WEEK: Read more about her life and work from Julian Gill (@JulianGillMusic) at the Houston Chronicle. 

PARENTS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK LGBTQ BOOKS FROM CLASSROOMS IN VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICT: More from Out Magazine. 

GET CULTURED – Entertainment, arts and sports news!

ENGAGE! STAR TREK ACTOR ANTHONY RAPP (@albinokid) PROPOSES TO PARTNER KEN ITHIPHOL: More from HuffPost. 

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

CAYMAN ISLANDS COURT OF APPEALS OVERTURNS DECISION LEGALIZING MARRIAGE EQUALITY, DEMANDS LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PROVIDE “LEGAL STATUS EQUIVALENT TO MARRIAGE”: More from Cayman Compass.

LGBTQ MIGRANT WORKERS AND ALLIES HELD A PRIDE RALLY IN HONG KONG THIS PAST SUNDAY: Hong Kong’s annual Pride parade will also take place in less than a week. More from South China Morning Post. 

U.N. INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY PENS OP-ED ON TRANS REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA FOR THE GUARDIAN: Read the piece by Victor Madrigal-Borloz (@victor_madrigal) here. 

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

HRC marked Veterans Day by recommitting to fight for transgender troops and sharing the moving photography of Jeff Sheng (@jeffsheng) 

.@jeffsheng captured a few of the brave transgender souls that defend our country.

They have the right to protect and serve our country regardless of their gender identity. #ProtectTransTroops #VeteransDay pic.twitter.com/2SlzjljmPA

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) November 11, 2019

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MISC

Taking Care of Everyone in our Community

Taking Care of Everyone in our Community

Taking Care of Everyone in our Community

At Tinder, we’re always working to make it easier to connect with new people. And, as I begin my third year as CEO, I want to acknowledge that using our app hasn’t always been easy for everyone.

We strive to create a place where people everywhere can be who they are and love who they love. A few years ago, we made strides in the industry by expanding gender identities to be more inclusive for everyone on Tinder – and we are continuously making changes and improvements to help all members feel recognized and welcomed when connecting on our platform. With this in mind, I want to address the transgender community and share the steps we’ve taken toward inclusivity across our entire business – from improving our product, to training our people, to using our platform to tell real stories from members of the community.

Improving our product experience

Today, you can add the term that best reflects your gender identity on Tinder by using our feature, More Genders. And while many successful matches have been made, and surely more minds opened, our trans members have been very vocal about: the banning of our transgender members, especially transgender women.

When developing our More Genders feature: we decided not to give Tinder members the option to filter out profiles of trans people. We stand by that decision. We will always do what we can to foster an inclusive community on Tinder. However, it came with some very disappointing, unforeseen consequences. Trans people continue to be reported at higher rates by cisgender members simply for being who they are. Although our intention was to be more inclusive, we understand many members of the trans community have felt the opposite. When we recently started offering support via Twitter, this became especially clear; and, we’ve taken immediate steps toward improving our processes:

  • Leveraging our support channels to directly engage with the community more quickly
  • Redirecting these types of reports to our escalations team
  • Deploying new in-app warnings to provide more feedback about which Guidelines people may be violating – rather than banning profiles

Since implementing these changes, we’ve been able to meaningfully increase the number of trans people who remain on Tinder despite unwarranted reports. I’m encouraged by the progress we’ve made, and am dedicated to continuing our assessment and refinement of Tinder’s reporting structure. In the meantime, we encourage people to make use of the More Genders feature. As a reminder, when you choose to self-identify on Tinder, it does not mean that you share this information to other members unless you choose to. As always, if you believe that your account has been banned due to reports about your gender identity, please contact us at [email protected].

Educating our team

We are working to better integrate inclusivity into every part of Tinder. This starts with our own employees, and I’m happy to share that we’ve completed trainings with Speaking of Transgender for our leadership team and people managers. We will be implementing training for everyone across the company in 2020, as well.

Sharing more stories

Unfortunately, simply being a transgender person is still stigmatized in our society – and that can make dating difficult. We want to do our part to provide more trans representation and visibility by sharing stories of transgender people. We’re releasing new videos for our Tinder Inclusivity series from Swipe Life that explore what it means to identify as trans, and the dating experiences ( both good and bad) that trans people experience.

We are sincerely committed to making Tinder a place where all people feel welcome – and will update you as we continue to make improvements across our company and within our global community.

-Elie

blog.gotinder.com/taking-care-of-everyone-in-our-community/

NEWS

WATCH: Why the sexiest gay men are often the most lonely

WATCH: Why the sexiest gay men are often the most lonely

Actor Michael Fariss stars in the latest Michael Henry YouTube video (Photo: YouTube)

It’s the curse of being beautiful: Other gay guys are more interested in getting into your pants than genuine friendship.

That’s according to a character in the latest comedy sketch from YouTuber Michael Henry.

Michael comes across a conventionally good-looking acquaintance (played by Michael Fariss), who’s upset because he has no “real gay friends.” Despite having a “cute boyfriend”, good job and close female friends, all he does with his new gay friends is fool around with them.

Michael’s advice? “The way to make friends isn’t though your anus.

“All you sexys only have surface friendships because you are stuck in this loop of connecting and validating each other through some sort of sexual activity.”

He advises his handsome friend to wear pants instead of revealing shorts and to join an improv class.

Watch the funny clip below.

Related: Michael Henry and Matt Wilkas break down ‘the gay hello’ in hilarious video

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NEWS

Savannah Guthrie Calls Out Nikki Haley for Defending Trump’s Attempt to Use U.S. Aid to Extort a Biden Investigation: ‘With All Due Respect…’ — WATCH

Savannah Guthrie Calls Out Nikki Haley for Defending Trump’s Attempt to Use U.S. Aid to Extort a Biden Investigation: ‘With All Due Respect…’ — WATCH

In a hard-hitting interview, TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie called out former UN ambassador Nikki Haley’s defense of Trump’s attempt to use U.S. aid to extort a Biden investigation out of Ukraine’s government.

Said Guthrie: “With all due respect, that doesn’t seem like much of a defense of the president, that he might have tried to do those things, but it didn’t work out, so it’s all okay…”

Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley says that she doesn’t believe Trump’s conduct with regards to Ukraine warrants impeachment, “we are less than a year away from an election, let the people decide.” pic.twitter.com/maUKLQVMVv

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 12, 2019

Haley continued to defend Trump, calling the phone call “a conversation between two presidents that’s casual in nature.”

Guthrie continued to challenge Haley, reminding the former US ambassador that her assertions that “aid flowed” are lies: “The aid was on hold at that moment. The aid did go on hold. It eventually was released.”

Added Haley: “You can have those hypotheticals. The aid was released, that’s a fact.”

“The aid was held up. That’s not a hypothetical, right?” Guthrie replied.

Guthrie then went on to quote Haley’s resignation letter, in which she said the Trump administration was always putting America first, and then asked, “How is asking a foreign country to investigate your political rival putting America first? Whose interest is that in? Is it in America’s interest or is it in the president’s personal interest?”

“I think it’s never a good practice for us to ask a foreign country to investigate an American.” — Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley pic.twitter.com/DEvmz5CK37

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 12, 2019

Guthrie then challenged Haley about assertions that she made in her book, that John Kelly and Rex Tillerson were “dangerous” when they were resisting several of Trump’s policies.

Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley responds to writing about a meeting with John Kelly and Rex Tillerson when they resisted executing Trump’s decisions. pic.twitter.com/te2us0CXx0

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 12, 2019

Here’s the full interview:

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Savannah Guthrie Calls Out Nikki Haley for Defending Trump’s Attempt to Use U.S. Aid to Extort a Biden Investigation: ‘With All Due Respect…’ — WATCH

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