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#AM_Equality Tip Sheet: October 27, 2016<\/b>
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COUNTDOWN and #turnOUT: <\/em><\/strong>12 days until Election Day and more than <\/em>7.3 million Americans have already voted<\/em><\/a>. In battleground states including <\/em>Nevada<\/em><\/a>, registered Democrats are turning out in higher numbers — crucial numbers for pro-equality candidates like Hillary Clinton and Catherine Cortez Masto. In Nevada, there are an estimated 81,300 LGBTQ voters in a state where the last three presidential elections were won by an average of 69,730 votes.<\/em><\/p>\n

BREAKING – BLOOMBERG<\/em> REPORTS TRUMP CAMPAIGN ENGAGING IN VOTER SUPPRESSION:<\/strong> In a blockbuster story this morning, Bloomberg’s<\/em> Sasha Issenberg (@sissenberg<\/a>) and Joshua Green (@Joshua Green<\/a>) report that a senior official with Donald Trump’s campaign reveals that his team is actively working to suppress voter participation in the presidential election. “We have three major voter suppression operations under way,” the senior official told Bloomberg<\/em>, aimed at three groups Hillary Clinton needs to win: idealistic white liberals, young women<\/a>, and African Americans. How surprising – instead of trying to attract voters with a compelling, positive message like Hillary Clinton, Trump “has devised another strategy, which, not surprisingly, is negative.” Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

USAID TO PROHIBIT ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION IN ALL CONTRACTS: <\/strong>Yesterday, in remarks at an event hosted by HRC, American University and Human Rights First, Ambassador Susan Rice announced that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has finalized a new rule prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination in all of its contractors’ services. She revealed the policy during a speech focusing on the Obama Administration’s legacy and leadership on promoting and protecting LGBTQ human rights around the world . USAID provides nearly $16 billion in foreign aid annually in more than 100 countries. This policy will be written into all USAID contracts. Unfortunately, it does not include grantees, also major recipients of USAID funds; and doesn’t cover employment decisions by USAID contractors and grantees working on projects around the world ranging from food security to education. Read HRC’s report<\/a> on the new policy. Read more about Ambassador Rice’s speech from Newsweek<\/em><\/a> and The Associated Press<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“From his earliest days in office, @POTUS<\/a>…worked to strengthen LGBTQ rights at home & promote them abroad”-@AmbassadorRice<\/a> #globalequality<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yzwDY1hTMy<\/a><\/p>\n

— WH National Security (@NSC44) October 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SIXTY-SIX REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR PAT MCCRORY: <\/strong>From his anti-LGBTQ HB2 law, to his positions on women<\/a>’s health, Medicaid, education, and the environment — not to mention his support for Donald Trump — there are myriad powerful reasons for North Carolinians to vote Governor Pat McCrory out of office. In one of the most thorough lists we’ve seen arguing that voters #turnOUT for Roy Cooper on November 8, IndyWeek<\/em><\/a>’s Paul Blest (@PBlest<\/a>) rounds up 66 reasons McCrory must go. And illustrator Shan Stumpf gave us our new Halloween costume idea: “Zombie McCrory”. Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n