{"id":49123,"date":"2017-01-11T12:10:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-january-11-2016\/"},"modified":"2017-01-11T12:10:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T17:10:30","slug":"am_equality-tipsheet-january-11-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-january-11-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 11, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 11, 2016<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hrc-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/http_hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/files\/images\/blog\/AM_Equality--1600x900_640_360.png\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>WILL THE REAL JEFF SESSIONS PLEASE STAND UP? TRUMP\u2019S AG NOMINEE DELUDES ON CAREER SPENT OPPOSING EQUALITY: <\/strong>During his confirmation hearing yesterday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sidestepped clear and unequivocal commitments to LGBTQ equality and dodged questions about his anti-equality past.\u00a0 Here are the facts.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><span>What Session<\/span><span>s said yesterday:<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong><span>Sessions\u2019 actual record: <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u201cI understand the demands for justice and fairness made by the LGBT community.\u201d &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/10\/us\/politics\/sessions-remarks-transcript.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Sessions<\/a><\/td>\n<td><span>Sessions understands the demands, because he\u2019s made a career working against them. Sen. Sessions has earned a score of \u201czero\u201d on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/congressional-scorecard\" target=\"_blank\">HRC\u2019s Congressional scorecard<\/a> for every term he has served in the U.S. Congress.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>\u201cI will ensure that the statutes protecting their civil rights and their safety are fully enforced.\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>Sessions has consistently opposed statutes to protect the civil rights of the LGBTQ community &#8212; and LGBTQ people are not protected from discrimination under federal law.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions said he would uphold federal hate crimes legislation<\/td>\n<td><span>In at least <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/hrc-responds-to-leahy-exchange-in-sessions-hearing\" target=\"_blank\">six different instances<\/a>, Sen. Sessions has voted against, attempted to sabotage and warned against hate crimes legislation that protect the LGBTQ community.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>After qualifying the 5-4 vote of the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges and the vigorous opposition of the dissenting justices, Sessions said, &#8220;I would follow this decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><span>Sen. Sessions called the Obergefell decision \u201cbeyond the realm of reality\u201d and was a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/\/files\/assets\/resources\/Session-Report-Rev.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">co-sponsor of the 2004 Federal Marriage Amendment<\/a>, which would have created a federal definition of marriage excluding same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> and prohibiting state-level recognition of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody><\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"xx-lc\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If past is prologue, Sessions understands the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGBTQ?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#LGBTQ<\/a> community the way a bulldozer understands a building. Act now \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c8uEw9YDGJ\">t.co\/c8uEw9YDGJ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c8uEw9YDGJ%20pic.twitter.com\/gbKC6pEXQb\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gbKC6pEXQb\">pic.twitter.com\/gbKC6pEXQb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/818877722252476418\" target=\"_blank\">January 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>DON\u2019T TOUCH THAT DIAL &#8212; CONFIRMATION HEARINGS CONTINUE TODAY FOR SESSIONS, START FOR SEC OF STATE NOMINEE TILLERSON: <\/strong>Today, Sessions begins day two of his confirmation hearings, and witnesses include civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repjohnlewis\" target=\"_blank\">@repjohnlewis<\/a>), equality champion Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoryBooker\" target=\"_blank\">@CoryBooker<\/a>), and NAACP President and CEO Cornell Brooks (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CornellWBrooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\">@CornellWBrooks<\/a>). Hearings begin today for Trump\u2019s\u00a0 Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. More on Tillerson from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/press\/hrc-senate-must-ensure-tillerson-is-committed-to-lgbtq-equality-abroad\" target=\"_blank\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>During Sessions\u2019 hearing today, <\/strong>Judy Shepard &#8212; a member of HRC Foundation\u2019s Board of Directors and co-founder with her husband, Dennis, of the Matthew Shepard Foundation &#8212; will take over HRC\u2019s Twitter to talk about Matthew\u2019s tragic murder and Sessions\u2019 repeated opposition to the hate crimes bill named after her son. More on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hrc\" target=\"_blank\">HRC\u2019s Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>#THANKSOBAMA &#8212; OBAMA\u2019S FAREWELL ADDRESS IN CHICAGO: <\/strong>Last night, President Barack Obama, whose legacy will no doubt go on as one of the most pro-equality presidents our country has seen, gave his final farewell address in Chicago. He listed among his many accomplishments pushing the country forward on LGBTQ issues; He is the first sitting president to endorse marriage equality and appointing two of the five Supreme Court justices who made it the law of the land. He made a dedicated <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> to remain strong and continue pushing for justice &#8212; specifically mentioning the epidemic of violence and discrimination against the transgender community and continuing to push for LGBTQ rights abroad.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"xx-lc\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\" target=\"_blank\">@BarackObama<\/a>: &#8220;I know our work has not only helped so many Americans. It has inspired so many Americans.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ObamaFarewell?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#ObamaFarewell<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4m3cAn5TL\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/d4m3cAn5TL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/819027417876627456\">January 11, 2017<\/a><span>\u200b<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span>The <em>Washington Post<\/em><\/span> interviewed nine White House Staffers about their time working for President Obama<\/strong>. Tyler Lechtenberg, senior presidential speechwriter, recalled the day the Supreme Court of the United States, with the help of two justices appointed by the president, ruled that marriage equality is the law of the land. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, White House LGBT Liaison, remembered the unveiling of the Stonewall National Monument, the first national monument dedicated to the LGBTQ community. More from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/inspired-life\/wp\/2017\/01\/10\/these-nine-white-house-staffers-remember-their-most-inspiring-day-working-for-president-obama\/?utm_term=.5332fed03d88\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><strong>WHAT WE\u2019RE READING WEDNESDAY:<\/strong> <\/span>POZ interviewed <strong>HRC Foundation\u2019s HIV and AIDS Project Manager Marvell Terry<\/strong> for its cover story this month. Terry spoke frankly about his experience as a Black, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> from the South living with HIV, and his work to reverse the epidemic of HIV in the South. Read the full interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poz.com\/article\/southern-exposure\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><strong>NC MUST MAKE FULL, NO-STRINGS-ATTACHED REPEAL OF HB2 A TOP PRIORITY THIS SESSION:<\/strong> <\/span>To make the first day of its legislative session, HRC and Equality NC are calling on North Carolina lawmakers to fully repeal the state\u2019s deeply discriminatory HB2 at the beginning of the new legislative session. For more than nine months, HB2 has harmed North Carolina\u2019s people and economy as businesses, major sporting organizations, entertainers, and others have moved events out of the state over the outrageous law. Just this week, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) confirmed that a decision to move the ACC Championship out of the state will be made soon if HB2 is not repealed. \u201cNorth Carolinians have resoundingly rejected the hate and discrimination of HB2, and it&#8217;s far past time for their elected representatives to do the same,&#8221; said <strong>HRC President Chad Griffin<\/strong>. &#8220;Those who stand in the way of a clean vote to fully repeal HB2 are directly responsible for the continued harm this destructive law inflicts on the people, reputation, and economy of the state of North Carolina. HB2 must be repealed, and it must be repealed now.\u201d More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/equality-nc-hrc-to-ncga-make-no-strings-attached-repeal-of-hb2-a-top-priori\" target=\"_blank\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span>TREVOR NOAH INTERVIEWS <\/span>NATGEO EDITOR ABOUT \u201cAMAZING\u201d SPECIAL ISSUE ON GENDER<\/strong>: Susan Goldberg (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/susanbgoldberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\">@SusanBGoldberg<\/a>), Editor in Chief of National Geographic, spoke to The Daily Show\u2019s Trevor Noah (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trevornoah\" target=\"_blank\">@TrevorNoah<\/a>) about NatGeo\u2019s groundbreaking new special issue, \u201cGender Revolution.\u201d When asked by Noah about what he characterized as an \u201camazing, amazing issue,\u201d Goldberg said that the magazine undertook the project because gender writ large is being vigorously discussed around the world. For the issue, the magazine interviewed young people from 80 households around the world, eliciting funny, heartbreaking, and illuminating stories. The issue features Avery Jackson and Trinity Neal, whose moms are members of HRC\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=57475c2790&#038;e=0ce434a6ce\" target=\"_blank\">Parents for Transgender Equality Council<\/a>. Avery and her mom were also featured in HRC\u2019s<a href=\"http:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=1797a0ae18&#038;e=0ce434a6ce\" target=\"_blank\"> Moms for Transgender Equality<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">video<\/a> series. Watch the interview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cc.com\/video-clips\/5fil57\/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-susan-goldberg---how-national-geographic-took-on-the--gender-revolution-\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span>HRC PARTNERS WITH PREVENTION ACCESS CAMPAIGN TO CORRECT MISINFORMATION ABOUT HIV: No\u00ebl Gordon, HRC Senior Program Specialist for HIV Prevention and Health Equity<\/span> <\/strong>writes about HRC\u2019s new partnership with the <a href=\"http:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=bb495f91bb&#038;e=b72c7ab2d6\" target=\"_blank\">Prevention Access Campaign<\/a> (PAC) to correct misinformation about HIV in the news media through a new joint initiative called the <a href=\"http:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=6a5ce0ebca&#038;e=b72c7ab2d6\" target=\"_blank\">Accuracy Watchdog<\/a>. PAC and HRC are among a growing number of organizations getting the word out that <a href=\"http:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=a1cb3da07c&#038;e=b72c7ab2d6\" target=\"_blank\">people living with HIV cannot transmit the virus to a partner<\/a> if they\u2019ve consistently taken their medication and achieved an \u201cundetectable viral load.\u201d This means the amount of HIV in a person\u2019s body is so low that it cannot be detected by a standard HIV test. More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebody.com\/content\/79134\/human-rights-campaign-partners-with-prevention-acc.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Body<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span>SHOCKING REPORT OF ANTI-LGBTQ EXECUTIONS BY AL-SHABAB EXTREMIST GROUP: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/4695371512e84cc59997304ec1fe3244\/al-shabab-says-it-kills-teenage-boy-man-over-homosexuality\" target=\"_blank\">The Associated Press<\/a> says the al-Shabab, an affiliate group of al-Qaida, announced it killed a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teenage<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boy<\/a> and a young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> for engaging in same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> relations. This is the first report that the group has committed executions because a person engages in same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> sexual activity or is LGBTQ. More from <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/4695371512e84cc59997304ec1fe3244\/al-shabab-says-it-kills-teenage-boy-man-over-homosexuality\" target=\"_blank\">AP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span>READING RAINBOW<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/lanesainty\/beautiful-lgbti-women?utm_term=.ibP887VVp6#.pwQ00YEEbV\">BuzzFeed<\/a><\/span> highlights a new campaign featuring LGBTQ <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> to help increase breast cancer screening rates\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2017\/01\/09\/cuban-lgbt-activist-prevented-leaving-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Blade<\/a> reports on a Cuban LGBTQ activist prevented from leaving the country\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/arlington.wickedlocal.com\/news\/20170110\/growing-up-lgbtq-in-arlington-is-complex-sometimes-weird\" target=\"_blank\">Wicked Local Arlington<\/a> interviews a local nonbinary student on their experiences in school\u2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong><span>Have news? Send us your news and tips at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:AMEquality@hrc.org\">AMEquality@hrc.org<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/hrc.wufoo.com\/forms\/subscribe-to-am-equality\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to subscribe to A.M. Equality and follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrc\" target=\"_blank\">@HRC<\/a> for all the latest news. Thanks for reading!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-january-11-2016?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-january-11-2016?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 11, 2016 WILL THE REAL JEFF SESSIONS PLEASE STAND UP? TRUMP\u2019S AG NOMINEE DELUDES ON CAREER SPENT OPPOSING EQUALITY: During his confirmation hearing yesterday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. 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