{"id":57863,"date":"2017-11-13T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-november-13-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-11-13T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:10:29","slug":"am_equality-tipsheet-november-13-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-november-13-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 13, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 13, 2017<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.hrc.org\/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>AMERICA\u2019S TOP LEADERS HAVE REMAINED SHAMEFULLY SILENT ON GLOBAL LGBTQ PERSECUTION: <\/strong>In a piece in <em>Metro Weekly<\/em>, <strong>HRC Global Director Ty Cobb <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tywesleycobb?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">@TyWesleyCobb<\/a>) raises the alarm about the increasing attacks against the LGBTQ community around the world. Cobb <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> on Donald Trump, Mike Pence and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to speak out against the anti-LGBTQ human rights abuses occurring in Egypt, Chechnya, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Georgia, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan. Writes Cobb, \u201cFor the past several years, the United States and its leadership would stand strong against such persecution, but Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and Rex Tillerson have failed to address these horrific abuses. With each passing day they remain silent, the United States is failing in its leadership responsibility to defend human rights around the globe. Now more than ever, we desperately need that leadership.\u201d More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metroweekly.com\/2017\/11\/forum-lgbtq-people-are-in-the-midst-of-a-global-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Metro Weekly<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In Egypt, seven were arrested for waving a rainbow flag at a Mashrou\u2019 Leila concert in Cairo in September<\/strong>.<em> The New York Times<\/em>\u2019 Michael Schulman (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJSchulman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\">@MJSchulman<\/a>) sat down with the band\u2019s openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> lead singer, Hamed Sinno, to discuss these human rights abuses. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/10\/style\/hamed-sinno-mashrou-leila-gay-rainbow-flags.html?emc=edit_tnt_20171110&#038;nlid=63548128&#038;tntemail0=y\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cI felt like I had two options: I\u2018m going to <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> as I am, or I\u2018m going to die,\u201d <\/strong>says Justin Romanov, a <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 Russia who fled persecution to Canada. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-women-conference-lgbt\/ticket-to-heaven-activists-pluck-lgbt-people-from-danger-idUSKBN1DD067\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MUST WATCH MONDAY &#8212; LGBTQ MILITARY AND VETERANS JOIN HRC AND OTHER ADVOCATES CALLING ON TRUMP TO HONOR ALL TROOPS: <\/strong>HRC and Lambda Legal joined former Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericfanning\" target=\"_blank\">@ericfanning<\/a>) and LGBTQ service members and veterans to <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> on Trump to honor and support all who serve and have served. The advocates, in Dallas to mark Veterans Day, also provided an update on <em>Karnoski v. Trump<\/em>, a lawsuit challenging Trump\u2019s transgender military ban. <em>Karnoski v. Trump<\/em> is brought by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN on behalf of several plaintiffs including transgender individuals, HRC, Gender Justice League, and the American Military Partner Association.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sterling Crutcher\u2019s dreams of following in his grandfather&#8217;s footsteps as an airman are \u201cunder review\u201d because of Trump\u2019s ban on transgender troops.<\/strong> More from <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/review-meet-transgender-airman-inspired-grandfathers-service-weighing\/story?id=51045251\" target=\"_blank\"><em>ABC<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>NewNowNext <\/em>shared the stories of transgender service members and veterans in honor of Veterans Day.<\/strong> More <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newnownext.com\/transgender-military-trump-veterans-day\/11\/2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>NBC<\/em> profiles 11 influential out LGBTQ veterans, including HRC National Press Secretary Stephen Peters <\/strong>(<em><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenpeters2\" target=\"_blank\">@StephenPeters2<\/a><\/em>). Read the full piece <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/nbc-out\/11-out-veterans-you-should-know-n819466\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Morning Must Read: <\/strong>\u201cAs Trump attempts a transgender military ban, Germany celebrates its first <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> commander,\u201d in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2017\/11\/11\/as-trump-attempts-a-transgender-military-ban-germany-celebrates-its-first-trans-commander\/?utm_term=.9ac7fb8e8f23\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ELLEN PAGE BRAVELY SPEAKS OUT ABOUT EXPERIENCING SEXUAL HARASSMENT &#038; HOMOPHOBIA: <\/strong>In a Facebook post, Page recounts being sexual harrassed by director Brett Ratner on a movie set &#8212; where he targeted Page with sexual comments, outing her as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> before she was ready. \u201cI was a young adult who had not yet come out to myself. I knew I was <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, but did not know, so to speak. I felt violated when this happened,\u201d Page writes. \u201cHe \u2018outed\u2019 me with no regard for my well-being, an act we all recognize as homophobic.\u201d Read her full post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EllenPage\/posts\/10155212835577449\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAZZ JENNINGS RESPONDS WITH GRACE TO DESPICABLE ATTACK BY DUGGAR SON-IN-LAW: <\/strong>After Derick Dillard, husband of <em>Counting On<\/em>\u2019s Jill Duggar, attacked transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teen<\/a> and HRC Youth Ambassador Jazz Jennings (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzjennings__\" target=\"_blank\">@JazzJennings__<\/a>), she sent out a message of love saying \u201cIn the face of constant ignorance and hatred I prefer to disregard negative opinions and continue moving forward with love.\u201d <em>TLC<\/em> also issued a statement that Dillard has not been associated with the network for some time, and that they are proud to share Jennings\u2019 story. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/tlc-cuts-ties-with-jill-duggars-husband-over-his-transphobic-jazz-jennings-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Us Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the face of constant ignorance and hatred I prefer to disregard negative opinions and continue moving forward with love\ufffd\ufffd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jazz Jennings (@JazzJennings__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JazzJennings__\/status\/929487064042758145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>THESE BUSINESSES ARE STANDING UP FOR THEIR LGBTQ EMPLOYEES: <\/strong>Top-rated businesses on HRC\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/hrc.org\/cei\" target=\"_blank\">Corporate Equality Index<\/a> are taking to social media to share their commitment to LGBTQ equality in the workplace. More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/companies-celebrate-commitment-to-workplace-equality\" target=\"_blank\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOHN PAUL DE CECCO, SCHOLAR OF SEXUALITY STUDIES, PASSES: <\/strong>De Cecco, 92, was a professor emeritus at San Francisco State University and had a 50-year career pioneering sexuality studies. More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windycitymediagroup.com\/lgbt\/PASSAGES-John-Paul-De-Cecco-pioneer-of-sexuality-studies-dies-at-92\/61034.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Windy City Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR YOUR RADAR &#8212; RESULTS OF AUSTRALIAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY POSTAL SURVEY EXPECTED TOMORROW: <\/strong>Watch out tomorrow night (in the U.S.) for the official results. More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com.au\/2017\/11\/09\/same-sex-marriage-postal-survey-what-happens-next-if-the-yes-vote-wins_a_23271483\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>HuffPost<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DUTCH AUTHORITIES REPORTEDLY REJECTING LGBTQ ASYLUM SEEKERS NOT ABLE TO \u201cPROVE\u201d THEY ARE LGBTQ: <\/strong>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2017-11-09\/not-gay-enough-dutch-authorities-challenge-asylum-seekers-prove-their-sexuality\" target=\"_blank\"><em>PRI<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SCOTLAND\u2019S FIRST MINISTER INTRODUCES PROPOSAL TO RECOGNIZE NON-BINARY GENDER: <\/strong>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/nov\/09\/legal-recognition-for-non-binary-people-planned-in-scotland\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>READING RAINBOW<\/u><\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/2017\/11\/180505\/kim-petras-slow-it-down-trans-artist\"><em>Refinery29<\/em><\/a> interviews transgender pop singer Kim Petras (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimpetras\" target=\"_blank\">@kimpetras<\/a>); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2017\/11\/12\/lgbt-community-sees-outpouring-of-love-at-delhi-queer-pride-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pink News<\/em><\/a> shares photos from Delhi Pride<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Have news? Send us your news and tips at <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:AMEquality@hrc.org\"><strong><em>AMEquality@hrc.org<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>. <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hrc.wufoo.com\/forms\/subscribe-to-am-equality\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Click here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> to subscribe to #AM_Equality and follow <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrc\"><strong><em>@HRC<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> for all the latest news. Thanks for reading!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-november-13-2017?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-november-13-2017?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 13, 2017 AMERICA\u2019S TOP LEADERS HAVE REMAINED SHAMEFULLY SILENT ON GLOBAL LGBTQ PERSECUTION: In a piece in Metro Weekly, HRC Global Director Ty Cobb (@TyWesleyCobb) raises the alarm about the increasing attacks against the LGBTQ community around the world. Cobb <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> on Donald Trump, Mike Pence and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-november-13-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 13, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 13, 2017 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-november-13-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 13, 2017 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 13, 2017 AMERICA\u2019S TOP LEADERS HAVE REMAINED SHAMEFULLY SILENT ON GLOBAL LGBTQ PERSECUTION: In a piece in Metro Weekly, HRC Global Director Ty Cobb (@TyWesleyCobb) raises the alarm about the increasing attacks against the LGBTQ community around the world. 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