{"id":75787,"date":"2018-12-04T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-december-4-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-12-04T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:25:32","slug":"am_equality-tipsheet-december-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-december-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: December 4, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: December 4, 2018<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/https_assets2.hrc.org\/files\/images\/blog\/AM_Equality--1600x900_640_360.png\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW ARIZONA STATE HOUSE SPEAKER RUSSELL BOWERS UNFIT TO SERVE ALL ARIZONANS: <\/strong>\u201cRep. Bowers has spent his career attacking the LGBTQ community, proving that he will not serve all Arizonans as Speaker of the House,\u201d said <strong>HRC Arizona State Director Justin Unga.<\/strong> \u201cBowers believes that businesses should have a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people, that LGBTQ people should not be protected from discrimination under state law, and that the abusive and debunked practice of so-called \u2018conversion therapy,\u2019 &#8212; a form of child abuse &#8212; should be allowed to continue in Arizona.\u201d More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/hrc-arizona-state-house-speaker-russell-bowers-is-unfit-to-serve-all-arizon\" target=\"_blank\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HRC YOUTH AMBASSADOR SHARES POWERFUL STORY ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH SO-CALLED \u201cCONVERSION THERAPY\u201d: <\/strong>\u201cSharing my story, the first people that I think about are parents who are considering sending their child away to conversion therapy, parents that are scared. Those are the people that I want to reach,\u201d wrote <strong>HRC Youth Ambassador Alex Cooper<\/strong>, for <em>The Advocate\u2019s<\/em> ongoing series, \u201cCan\u2019t Be Converted,\u201d which highlight the accounts of those who endured conversion therapy in states where the practice remains legal for minors. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/conversion-therapy\/2018\/12\/03\/cant-be-converted-child-abuse-utah\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Advocate<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Must read: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a> Youth Ambassador Alex Cooper shares her powerful story of surviving the dangerous and debunked practice of &#8220;conversion therapy&#8221; in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had to wear a backpack full of rocks to feel the physical burden of being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nN0UsjyLPd\">t.co\/nN0UsjyLPd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1069667590283321345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY TWEET &#8212; HRC FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER JODIE PATTERSON SHARES EMPOWERING STORY ON RAISING HER TRANS SON: \u201c<\/strong>As a mother, when you see your child in pain, all you want to do is stop the pain. So I told Penelope that however he felt inside was fine by me. And what came next changed my world forever, \u201cI don\u2019t feel like a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boy<\/a> mama, I am a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boy<\/a>.&#8221; Those four words changed everything,\u201d writes <strong>Jodie Patterson, member of HRC\u2019s Board of Directors and Parent for Transgender Equality Council<\/strong>. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2015\/10\/95887\/jodie-patterson?utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=facebook_share\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Refinery29<\/em><\/a> and from Jodie Patterson (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodie_GeorgiaNY\">@jodie_GeorgiaNY<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;&#8216;I don&#8217;t feel like a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boy<\/a> mama, I\u00a0\u00a0a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boy<\/a>.&#8217; Those four words changed everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A must read from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodie_GeorgiaNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jodie_GeorgiaNY<\/a>, a member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a>&#8216;s board of directors and Parents for Transgender Equality council, who penned an honest and moving oped on raising her <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> son, Penelope. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JGuA4tT0qO\">t.co\/JGuA4tT0qO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1069637390036336641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>HRC\u2019S WELCOMING SCHOOLS PROGRAM LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE STORE WITH FREE BOOK SUPPORTING LGBTQ CHILDREN AND YOUTH: <\/strong>\u201c<em>A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo\u201d<\/em> provides the opportunity for students to explore the idea that love is love and to see that our differences are what make us special,\u201d said <strong>HRC Foundation Welcoming Schools Director Johanna Eager.<\/strong> \u201cWe are honored to partner with First Book and Chronicle Books to provide parents and youth-serving professionals this free tool to develop empathy and acceptance of differences among young people, and to start a conversation about negative bias and stereotypes.\u201d More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/support-lgbtq-youth-with-a-free-book-this-holiday-at-hrcs-welcoming-schools\" target=\"_blank\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What if somebunny told you that you could get a copy of \u201cA Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo\u201d for the cost of shipping while supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a>\u2019s Welcoming Schools program thanks to a partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstBook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FirstBook<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChronicleBooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChronicleBooks<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Hop over here to learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CYBDKN1BS3\">t.co\/CYBDKN1BS3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3iPxc3AFmp\">pic.twitter.com\/3iPxc3AFmp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1069652487190151169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>BUYER\u2019S CLUBS HELP MAKE PrEP AFFORDABLE IN SOME COMMUNITIES: <\/strong><em>Reuters\u2019<\/em> Sonia Elks (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoniaElks\">@SoniaElks<\/a>) interviewed <strong>Leslie Hall (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrLeslieHall\"><strong>@MrLeslieHall<\/strong><\/a><strong>), Associate Director, of HRC Foundation\u2019s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program, <\/strong>who said, \u201cIf you don&#8217;t have the top-of-the line healthcare plan it can really get expensive. For some people, a buyers&#8217; club is the only way they will have access to this drug.\u201d More from <a href=\"http:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20181130235707-qho8y\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RYAN MURPHY TO FUND \u201cPOSE GIVES BACK,\u201d AN INITIATIVE TO DEFEAT ANTI-LGBTQ CANDIDATES IN 2020:<\/strong> \u201cWe are going to send a message which says you cannot make discrimination against us a political virtue anymore,\u201d said Murphy, a writer\/producer\/director and a creator of the television series \u201cPose.\u201d Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/scene\/news\/ryan-murphy-initiative-vote-out-anti-lgbtq-candidates-1203078080\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARIS LEES TO BECOME VOGUE\u2019S FIRST OPENLY TRANS COLUMNIST:<\/strong> More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-46398143?intlink_from_url=https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/cp7r8vgln2wt\/lgbt&#038;link_location=live-reporting-story\" target=\"_blank\"><em>BBC<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE U.N. 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Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/12\/01\/health\/hiv-aids-tanzania-lgbt-discrimination-africa-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CNN<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ufffd\ufffd <strong><u>READING RAINBOW <\/u><\/strong><u>&#8211; Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!<\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/pose-star-ryan-jamaal-swain-on-abuse-fame-lgbt-history-and-defining-as-queer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Daily Beast<\/em><\/a> profiles \u201cPose\u201d star Ryan Jamaal Swain (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanJamaal\">@RyanJamaal<\/a>);<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-december-4-2018?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-december-4-2018?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: December 4, 2018 NEW ARIZONA STATE HOUSE SPEAKER RUSSELL BOWERS UNFIT TO SERVE ALL ARIZONANS: \u201cRep. 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