{"id":83118,"date":"2019-04-02T10:25:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-april-2-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:25:25","slug":"am_equality-tipsheet-april-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-april-2-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 2, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 2, 2019<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.hrc.org\/images\/made\/images\/remote\/https_assets2.hrc.org\/files\/images\/blog\/AMEquality-1600x900_640_360.png\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY &#8212; HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HOLDS HISTORIC HEARING ON THE BIPARTISAN EQUALITY ACT: <\/strong>\u201cNo one should have to fear discrimination or harassment because of who they are or whom they love,\u201d said <strong>HRC President Chad Griffin<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadHGriffin\">@ChadHGriffin<\/a>). \u201cLGBTQ Americans still face real and persistent discrimination in their everyday lives, and their rights should not determined by what side of a city or state line they <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> on. It\u2019s crucial that Congress advance the bipartisan Equality Act, and today\u2019s historic hearing by the House Judiciary Committee is an important first step toward ensuring LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination across this country.\u201d More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/today-house-judiciary-committee-holds-historic-hearing-on-the-bipartisan-eq\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ICYMI &#8212;<\/strong> <strong>LGBTQ civil rights leader and Judiciary Vice Chair Rep. Scanlon (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repmgs\">@RepMGS<\/a>) <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> for passage of Equality Act: <\/strong>\u00a0More from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/lgbtq-civil-rights-leaders-rep-scanlon-call-for-passage-of-the-equality-act\">HRC<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is past time for us to codify the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EqualityAct?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EqualityAct<\/a> into law. I am proud to stand alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahEMcBride?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SarahEMcBride<\/a> in the fight for the full legal and social equality of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGBTQ?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LGBTQ<\/a> community. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wEyoREQYDa\">pic.twitter.com\/wEyoREQYDa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (@RepMGS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMGS\/status\/1112765599296512001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>TODAY@ NOON CT &#8212; TENNESSEE BUSINESS LEADERS AND LGBTQ ADVOCATES TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE OPPOSING ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS: <\/strong>The Tennessee Equality Project, faith leaders from diverse denominations and business will hold a press conference today to oppose extreme anti-LGBTQ bills including legislation that would create a broad license to discriminate against LGBTQ people for businesses and taxpayer-funded adoption agencies. All interested media should contact Nick Morrow (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRMorrow\">@NRMorrow<\/a>) at <a href=\"mailto:nick.morrow@hrc.org\">nick.morrow@hrc.org<\/a>. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article228715674.html\"><em>The State<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/local-news\/bill-allowing-adoption-groups-to-turn-away-lgbt-parents-passes-tn-house\/1893850071\"><em>WKRN<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>HRC MOURNS ASHANTI CARMON, TRANS WOMAN KILLED IN PRINCE GEORGE\u2019S COUNTY, MD: <\/strong>\u00a0More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/hrc-mourns-loss-of-ashanti-carmon\">HRC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/ashanti-carmon-a-black-transgender-woman-was-fatally-shot-near-washington-dc-17002547\"><em>Bustle<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/Police-Investigating-Slaying-of-Transgender-Woman-in-Maryland-507911061.html\"><em>NBC4<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a> is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ashanti Carmon, a Black transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> fatally shot yesterday in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>As we honor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TransDayOfVisibility?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TransDayOfVisibility<\/a>, we must address the epidemic of violence that disproportionately targets Black <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> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SayHerName?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SayHerName<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6lK5AmSvYb\">pic.twitter.com\/6lK5AmSvYb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1112361405716393984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY TWEET &#8212; NEW HRC VIDEO FEATURES U.S. SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN (D-WI) ON THE NEED TO PASS THE EQUALITY ACT NOW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cMy message to other members of Congress is: This is the right thing to do and it\u2019s long overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQ champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorBaldwin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorBaldwin<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> on Congress to pass the bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EqualityAct?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EqualityAct<\/a>. It&#8217;s time we add sexual orientation and gender identity to our existing civil rights laws. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6aEmC18yOe\">pic.twitter.com\/6aEmC18yOe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1112089614276272128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>HRC CELEBRATES NATIONAL POETRY MONTH &#8212; AND EQUALITY &#8212; WITH POEMS FROM CHILDREN, YOUTH AND LGBTQ POETS:<\/strong> HRC asked young people nationwide to write poems about what equality means to them, and to share them with us and you. Throughout April, HRC will also share LGBTQ poets who inspire our communities and the ways in which poetry can be an agent for social change. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/join-hrc-and-our-nations-youth-celebrate-national-poetry-month\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW POLL SHOW MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH A GAY OR LESBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: <\/strong>The polling did not include <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> or transgender identity in the questioning. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/436776-poll-majority-of-americans-are-comfortable-with-gay-presidential-candidate\"><em>The Hill<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/gay-presidential-candidate-poll-comfortable-homosexual-pete-buttigieg-1382292\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BREAKTHROUGH IN ORGAN TRANSPLANTS FOR HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS: <\/strong>For the first time ever, surgeons have transplanted a kidney from a living HIV-positive donor to an HIV-positive recipient. The procedure took place at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and marks a breakthrough that advocates and medical professionals hope will help save lives and end stigma around HIV. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/first-living-hiv-positive-donor-provides-kidney-for-transplant-in-medical-breakthrough\/2019\/03\/28\/29894312-50bc-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html?utm_term=.88fba6cf6a04&#038;wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-national&#038;wpmk=1\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AARP HIGHLIGHTS THE HISTORY OF THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT: <\/strong>\u201cThe 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising feels like a good time to take stock of how far we\u2019ve come and how far we must go to ensure that all LGBT older adults are free to be their whole selves, in every community under the rainbow, without fear of any kind of discrimination,\u201d said Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drniiquartelai\">@drniiquartelai<\/a>), AARP Senior Advisor &#038; National LGBT Liaison. Read more from HRC and watch the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">video<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/aarp-reminds-us-not-to-forget-the-history-of-the-lgbtq-movement\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>REMEMBERING DR. VIRGINIA URIBE, LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR LGBTQ YOUTH: <\/strong>Dr. Uribe was the Founder of Project 10, an organization that was the basis for Gay-Straight Alliances and \u00a0works to ensure LGBTQ students are fully included and affirmed in public schools. More from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.losangelesblade.com\/2019\/03\/31\/dr-virginia-uribe-project-10-founder-pioneer-for-lgbt-youth-dies-at-84\/\"><em>Los Angeles Blade<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong><u>GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>VICTORY &#8212; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGALIZED IN CAYMAN ISLANDS: <\/strong>More from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2019\/04\/01\/same-sex-marriage-legalized-in-cayman-islands\/\"><em>Washington Blade<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ECUADOR CONSTITUTIONAL COURT STARTS HEARING CASE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE:<\/strong> More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/ecuadors-constitutional-court-starts-hearing-case-for-marriage-equality\/#gs.3es4i0\"><em>Gay Star News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>READING RAINBOW<\/u><\/strong><u> &#8211; Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!<\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/actor-jacob-tobia-talks-about-importance-of-non-binary-and-trans-visibility\">HRC<\/a> features author Jacob Tobia (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobtobia\">@jacobtobia<\/a>) on the importance of non-binary and <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> visibility; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/for-many-native-americans-embracing-lgbt-members-is-a-return-to-the-past\/2019\/03\/29\/24d1e6c6-4f2c-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html?utm_term=.cc47d908cd81\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a> features Katherine Davis-Young\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kdyjournalist\">@KDYJournalist<\/a>) story on cultural acceptance of LGBTQ Native Americans; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theadvocate.com\/new_orleans\/entertainment_life\/article_86178982-53c2-11e9-8c74-27d1d46019d6.html\"><em>New Orleans Advocate<\/em><\/a> highlights Bryan Washington\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brywashing\">@brywashing<\/a>) writing, which offers powerful LGBTQ and immigrant persepctives; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/american-idol-jeremiah-lloyd-harmon-parents-dont-accept-gay-top-20\/\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> uplifts the moving performance of American Idol\u2019s Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jlloydharmon\">@jlloydharmon<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;If I can be open about it and vulnerable, then maybe that can bring hope to somebody else.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericanIdol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmericanIdol<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jlloydharmon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jlloydharmon<\/a> is living his life openly and authentically. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmericanIdol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmericanIdol<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GhTeCkZB8Z\">t.co\/GhTeCkZB8Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1112791745627148290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\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\/\"><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-april-2-2019?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-april-2-2019?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 2, 2019 TODAY &#8212; HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HOLDS HISTORIC HEARING ON THE BIPARTISAN EQUALITY ACT: \u201cNo one should have to fear discrimination or harassment because of who they are or whom they love,\u201d said HRC President Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin). \u201cLGBTQ Americans still face real and persistent discrimination in their everyday lives, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-april-2-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 2, 2019<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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