{"id":85843,"date":"2019-04-29T10:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-april-29-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T10:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:25:40","slug":"am_equality-tipsheet-april-29-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-april-29-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 29, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 29, 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>TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION PREPARES PROPOSAL DESIGNED TO ROLL BACK PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER PATIENTS:<\/strong> The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is preparing a rule change to interpretation of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to remove explicit protections for LGBTQ people in healthcare programs and activities. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2019\/04\/24\/trump-administration-prepares-rule-that-civil-rights-groups-worry-may-deny-care-transgender-patients\/?utm_term=.6b84855d2ed5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/04\/24\/hhs-transgender-1379336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IT IS BEYOND TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE: <\/strong>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.losangelesblade.com\/2019\/04\/27\/19-year-old-opens-fire-in-san-diego-county-synagogue-on-last-day-of-passover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Los Angeles Blade<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2019\/04\/28\/chabad-synagogue-shooting-victims-rabbi-two-israelis-woman-valor\/?utm_term=.ff191dfa8f2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Six months after the Tree of Life attack in Pittsburgh and on the last day of Passover, this shooting at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue is a tragic reminder that hate is alive and well in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadHGriffin\/status\/1122257818948657152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>MUST WATCH MONDAY &#8212; OLYMPIAN AND FIGURE SKATER ADAM RIPPON JOINS THE \u201cAMERICANS FOR THE EQUALITY ACT\u201d CAMPAIGN IN POWERFUL NEW VIDEO: <\/strong>&#8220;The message that this legislation really sends to young LGBTQ+ people is that your identity should never be something that you feel is gonna hold you back,&#8221; 29-year-old Rippon said. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we need to pass the Equality Act now.&#8221; The <em>Americans for the Equality Act<\/em> series, filmed by award-winning directors Dustin Lance Black (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLanceBlack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DLanceBlack<\/a>) and Paris Barclay (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harparbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Harparbar<\/a>), launched with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OrzHOaDI9U8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debut video<\/a> featuring Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sally_field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@sally_field<\/a>) and her son Sam Greisman (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAMGREIS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SAMGREIS<\/a>). Additional <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">videos<\/a> have included Shea Diamond (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsheadiamond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@iamsheadiamond<\/a>) and Justina Machado (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinamachado?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JustinaMachado<\/a>). More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openlynews.com\/i\/?id=389e30e1-dcc8-456a-862f-d84baaa7019d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rippon has also launched a YouTube channel<\/strong>. More from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newnownext.com\/adam-rippon-youtube-channel-ama-style\/04\/2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>NewNowNext<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TEXANS &#8212; JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATION: <\/strong>SB 2485, SB2486 and SB 2487, three municipal preemption bills targeting non-discrimination ordinances, are scheduled for a hearing Wednesday, May 1, in the House State Affairs Committee. Find out three ways you can join the fight from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/texans-heres-how-to-join-the-fight-against-anti-lgbtq-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNITED METHODIST COURT UPHOLD ITS BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND LGBTQ CLERGY: <\/strong>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/04\/26\/united-methodist-court-upholds-traditional-plans-ban-on-lgbt-clergy-same-sex-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Religion News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This ruling from The United Methodist Church&#8217;s Judicial Council is deeply disappointing for countless LGBTQ Methodists, including young people and their families, who are yearning for a welcoming church family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s6TCWhxQtU\">t.co\/s6TCWhxQtU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1121828789028130821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>NEW STUDY SHOWS NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO IDENTIFY AS BISEXUAL HAS TRIPLED IN PAST DECADE: <\/strong>\u201cIn recent years, progress on achieving LGBTQ equality, coupled with representation through celebrity coming out stories and positive <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bi<\/a> characters in TV and film are giving people more comfort and safety in coming out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a>,\u201d said <strong>Elliott Kozuch, HRC deputy press secretary<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elliottkozuch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ElliottKozuch<\/a>). More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6960085\/The-number-Americans-bisexual-TRIPLED-past-decade-women-driving-increase.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RECENTLY RELEASED HONDURAN TRANS WOMAN DETAINED BY ICE AGAIN:<\/strong> Nicole Garc\u00eda Aguilar, who was released last week after a year of incarceration in immigration centers, has been detained again by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/apr\/26\/transgender-asylum-seeker-nicole-garcia-aguilar-detained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE THAN 150 SAME-SEX COUPLES WED ON FIRST DAY OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN TAIWAN: <\/strong>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/at-least-157-couples-to-wed-on-first-day-of-same-sex-marriage-in-taiwan\/#gs.85jelu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Gay Star News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ITALY SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF GAY MAN SEEKING ASYLUM: <\/strong>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2019\/04\/25\/italy-supreme-court-asylum-gay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Pink News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>READING RAINBOW<\/u><\/strong><u> &#8211; Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!<\/u><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/hrc-and-tomboyx-celebrate-inclusivity-with-a-new-line-of-hrc-branded-tomboy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HRC<\/a> announces a new partnership with TomboyX<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a>\u2019s new gender-neutral <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomboyExchange?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomboyExchange<\/a> underwear, you can&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2714\ufe0fCelebrate self love and acceptance.<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0fSupport minority-led companies.<br \/>\n\u2714\ufe0fGet comfy all day long. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9YGFG1aP6\">t.co\/C9YGFG1aP6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1122863107850719233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Have news? 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Thanks for reading!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-april-29-2019?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-april-29-2019?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 29, 2019 TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION PREPARES PROPOSAL DESIGNED TO ROLL BACK PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER PATIENTS: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is preparing a rule change to interpretation of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to remove explicit protections for LGBTQ people in healthcare programs and activities. 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