{"id":90698,"date":"2019-06-11T10:25:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-june-11-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-06-11T10:25:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:25:51","slug":"am_equality-tipsheet-june-11-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-june-11-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: June 11, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: June 11, 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>BREAKING &#8212; BOTSWANA HIGH COURT OVERTURNS COLONIAL-ERA LAW CRIMINALIZING SAME-SEX RELATIONS: <\/strong>\u201cToday\u2019s historic decision puts an end to a law that discriminated against and violated the most fundamental human rights of an entire group of people,\u201d said <strong>HRC Director of Global Partnerships Jean Freedberg<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freedjean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FreedJean<\/a>)<strong>. <\/strong>Tashwill Esterhuizen, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/global-innovative-advocacy-summit#2017%20Global%20Summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 HRC Global Innovator<\/a> who led the Southern Africa Litigation Centre\u2019s efforts to litigate this case, called it, \u201ca positive step toward the inclusion of our community across Africa and the world.\u201d Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/hrc.org\/blog\/Botswana-High-Court-Overturns-Law-Criminalizing-Same-Sex-Relations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HRC<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2019\/06\/11\/botswana-decriminalises-gay-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Pink News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW PRRI SURVEY SHOWS SUPPORT FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE INCREASING AMID TRUMP-PENCE ATTACKS ON LGBTQ COMMUNITY:<\/strong> Reports <em>TIME\u2019S<\/em> Abby Vesoulis (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abbyvesoulis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@abbyvesoulis<\/a>): \u201cMore than six in ten Americans say they have become more supportive of transgender rights compared to their stances five years ago\u2026 The findings from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a nonpartisan research organization, show a shift in public perception across political parties. Over three-quarters of Democrats surveyed reported being more supportive of transgender rights now than in 2014. Meanwhile, 64% of independents said they felt this way, and 47% of Republicans did.\u201d Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5604398\/growing-suport-trans-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>TIME<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prri.org\/research\/americas-growing-support-for-transgender-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PRRI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>And nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose the Trump-Pence discriminatory ban on transgender troops &#8212; including an increasing percentage of Republicans<\/strong>, the survey found. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/06\/11\/trumps-transgender-military-ban-is-losing-even-his-own-party\/?utm_term=.c1b5840692ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cCOPY, PASTE, LEGISLATE\u201d &#8212; HOW ANTI-LGBTQ ORGS PUSH CHILD WELFARE BILLS THAT HARM LGBTQ PEOPLE IN STATEHOUSES NATIONWIDE: <\/strong>An investigation by the <a href=\"https:\/\/publicintegrity.org\/state-politics\/copy-paste-legislate\/adoption-centers-the-latest-battleground-for-religious-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Public Integrity<\/a>, <em>The Tennessean<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/2019\/06\/10\/adoption-agencies-latest-front-religious-freedom-fight\/1359072001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a> reveals the lengths that the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation has gone to push legislation across the nation that allows discrimination against prospective adoptive and foster parents &#8212; including \u00a0based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. They found 66 bills copycat bills in 21 states and the U.S. House with model language matching the first of these \u201clicense to discriminate\u201d bills that passed 16 years ago in North Dakota. Read more in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/2019\/06\/10\/adoption-agencies-latest-front-religious-freedom-fight\/1359072001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY TWEET &#8212; \u201cI AM A QUEER VIETNAMESE AMERICAN, BUT NOT ALWAYS IN THAT ORDER\u201d: <\/strong>HRC\u2019s Viet Tran (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/viethoaitran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@viethoaitran<\/a>) writes powerfully about his coming out experience in honor of Immigrant Heritage Month. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/i-am-a-queer-vietnamese-american-but-not-always-in-that-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;When I first came out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, I was afraid of the ways it would further complicate my multiple identities and two distinct cultures and traditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a> for letting me share my story for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrideMonth?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrideMonth<\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ImmigrantHeritageMonth?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ImmigrantHeritageMonth<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IAmAnImmigrant?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IAmAnImmigrant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZROXBMqBBj\">t.co\/ZROXBMqBBj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Viet Tran (@viethoaitran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/viethoaitran\/status\/1138110874269433856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ADOPTS POLICY ON ANTI-TRANS VIOLENCE: <\/strong>AMA board member Bobby Mukkamala said violence against transgender people is \u201con the rise and most victims were black transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>,\u201d adding that \u201cthe number of victims could be even higher due to underreporting and better data collection by law enforcement is needed to create strategies that will prevent anti-transgender violence.\u201d Read more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2019\/06\/10\/u-s-physicians-adopt-new-policy-against-anti-trans-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Washington Blade<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>VATICAN RELEASES ANTI-LGBTQ DOCUMENT REJECTING TRANS IDENTITY, INTERSEX COMMUNITIES AND SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS: <\/strong>HRC condemned the Vatican\u2019s new anti-LGBTQ statement, which may have a significant effect on transgender and intersex Catholics particularly. Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prri.org\/research\/americans-support-protections-lgbt-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">polling<\/a> by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 72 percent of Catholics support fully-inclusive LGBTQ non-discriminantion protections in employment, housing and public spaces. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjhl.com\/news\/vatican-rejects-gender-change-to-alarm-of-lgbt-catholics\/2066056384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Associated Press<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE <em>POSE <\/em>SEASON 2 TRAILER HAS ARRIVED &#8212; AND WE. ARE. GAGGED.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wake up, bring out the glass slippers and click your heels together <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PoseFX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PoseFX<\/a> fam\u2026 because the OFFICIAL TRAILER IS HERE!<\/p>\n<p>See you Tuesday at 10p on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FXNetworks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FXNetworks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnMLCtQ9Ct\">pic.twitter.com\/dnMLCtQ9Ct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PoseFX (@PoseOnFX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoseOnFX\/status\/1138129198315294732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>JONATHAN VAN NESS COMES OUT AS NON-BINARY IN <em>OUT MAGAZINE<\/em>: <\/strong>\u201cI didn\u2019t think I was allowed to be nonconforming or genderqueer or nonbinary &#8212; I was just always like \u201ca <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>\u201d because that\u2019s just the label I thought I had to be,\u201d the <em>Queer Eye <\/em>star (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jvn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jvn<\/a>) told Fran Tirado (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fransquishco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@fransquishco<\/a>) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.out.com\/lifestyle\/2019\/6\/10\/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-im-nonbinary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Out Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PRIDE MONTH ROUNDUP<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>LOS ANGELES TIMES <\/em>REFLECTS ON ITS COVERAGE OF LA PRIDE OVER PAST 50 YEARS: <\/strong>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-pride-parade-los-angeles-history-20190608-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>LAT<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The pre-Stonewall LGBTQ movement: <\/strong>Learn its history from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/nbc-out\/homophiles-stonewall-there-was-growing-gay-rights-movement-n1015331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>NBC<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meet Frank Kameny: <\/strong>Check out this profile and interview of the trailblazing LGBTQ activist from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kywnewsradio.radio.com\/articles\/news\/stonewall-50-how-frank-kameny-helped-shape-lgbt-rights-movement-philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>KYW News Radio<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OKLAHOMA MAN\u2019S TRUCK GOES VIRAL FOR SHARING MESSAGE OF ALLYSHIP: <\/strong>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/straight-oklahoma-mans-pickup-truck-goes-viral-for-supporting-pride-in-the-bible-belt\/#gs.i2b6wk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Gay Star News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FIVE TEENAGERS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH LONDON ATTACK ON SAME-SEX COUPLE: <\/strong>The two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> were brutally attacked by a group of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teenagers<\/a>, who demanded that the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> kiss. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/06\/08\/730951943\/five-teens-arrested-in-homophobic-attack-on-london-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>NPR<\/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.hrdive.com\/news\/nearly-half-of-lgbtq-employees-arent-out-at-work-fearing-career-damage\/556055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>HR Drive<\/em><\/a> reports on HRC Foundation data showing that nearly half of LGBTQ employees aren\u2019t out at work; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/alan-cumming-on-stonewall-50-i-dont-see-why-i-should-thank-someone-for-treating-me-equally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Daily Beast<\/em><\/a> interviews Alan Cumming (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alancumming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Alancumming<\/a>) on the 50th anniversary of Stonewall and the Trump-Pence administration\u2019s attacks on LGBTQ people; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/06\/07\/most-lgbt-friendly-places-to-retire-in-america-senior-advice-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>CNBC<\/em><\/a> highlights friendly retirement cities for LGBTQ people<\/p>\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cody Barlow, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USNavy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USNavy<\/a> veteran from Hulbert, Okla., ran duct tape across his tailgate in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGBTQ?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LGBTQ<\/a> family + friends. \u201cPeople have dealt with hatred &#038; judgment simply for who they are, and\/or who they love, for far too long &#8230; <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> life loud and proud.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrideMonth?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrideMonth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vU5CJEatQ7\">pic.twitter.com\/vU5CJEatQ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard (@phoebesaid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phoebesaid\/status\/1137500084520849408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Click here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> to subscribe to #AM_Equality and follow <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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-june-11-2019?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-june-11-2019?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: June 11, 2019 BREAKING &#8212; BOTSWANA HIGH COURT OVERTURNS COLONIAL-ERA LAW CRIMINALIZING SAME-SEX RELATIONS: \u201cToday\u2019s historic decision puts an end to a law that discriminated against and violated the most fundamental human rights of an entire group of people,\u201d said HRC Director of Global Partnerships Jean Freedberg (@FreedJean). 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