{"id":93665,"date":"2019-08-07T10:25:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-august-7-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T10:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:25:27","slug":"am_equality-tipsheet-august-7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/am_equality-tipsheet-august-7-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"#AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 7, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 7, 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; HRC WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID:<\/strong> David, a civil rights lawyer and longtime LGBTQ advocate, is the first civil rights lawyer and the first person of color to serve as HRC president in the organization\u2019s nearly 40-year history. He previously made history as the first openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> counsel to the governor of New York and the state\u2019s first deputy secretary and counsel for civil rights. This fierce, compassionate and strategic leader takes HRC\u2019s helm at a critical time, when LGBTQ people, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>, people of color, immigrants and refugees and others are being confronted with daily attacks on our most basic rights. Read more about David, whose appointment was announced in late June, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=07d5f27ab2&#038;e=8341d72bf7\"><em>Associated<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=79f3654ace&#038;e=8341d72bf7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em> Press<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=ab3bf2508b&#038;e=8341d72bf7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Advocate<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=6c9ff75ba4&#038;e=8341d72bf7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Washington Blade<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hrc.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=edc90daa13af512e883bded49&#038;id=dc0fda95ed&#038;e=8341d72bf7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AN ELOQUENT FAREWELL FROM OUTGOING PRESIDENT CHAD GRIFFIN:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Leading <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a> the past seven years has been the honor of my life. Some final thoughts of gratitude as I wrap up my last day in the office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xjOSvMcD4t\">pic.twitter.com\/xjOSvMcD4t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadHGriffin\/status\/1158841281960919040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>HRC MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, RENEWS CALL FOR CONGRESS TO PASS H.R. 4: <\/strong>\u201cThe right to vote is a central principle and a bedrock of our democracy,\u201d said <strong>HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/david_stacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@david_stacy<\/a>). \u201cFull equality will not be achieved until we halt the systematic efforts to restrict access to the ballot box, disenfranchise voters and undermine our democracy.\u201d More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/hrc-marks-anniversary-of-the-voting-rights-act-renews-calls-to-pass-hr4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HRC<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VRA54?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VRA54<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRC<\/a> renews its <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> to Congress to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RestoreTheVote?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RestoreTheVote<\/a> and pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act \u2014 critically important civil rights legislation that would ensure fair access to the ballot for all Americans is protected. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HR4?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HR4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GeSK9f1yKa\">t.co\/GeSK9f1yKa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1158802416415825920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS,\u00a0 ADVOCATES DEMAND WHITE HOUSE AND U.S. SENATE TAKE ACTION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE: <\/strong>More from Ramsey Touchberry (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ramsberry1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ramsberry1<\/a>) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/protesters-white-house-demand-trump-moscow-mitch-take-action-gun-violence-1452869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NO SURPRISE HERE &#8212; PENCE MEETS WITH HATE GROUP AND SAYS \u201cTHERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA\u201d FOR HATE<\/strong>: His confab with the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which has called for the criminalization of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> relationships, marked the third time in five days Pence has appeared with anti-LGBTQ extremists. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/pence-meets-notorious-hate-group-adf-hate-has-no-place-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ShareBlue<\/em><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com\/2019\/08\/mike-pence-blasted-for-appearing-with-anti-lgbtq-extremists-three-times-in-five-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>New Civil Rights Movement<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT WE\u2019RE READING WEDNESDAY &#8212; THERE IS NO ROOM FOR DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE: <\/strong>\u201cThe truth is, no one has to accept being turned away by a health care provider or insurer because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,\u201d writes Julianna S. Gonen (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulieGonen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JulieGonen<\/a>) of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2019\/8\/05\/trump-allows-hate-health-care-let-your-voice-be-heard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Advocate<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Connecticut insurance commissioner opposes Trump-Pence rollbacks on protections for transgender people.<\/strong> More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/news\/connecticut\/hc-news-insurance-transgender-trump-discrimination-20190805-uzek6scobjamxcvhrr6sivsxpm-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Hartford Courant<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HOW BLACK PRESS PAVED THE ROAD FOR LGBTQ EQUALITY: <\/strong>\u201c[<em>The Chicago Defender<\/em>] provided extensive coverage of Black queer life in Chicago, and in the 1970s&#8230;it reported sympathetically on the city\u2019s nascent movement for LGBTQ equality,\u201d writes Timothy Stewart-Winter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timothysw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@timothysw<\/a>), an associate professor at Rutgers University-Newark. The <em>Chicago Defender<\/em>, which was founded in 1905 to serve the city\u2019s Black community, has moved to an online format, ceasing print publication entirely. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2019\/08\/05\/how-black-press-helped-pave-way-gay-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NO HATE IN THE STACKS &#8212; \u201cTO ME, LIBRARIES ARE FOR ALL OF US\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cThey are moldable space where you take what you want and you can leave what you don\u2019t, where you are challenged and you are comforted, but above all, they are a place where you are welcomed,\u201d writes the <em>Des Moines Register\u2019s<\/em> Iowa columnist Courtney Crowder (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CourtneyCare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@courtneycare<\/a>) about Paul Robert Dorr, who <a href=\"https:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/ia\/religious-activist-fined-for-burning-library-s-lgbtq-books\/article_314cdf40-3b47-5dbb-b465-b55326d1a385.html#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was fined for burning LGBTQ-themed books<\/a> he\u2019d checked out from the Orange City Library. More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/local\/columnists\/courtney-crowder\/2019\/08\/05\/book-burning-iowa-man-who-burned-lgbtq-books-goes-trial-tomorrow-paul-dorr-david-levithan\/1921300001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Des Moines Register<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WE CANNOT NORMALIZE HATE &#8212; THE LATINX COMMUNITY STANDS UNITED:<\/strong> \u201cThe violence in El Paso is not about immigration policy. It is about promoting the hate, fear and division sown by President Trump,\u201d writes Janet Murgu\u00eda (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMurguia_Unidos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JMurguia_Unidos<\/a>), president of the UnidosUS, in the <em>NYT<\/em> oped. \u201cViolence is a terrifying but not unexpected outcome when our nation\u2019s leader tries to normalize hate.\u201d More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/06\/opinion\/el-paso-shooting-latino.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd <\/strong><strong>\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd HRC\u2019S JAY GILLIAM HIGHLIGHTS LGBTQ ISSUES IN THE U.S. AND CHINA:<\/strong> In an interview with the National Committee on U.S. &#8211; China Relations (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCUSCR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NCUSCR<\/a>), Gilliam explains the differences between HRC and Zhitong Guangzhou LGBT Center\u2019s programming, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/become-an-hrc-global-fellow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HRC Global Fellow\u00a0Program<\/a>, how health care and LGBTQ issues intersect and social attitudes toward the LGBTQ community in both countries. Watch more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FWPVkTdaLHU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WORK SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL LGBTQ PEOPLE &#8212; COMING OUT AS TRANS AT WORK IN THE UK: <\/strong>\u201c[T]ransitioning at work has given me a voice where I never had a voice before,\u201d says <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> rights advocate Aoife Martin (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aoifemrtn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@aoifemrtn<\/a>). More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/coming-out-as-trans-at-work_uk_5d38255fe4b020cd994bf40d?guccounter=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>HuffPost<\/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:\/\/medium.com\/our-human-family\/mothering-as-societal-architecture-b077e9f46d32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Medium<\/em><\/a> features a powerful profile of\u00a0 HRC Foundation Board Co-Chair, author and activist Jodie Paterson (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodie_GeorgiaNY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jodie_GeorgiaNY<\/a>); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newnownext.com\/joshua-rush-comes-out-bisexual-andi-mack\/08\/2019\/?xrs=synd_twitter_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>NewNowNext<\/em><\/a> shares that Andi Mack actor Joshua Rush (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaRush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JoshuaRush<\/a>) came out as <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you for sharing your truth, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaRush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoshuaRush<\/a>, no doubt inspiring other <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> people along their journeys to living authentically.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thread?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#thread<\/a> is a powerful reminder of the importance of telling LGBTQ stories and sharing our experiences. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6i9wml9n4X\">t.co\/6i9wml9n4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1158784958443470850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 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-august-7-2019?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.hrc.org\/blog\/am-equality-tipsheet-august-7-2019?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss-feed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 7, 2019 TODAY &#8212; HRC WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID: David, a civil rights lawyer and longtime LGBTQ advocate, is the first civil rights lawyer and the first person of color to serve as HRC president in the organization\u2019s nearly 40-year history. 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