#AM_Equality: July 21, 2022 – Human Rights Campaign
🗳 BIPARTISAN RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT PASSES 267-157, WITH 47 REPUBLICAN VOTES: “The fact that this bill passed with strong bipartisan support, earning the votes of 47 Republicans, proves that marriage equality is supported by a wide swath of the American people, and is not going anywhere. We strongly urge the Senate to follow the example set by their colleagues in the House and vote to pass this bill,” said HRC Interim President Joni Madison (@HRC_President, she/her). More from HRC.
- CORPORATE AMERICA CALLED ON TO SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL: HRC Senior Vice President for Programs, Research and Training Jay Brown (@ThisIsJayBrown, he/him) urged “companies to do what’s right for their LGBTQ+ employees and customers and continue to show strong support for pro-equality measures, including the Respect for Marriage Act and the Equality Act.” More from the Washington Post.
HRC REMEMBERS THE LIFE OF MARTASIA RICHMOND, WHO WAS LOVED ‘TREMENDOUSLY’ BY FRIENDS: “At 30 years old, she should have decades ahead of her to spend with those she loved. Her death was not only unjust but part of an alarming trend of anti-transgender violence in Chicago and in this country at-large,” said HRC Director of Community Engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative Tori Cooper (@MsToriCooper1, she/her). “More must be done to protect Black transgender women and the entire transgender and gender non-conforming community.” More from HRC.
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH–AND MAY SAVE LIVES: American and international studies alike have found evidence to support the lifesaving power of gender-affirming care—particularly for transgender and gender non-conforming youth. More from WIRED.
🐧 QUEER ANIMALS ARE EVERYWHERE. SCIENCE IS FINALLY CATCHING ON: More from The Washington Post.
SEX ED WAS IN TROUBLE BEFORE ROE V. WADE’S REVERSAL. NOW THE CURRICULUM MATTERS EVEN MORE:
More from The 19th*.
🎧 LISTEN: THE QUEER CHILDREN’S BOOKS TARGETED BY THE “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW: More from The New Yorker.
📍 IN THE STATES
HRC ENDORSES JIM OBERGEFELL FOR OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: More from HRC.
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GET CULTURED
🎾 TOP RUSSIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKINA COMES OUT AS GAY: More from CNN.
CHARLES BARKLEY VOICES SUPPORT FOR GAY & TRANS FOLKS IN VIRAL VIDEO: More from Out.
📚 IS THIS THE GOLDEN ERA OF QUEER LITERATURE?:
More from Vogue.
🌍 GLOBAL EQUALITY
💼 CUÁLES SON LAS MEJORES EMPRESAS DONDE TRABAJAR PARA EL COLECTIVO LGBTQ+: EL RANKING: Los lugares de trabajo son importantes para la inclusión de las personas LGBTQ+. En este artículo, hay una lista de HRC Equidad Chile de empleadores chilenos que están trabajando para mejorar la inclusión LGBTQ+. Más de IPROFESIONAL.
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