#AM_Equality: November 10th, 2021 – HRC – Human Rights Campaign
REMEMBERING MARQUIISHA LAWRENCE, BLACK TRANS WOMAN WITH AN “INFECTIOUS SMILE” AND A “HEART OF GOLD”: “With 45 recorded deaths, we’ve reached yet another tragic milestone this year. Marquiisha was clearly loved by so many. She deserved to live, but her life was stolen from us far too soon,” said HRC Director of Community Engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative Tori Cooper (@MsToriCooper1, she/her). “We must commit to honoring trans lives and ending the horrific epidemic of violence that plagues our community. Marquiisha deserved nothing less than our full commitment to building a better future for trans people.” More from HRC.
RESEARCHERS FIND DISPARITIES IN SUICIDE RISK AMONG LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL ADULTS: More from National Institute of Health.
📍 IN THE STATES
“EXACTLY WHO HE WAS MEANT TO BE”: MOM OF TRANSGENDER KINDERGARTENER SHARES STORY: Emily Torrisi and her husband Al Torrisi didn’t know any transgender people. So when their child, EJ, started telling all of his friends that he was a boy, they just followed parental instincts and gave him the latitude to follow his heart. More from Asbury Park Press.
AUSTIN BECOMES ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR U.S. CITIES TO STAND WITH INTERSEX YOUTH: The city council of Austin, the capital of Texas, formally adopted a resolution condemning gender “corrective” surgeries on newborns and children that are intersex. More from Into.
THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD CELEBRATES TRANSGENDER AWARENESS MONTH: More from LA Blade.
📺 GET CULTURED
🎸 BROTHERS OSBORNE BRING MESSAGE OF INCLUSIVITY TO CMA STAGE: TJ, the lead singer of Brothers Osborne who will perform at the CMA Awards tonight, recently came out as gay. The band is using this opportunity to promote LGBTQ+ inclusion within the country music community. More from The Washington Post.
HOW DEVERY JACOBS IS “LIVING TRUTHFULLY” AS QUEER & INDIGENOUS: In an interview with E! News, Devery Jacobs (@kdeveryjacobs) discusses the importance of visibility for her role in the FX comedy Reservation Dogs. More from E! News.
🎵 ‘FIRST’ OUT LGBTQ+ K-POP BOY BAND LIONESSES RELEASE DEBUT SONG: More from The Advocate.
🌍 GLOBAL EQUALITY
RUSSIA LABELS LGBTQ+ RIGHTS GROUP, LAWYERS AS ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’: Russian authorities labeled a prominent LGBTQ+ rights group as “foreign agents” continuing a months-long crackdown. More from The Washington Post.
A LESBIAN COUPLE IS CHALLENGING THE U.K.’S “GAY TAX” ON FERTILITY TREATMENTS: Married influencer couple Megan and Whitney Bacon-Evans argue that the process for starting a family with fertility assistance is substantially more cost-prohibitive for same-sex couples, single women, and others who don’t fit within the cis, heterosexual norm. More from them.
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