#AM_Equality: October 10, 2022 – Human Rights Campaign
WATCH: JON STEWART DEBUNKS ANTI-TRANS MYTHS ABOUT GENDER AFFIRMING CARE: As a reckless, unprecedented misinformation campaign to justify harmful policies to prevent transgender children from being able to access age-appropriate, medically-necessary, gender-affirming care sweeps across the country, the newest episode of the Apple TV+ hit show “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” debunks these hateful lies with a focus on the people who are being harmed and the truth about what this care looks like. More from Apple TV and HRC.
SELF-DESCRIBED ‘THEOCRATIC FASCIST’ AND ANTI-TRANSGENDER ADVOCATE MATT WALSH COMES UNDER FIRE FOR ADVOCATING FOR TEENAGE GIRLS TO MARRY AND GET PREGNANT: More from Media Matters.
COMMENTARY: BREAST CANCER AWARENESS IS FAILING TRANS PEOPLE: Messaging for Breast Cancer Awareness Month typically omits or forgets the transgender community — even though we are actually high-risk. More from Huffpost
‘WE JUST LOST TWO YEARS.’ HOW COVID-19 DISRUPTED THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV: The recent report analyzed peer-reviewed scientific literature along with 26 interviews with both people living with HIV and staff at community-based organizations—found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted HIV prevention measures and patient care in the United States. More from Time.
PRESIDENT BIDEN URGED TO INVESTIGATE TRANSPHOBIC BOMB THREATS AGAINST HOSPITALS: A group of influential health care organizations have urged the Biden administration to investigate a set of anti-LGBTQ+ hoax bomb threats. More from Pink News.
- FROM ‘GROOMING’ TO ‘CHILD ABDUCTION’: RIGHT’S ACCUSATIONS AGAINST LGBTQ+ ADVOCATES GET EVEN WORSE: More from Salon.
- AFTER FAR-RIGHT HARASSMENT, TRANS PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR HEALTH CARE: More from the Rolling Stone.
NEW SUPREME COURT TERM INCLUDES CRITICAL LGBTQ+ CASE: The U.S. Supreme Court, after a decision overturning Roe v. Wade that still leaves many reeling, is starting a new term with justices slated to revisit the issue of LGBTQ+ rights. More from the Washington Blade.
RUFUS GIFFORD: THIS GAY MAN IS THE FACE OF AMERICA TO WORLD LEADERS: Gifford, chief of protocol at the State Department, is the first point of contact for foreign leaders. More from the Advocate.
LGBTQ+ PEOPLE ON HOPE AFTER THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE: Journalists spoke with eight LGBTQ+ adults and two transgender teens about their experiences managing suicidal ideations, what support helped them the most, how they found hope for their futures, and any advice they had for LGBTQ+ youth. More from Teen Vogue.
📺 GET CULTURED
NEWS CHANNEL CELEBRATES REPORTER WHO CAME OUT AS TRANS IN HEARTWARMING SEGMENT: More from LGBTQNation.
J.K. ROWLING ALLY ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY DOXING A TRANS ACTIVIST: More from Vice News.
COMMENTARY: “WHAT LIKE, IT’S HARD?”: WHY LEGALLY BLONDE MADE ME WANT TO BE AN LGBTQ+ LAWYER: More from Gay Times.
9 CELEBRITIES WHO CAME OUT AS BISEXUAL IN 2022: More from Out.
🌍 GLOBAL EQUALITY
DOCTORS IN INDIA TRIED TO ‘CURE’ HER WITH CONVERSION THERAPY. NOW SHE’S FIGHTING TO BAN IT: More from Time.
IN UK, HATE CRIMES REACH RECORD HIGH AS OFFENCES AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE DOUBLE: More from the Independent.
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