Category: organizations
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‘State of Emergency’ Declared For LGBTQ+ People By Human Rights Campaign
For the first time in its 40-plus year history, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has issued a “state of emergency” in response to a record number of bills introduced across state legislatures this year that has already surpassed numbers from 2022. Rating: Transsupportive, Newsweek, June 6, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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LGBTQ Americans Are In A State of Emergency, HRC Declares
LGBTQ+ Americans are facing “real, tangible and dangerous” threats, said Human Rights Campaign CEO Kelley Robinson. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 6, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Jen Psaki Spots ‘Awkward’ Thing About Fox News’ Phony LGBTQ Outrage
The Biden White House press secretary-turned-MSNBC anchor also exposed Republican hypocrisy over Fox News’ boycott calls. Rating: Transneutral, Huffington Post, June 5, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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San Francisco’s Deep History of Policing Public Cross-Dressing
A 19th-century law led to over 100 local arrests of people wearing clothes typical of the opposite sex — an archaic ban akin to Tennessee’s recent law banning public drag, which has now been blocked and deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge. Rating: Transsupportive, Underscore, June 5, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Banned Books: Conservatives Target Publishers As Part of Their School, Library Censorship Push
The United States experienced a stunning uptick in book bans in 2022. According to data from the American Library Association (ALA), more than 1,200 challenges to various books were filed last year. This is nearly double the number of challenges in 2021, and by far the greatest number since the ALA began keeping track of bans 20…
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Drag & Trans Allies Guide
Currently, there are 500+ pieces of legislation targeting drag artists, trans people, and trans youth in America. There is no time but NOW to show up and show your support! This is not an exhaustive list of ways to enact allyship, but here are four suggestions of how you can make an impact today… Diamond…
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NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida
Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools. NAACP, May 30, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Donate to Rainbow Railroad
Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps LGTBQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. In a time when there are more displaced people than ever before, LGBTQI+ people are uniquely vulnerable due to systemic, state-enabled homophobia and transphobia. These factors either displace them in their own country…
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Target’s Capitulation To The Anti-Trans Mob and The Pitfalls of Corporate Pride
As soon as Pride month rolls around, we are greeted with a huge number of corporations paying lip service to Pride, usually by changing their social media profile pictures so that their logo is shown with the rainbow colors as a supposed expression of support. Correspondingly, we are also given a number of very surface-level…
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Exclusive: Mike Pence says he would ban transgender troops again
Mike Pence addressed numerous topics, including trans rights, Trump, the war in Ukraine and the current field in the race for president. Rating: ?, Scripps News via WKBW ABC, May 24, 2023 (PDF archive)