ICYMI — HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID CHATTED WITH BESTSELLING ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE AUTHOR GEORGE M. JOHNSON ON HIS MEMOIR AND GROWING UP BLACK AND QUEER: Watch the live Instagram conversation here.
TUESDAY TWEET — THE GRIO FEATURES HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID, HIGHLIGHTS FOCUS ON POLICY AND CULTURAL CHANGE: “I plan on continuing to work with the administration in advancing affirmative policy to protect the lives of LGBT people and specifically to your point, highlighting that people of color, unfortunately, in many cases are disproportionately impacted by discrimination,” said David (@AlphonsoDavid). More from The Grio.
CDC STUDY SHOWS LGBTQ PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK OF COVID-19: HRC’s 2020 research supports the CDC’s findings and shows similar findings for transgender people. The CDC also called for more data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity in order to improve knowledge about health disparities. More from ABC11.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAYS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE CAN NOW BEGIN ENLISTMENT FOLLOWING BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER: “If you can meet all the other requirements, physical fitness and your academics, and all the other requirements to enlist in a branch of the armed forces, transgender identity will not be a bar,” said Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby. More from The Washington Blade.
TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS IN THE SOUTH ARE BATTLING HOUSING INSECURITY AND HOMELESSNESS AMID COVID-19: Many transgender people, especially transgender people of color, continue to face ongoing discrimination and compounded challenges in the middle of a pandemic. Approximately 19% of transgender people and 26% of transgender people of color became unemployed because of COVID-19, compared to 12% of the general U.S. population. More from USA Today.
🇺🇸 IN THE STATES
VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES APPROVE BILL TO BAN SO-CALLED “LGBTQ PANIC DEFENSE”: More from The Washington Blade.
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RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE’S LALA RI ON BLACK LIVES MATTER, “BLACK VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD”: More from The Wrap.
185 LGBTQ GERMAN ACTORS STAGE MASS COMING OUT, CALL FOR MORE ONSTAGE AND ONSCREEN DIVERSITY: More from The Hollywood Reporter.
SOCCER STAR JOSH LEAFER ON USING TIKTOK TO COME OUT, SUPPORTING OTHER LGBTQ MEN: More from them.
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