🎨 HRC FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES “ARTISTS FOR EQUALITY” AUCTION TO SUPPORT WORK ADVANCING TRANSGENDER RIGHTS: The online auction will take place between September 30 – October 14 and feature artwork from more than 33 well-known artists.e The funds raised will benefit the HRC Foundation’s work to advance transgender rights. “The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is so grateful to these extraordinary visual artists for supporting our work advancing transgender justice,” said HRC Director of Community Engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative Tori Cooper (@MsToriCooper1, she/her). “By raising funds for this critical work, ‘Artists for Equality’ demonstrates the power art really has to make a difference and save lives.” More from HRC.
HRC APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT OF 2021, URGES SWIFT ACTION IN SENATE: “Everyone deserves equal access to reproductive healthcare — including those who already face significant barriers to obtaining healthcare such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous individuals, the LGBTQ+ community, those living in rural areas, the young, the low income and those with disabilities,” said HRC Senior Vice President, Policy & Political Affairs JoDee Winterhof (@JoDeelive, she/her). “It’s imperative that the Senate take swift action on WHPA to ensure that the right to reproductive freedom does not just exist on paper, but is truly accessible for all those who need it.” More from HRC.
🏳️🌈 CAPITAL PRIDE BIDS FOR D.C. TO HOST WORLD PRIDE 2025: Last week, the Capital Pride Alliance announced that it has submitted a bid to host 2025 World Pride, the international Pride event that draws thousands of participants from throughout the world to the host city. This would commemorate the 50th anniversary of D.C.’s first LGBTQ+ Pride event in 1975, which began as a block party near Dupont Circle. More from Washington Blade.
💍 SWITZERLAND LEGALIZES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Yesterday, voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly decided to legalize same-sex marriage, making the country one of the last in Western Europe to do so. Additionally, an amendment to Switzerland’s marriage law was approved to grant LGBTQ+ couples access to sperm banks and same-sex couples to adopt children. More from The New York Times.
📍 IN THE STATES
TEXAS STUDENTS WALK OUT TO SUPPORT LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY TEACHERS AFTER SAFE SPACE STICKERS IN CLASSROOMS WERE REMOVED BY SCHOOL: Last week, hundreds of students at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas walked out to protest the disciplinary actions taken against two teachers after they were disciplined for handing out “safe space” stickers to their colleagues to show support for LGBTQ+ students. More from People and Advocate.
📺 GET CULTURED
🎬 INSIDE HBO’S NUCLEAR FAMILY — AND A LESBIAN FAMILY’S FIGHT TO EXIST: HBO’s new three-part documentary Nuclear Family, which aired its first installment yesterday, follows the historic four-year legal battle between a sperm donor and a lesbian family and the many sacrifices made along the way. More from TIME and Yahoo!.
BILLY EICHNER SETS HISTORIC LGBTQ+ CAST (WITH A TWIST) FOR UNIVERSAL’S ‘BROS’: Billy Eichner’s (@billyeichner) upcoming film ‘Bros’ will be the first major studio film to feature an all-LGBTQ+ principal cast playing LGBTQ+ characters. More from The Hollywood Reporter.
HOW HACKS HAS ADVANCED BISEXUAL REPRESENTATION ON TV: More from Advocate.
THE L WORD’S JILLIAN MERCADO ON REPPING LGBTQ+ DISABLED LATINX VISIBILITY: “It wasn’t about me chasing my dreams anymore and being in the fashion industry or entertainment industry,” said Jillian Mercado (@jilly_peppa). “It was like my existence is a political statement… I have such an opportunity right now to really make real change within the industry.” More from Advocate.
🌍 GLOBAL EQUALITY
HUNGARY COMMITTED TO DANGEROUSANTI-LGBTQ+ LAW: More from AP.
THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR POLAND’S “LGBT-FREE” ZONES: More from them.
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