News Briefs for 08.07.20
Beyond the Carolinas
News briefs from across the globe for 08.07.20.
HRC Rallies Behind Biden
How LGBTQ Organizations Have Mobilized the Community
“We’re bringing people in,” says Lucas Acosta, national press secretary for campaigns at HRC. “We are making sure that every person is getting out to vote, but also the people who have been voting and have been voting consistently — we need to move them up the ladder of engagement.”
An Army of Equality Voters
How LGBTQ Organizations Have Mobilized the Community
In this issue of qnotes’ series on what LGBTQ organizations have done, and are doing, to mobilize people to vote, the publication takes a closer look at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
LGBTQ non-discrimination protections in healthcare
Beyond the Carolinas
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the Trump-Pence administration’s latest actions to undermine the rights and welfare of LGBTQ people, putting a vulnerable population at increased risk for discrimination.
Carolinas show rankings in HRC CEI
Beyond the Carolinas
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Alphonso David announced that a record 686 of America’s leading companies and law firms were continuing to advance policies and practices to protect their LGBTQ workers — both at home and abroad, according to the HRC Foundation’s newly-released 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
First online peer-based mental health and substance abuse support community launched
Beyond the Carolinas
Ahead of Pride Day 2019, ForLikeMinds.com announced that it has launched the first online peer-based support community dedicated to mental illness and substance use conditions in the LGBTQ community.
HRC’s index rates N.C.’s LGBTQ laws
Beyond the Carolinas
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute released their 5th annual State Equality Index (SEI) and not surprising, North Carolina falls into the category, “High Priority to Achieve Basic Equality.”
Our People: Q&A with Kendra R. Johnson
Executive Director, Equality North Carolina
Newly minted Executive Director of Equality NC, Kendra Johnson is a lifelong campaigner for the public good.
U.S./World: New ‘religious freedom’ rule places LGBTQ health, well-being at risk
Beyond the Carolinas
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule that could strengthen protections for healthcare workers who refuse to provide health services for religious or moral reasons.
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