The Natnal LGBTQ Task Force is dited to achievg eedom and jtice for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer people, and their fai through proactive, targeted, change-ducg iativ.
Contents:
- GAY LOBBYG ON THE HILL HAS SHORT YET STRONG HISTORY
- WHAT THE GAY LOBBY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW
- DO THE HOBBY LOBBY DECISN THREATEN GAY RIGHTS?
- GAY LOBBY
- HOW HOBBY LOBBY SPL THE LEFT AND SET BACK GAY RIGHTS
GAY LOBBYG ON THE HILL HAS SHORT YET STRONG HISTORY
One argument ed by nservativ the Supreme Court s is that gay Amerins have bee so polilly powerful that they don't need special attentn om the urts. Whether or not that's te, 's clear that advocy groups for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny have built a strong work of lobbyists and polil activists Washgton. * lobby dei gay *
Supreme Court lg that Tle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgenr workers om workplace discrimatn — there are still barriers to full cln the workplace. “I am a gay man, but I’m also a Black man and Lato, ” said Reebok’s manager of ctomer service, Cristian Cabrera. Lotn: Fully Remote Grdr offers a platform for members of the gay, bisexual, transgenr and other queer muni to explore datg optns and nnect wh fellow ers their area.
Together, BCG and New York Cy’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, a nonprof service and advocy anizatn, surveyed 2, 000 LGBTQ employe and 2, 000 non-LGBTQ (straight) employe across the US. Addnally, ERGs, though helpful, have tend to have a disproportnally high number of gay, whe men, who the 1990s and early 2000s were the most visible out hort among the LGBTQ workforce. In the early years of the LGBTQ rights movement wh rporate Ameri, there were more gay, whe men than lbians, transgenr dividuals, people wh other sexual inti, and LGBTQ people of lor who were out and visible the workplace and held polil pal.
As a rult, ERGs and their learship untentnally tend to nsist disproportnately of gay, whe men. ) The survey also found a marked crease among all genrs the number of people who intify as multiple sexual orientatns or as orientatns other than gay, lbian, or bisexual.
WHAT THE GAY LOBBY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW
For example, we asked LGBTQ employe whether a lleague had ever assumed their fay stcture or parenthood stat bee of their LGBTQ inty (makg a ment such as “Gay people do not have kids, right?
It’s crazy that this even needs to be said, but all LGBTQ people should boytt the Herage of Pri until they make sure none of the sponsors fund anti-gay legislatn.
Gay Lobbyg On The Hill Has Short Yet Strong History One argument ed by nservativ the Supreme Court s is that gay Amerins have bee so polilly powerful that they don't need special attentn om the urts.
DO THE HOBBY LOBBY DECISN THREATEN GAY RIGHTS?
Whether or not that's te, 's clear that advocy groups for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny have built a strong work of lobbyists and polil activists Washgton.
Gay Lobbyg On The Hill Has Short Yet Strong History.
GAY LOBBY
One argument ed by nservativ the Supreme Court s is that gay Amerins have bee so polilly powerful that they don't need special attentn om the urts.
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: One argument ed by some nservativ the Supreme Court s is that gay Amerins have bee so polilly powerful and proment they don't need special nsiratn om the urts.
Whether or not that's te, is clear that lbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgenred advocy groups have built a strong work of lobbyists and polil activists Washgton, D. Gay activists lnched the HRC 1980, as they learned how Washgton Stachelberg is a former HRC polil director.
HOW HOBBY LOBBY SPL THE LEFT AND SET BACK GAY RIGHTS
Now she's wh the liberal Center For Amerin STACHELBERG: You need to have both an effective lobby to ph members of Congrs to support the gay and lbian muny on the one hand, terms of advocy and tellg stori. For years, members of Congrs wouldn't even publicly accept ntributns om gay polil mte. Print Bill Clton's 1992 mpaign had an openly gay fundraiser, David Mixner, bundlg ntributns om gay donors.