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In partnership with PSB Insights, HRC releases new data showing Latinx LGBTQ people suffer disproportionate impact from the COVID-19 fallout.

• Said HRC President Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid): “As we celebrate Latinx heritage month, we must acknowledge that those living at the intersections of multiple marginalized identities face harsher consequences of the pandemic.”
• The data show that 40% of Latinx LGBTQ respondents had their work hours reduced due to COVID-19 and 20% of Latinx LGBTQ respondents became unemployed due to COVID-19. Check out the research here.

HRC EQUALITY VOTES PAC LAUNCHES $2 MILLION GOTV PROGRAM ACROSS 12 STATES: The digital ad campaign, comprised of new video and streaming radio ads, focuses on educating voters on early voting, mobilizing them to turn out to vote by November 3rd, and holding Trump, Pence and their endorsed candidates accountable for their extreme anti-LGBTQ positions and botched handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Equality Voters have the power to make the racist, sexist, anti-LGBTQ Trump-Pence ticket a pair of one-term losers,” said HRC Deputy Campaign Director Jonathan Shields (@jonpshields). “We know we must vote like our lives depend on it, because for so many LGBTQ people and those living with the most dire impacts of this pandemic -- that’s true.” More from HRC and Washington Blade.

FRIDAY FEATURE -- YESTERDAY, HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID MARKS CONSTITUTION DAY WITH MEMORABLE #CONSTITUTIONALMOMENT: Watch here.

MEDIA MATTERS SHARES NEW RESEARCH SHOWING HOW CABLE NEWS STOPPED COVERING ANTI-TRANS VIOLENCE AFTER PRIDE MONTH: More from Media Matters.

HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT RELATED TO COVID-19: More here.

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS SHARE SPJ RACE AND GENDER HOTLINE TO SUPPORT INCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR: Check out the hotline here.

SEX EDUCATION NEEDS TO BE MORE LGBTQ INCLUSIVE: Inclusive sex education has the opportunity to give many LGBTQ youth a formal and safe space to navigate their own sexuality through the lens of a diverse range of identities. Read the full op-ed in The Daily Iowan.

🌏 GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

BARBADOS GOVERNOR GENERAL PLEDGES MOVEMENT TOWARD CIVIL UNIONS LAW, LIKELY THROUGH A PUBLIC REFERENDUM. More from Openly.

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LIL NAS X, GUS KENWORTHY, VIOLET CHACHKI AND MORE LGBTQ AND ALLIED STARS TO FEATURE IN NEW YORK FASHION WEEK FILM: More from Paper Magazine.

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