Losangelesblade.com, Volume 05, Issue 03, January 15, 2020

Turning the page

Inauguration goes mostly virtual as D.C. reels from coup attempt, PAGE 06

JANUARY 15, 2021 • VOLUME 05 • ISSUE 03 • AMERICA’S LGBTQ NEWS SOURCE • LOSANGELESBLADE.COM

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!"#$ %&#'()#*+(,-$ .*,/0/&,-$ 1233(++##$ 42&$ %&#'()#*+5#-#6+$ those in need that would be publicized on the inaugural 72#$8()#*$,*)$9(6#$%&#'()#*+5#-#6+$:,3,-,$;,&&('$('$6,--(*0$2*$ committee’s website, Gay told the briefing. Most of the events +"#$<=8!>$6233/*(+?$+2$@,&+(6(@,+#$(*$'#A#&,-$@-,**#)$A(&+/,-$ were to be virtual. inaugural events that reflect the theme of “America United,” “Events will focus on COVID-19 relief and address challenges an inaugural official told LGBTQ representatives at a Jan. 12 that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, such as online briefing. poverty, hunger, racial injustice, homelessness, mental “We are looking forward to the inaugural ceremonies in health, and educational disparities,” a statement released by which the American people and the world will witness the the inaugural committee says. peaceful transition of power,” said Rina Patel, the inaugural “The Presidential Inaugural Committee is asking Americans committee’s Associate Director of Coalitions before a everywhere to participate in community service and urging B223$ 0,+"#&(*0$ 24$ 6-2'#$ +2$ CD$ &#@&#'#*+,+(A#'$ 24$ <=8!>$ them to sign up to volunteer at bideninaugural.org/day-oforganizations from across the country. service and encourage their friends, family, and neighbors to “This will mark a new day for the American people focused join,” the statement says. on healing our nation, bringing our country together, and %,+#-$ +2-)$ +"#$ <=8!>$ &#@&#'#*+,+(A#'$ @,&+(6(@,+(*0$ (*$ +"#$ building back together,” she said.

Zoom briefing that the inaugural committee would welcome J@<A:;<=DK<H<LD!.'1%#+213 takes the oath of office on Wednesday, Patel noted that the inaugural swearing-in ceremony for posting information on its website about their respective #?=5!,-!?D!=EE=5!8M<@<!N:HH!=ED!O<!?!PBOH:L!?B;:<=L<!QE@!DM<!E?DM! Biden and Harris, which will take place outside the U.S. Capitol, ;B<!DE!6/R94!@<AD@:LD:E=A5 organizations participating in the Day of Service events and will not be open for in-person viewing and will be restricted participation in at least two other official inaugural events. mainly to members of Congress.

One of them, scheduled for Jan. 19, is being billed as a nationwide memorial to remember “In order to be mindful of COVID-19 guidelines there are no public tickets available for the and honor those who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Information released by the inaugural inauguration,” she said. “I know some folks are excited about being in D.C., but we are really committee says it will take place mostly virtually beginning at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, with a D.C. encouraging everyone to stay home and not to travel to D.C.” ceremony featuring a first-ever lighting around the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool.

At least three national LGBTQ organizations, meanwhile, were scheduled to hold their own “Buildings across the country and the Memorial Pool will be reflected in the color of light inaugural celebrations in honor of the incoming Biden-Harris administration. amber, which I’m assured looks great on everyone and every building,” said Patel, who invited The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, announced +"#$ <=8!>$ &#@&#'#*+,+(A#'$ +2$ '/E3(+$ ,*$ ,@@-(6,+(2*$ 42&3$ +2$ E#$ -('+#)$ ,'$ ,$ @,&+(6(@,*+$ (*$ +"#$ it is joining “community partners” in holding a virtual LGBTQ Inaugural Ball on Jan. 20 called the memorial from their home cities or states.

Power of Unity.

“I think this will be a great moment of unity and quite frankly a catharsis for the country for us “This not-to-be-missed virtual event will feature musical performances and special appearances to understand and reflect on the many lives lost to COVID-19,” she said. from equality leaders across the LGBTQ movement,” a statement promoting the event says.

Patel and Gay said yet another inaugural activity called the Field of Flags will serve as a Among the performers scheduled to appear, the statement says, is Billy Porter, the Grammy, fundraising event for community-based organizations across the country, including LGBTQ Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor, singer and activist who stars in the FX hit series “Pose.” organizations. According to an inaugural committee statement, the committee will arrange for HRC is billing the event as a fundraiser with suggested levels of donations of $400, $250, $175, the installation of an “extensive public arts display” on the National Mall in Washington during $100, and $35, with financial supporters having access to an online reception and having their the inaugural week. name posted as an official sponsor. But HRC says people can also attend the online Inaugural It says the display will include “approximately 191,500 U.S. flags of varying sizes, including Ball free of charge by registering in advance of the event. flags representing every state and territory, and 56 pillars of light.” The display will be widely The Center for Black Equity, the D.C.-based national LGBTQ advocacy organization that televised and available for viewing online, the statement says, adding that Americans are being organizes the nation’s Black Pride events, is holding its own virtual inaugural ball on Jan. 20, invited to become a symbolic sponsor of the flags in exchange for a donation that the inaugural according to Executive Director Earl Fowlkes. Fowlkes said some LGBTQ elected officials were committee will arrange for nonprofit community organizations to receive to help them carry out expected to speak at the event along with Reggie Greer, who served as the LGBTQ liaison for the their mission of helping people in need.

Biden presidential campaign.

“Those flags are being sponsored by folks who helped us build our flag page and make a The LGBTQ Victory Fund, which raises money and provides logistical support for openly suggested donation,” Gay told the LGBTQ Zoom briefing. She was referring to a page on the LGBTQ candidates running for public office, was scheduled to hold a virtual Inauguration 2021 inaugural committee’s website. “If your organization is listed on that page you can submit a fundraising event on Jan. 14. donation form and your network of people can donate directly to your group,” she said.

In a statement on its website, the group said the event would celebrate “the queerest U.S. In addition to the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol, the inaugural committee has announced Congress in history!” a reference to the record number of LGBTQ candidates elected or reonly three other in-person events on Jan. 20, with all three involving the military. elected to Congress in the 2020 election. Nine U.S. House members and U.S. Sen. Tammy Following the swearing-in ceremony and Biden’s inaugural address, then President Biden, the Baldwin (D-Wisc.), were expected to appear at the Victory Fund event. new first lady, then Vice President Harris and her husband, called the second gentleman, will The Biden inauguration was scheduled to take place two weeks after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots in participate in a Pass in Review, a longstanding military tradition in which Biden will review the which hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building in a readiness of military troops, according to a statement released by the inaugural committee. siege that took the lives of five people, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer.

“Every branch of the military will be represented in this event,” the statement says.

The Biden-Harris inaugural committee has said it was working closely with the U.S. Secret According to the statement, Biden, Harris and their spouses will next participate in a Service, D.C. police, and a Capitol Police force with new leadership to ensure the security and “Presidential Escort” from 15th Street, N.W. to the White House one block away. Similar to the safety of all those participating in the few in-person inaugural events.

Pass in Review at the Capitol, every branch of the military will also participate in this event by Patel and Carrie Gay, another inaugural committee official, told the LGBTQ representatives escorting the president and vice president in a walk to the White House with a U.S. Army Band at the Jan. 12 online briefing about at least three virtual inaugural events that community-based performing along with the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard and Fife and Drum Corps. organizations, including LGBTQ groups, could participate in.

The inaugural committee statement makes no mention of how Biden and Harris and their The two said one of the events scheduled for Jan. 18 was being organized in conjunction with spouses will travel from the Capitol to 15th Street, but it’s presumed they will be traveling by the annual Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service. Community organizations throughout presidential motorcade. the country, including LGBTQ organizations, were being invited to organize events assisting

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From January 3 through January 11, a total of 83 citations were issued to businesses including restaurants, gyms, personal care salons, hair salons/ barbershops, places of worship, and shopping malls for noncompliance with Health Officer Orders.

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The LGBTQ advocate pointed out the committee of jurisdiction for the Equality Act in the Senate is the Judiciary Committee, the same panel responsible for coordinating Trump’s %:6#2+1:#'(,("%2*C But the idea that leeway should be granted to Biden on LGBTQ issues amid national crises isn’t shared by everyone, and it remains to be seen how much patience LGBTQ movement leaders will have before they start calling him out for not acting on his campaign promises. If the Equality Act stalls out in Congress, the handful of advocates who had called for a LGBTQ policy staffer on the Biden campaign and transition team, may feel vindicated.

“The notion that our government can only focus on one thing at a time isn’t acceptable,” one Democratic insider told the Blade. “You can’t have the agenda and policy goals that Biden does 2'&,'.(,123#,(1#,6".+#$$,(.,:.3#,42$(#"CI Instead of watching the Equality Act become law in 100 days, the bill’s supporters may have to settle for having the legislation passed in one chamber of Congress within the 100day timeframe. One LGBTQ advocate said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has privately signaled she would bring up the Equality Act in the U.S. House early on during the Biden administration, which is expected to translate to a floor vote within 100 days.

Pelosi’s office, however, hasn’t responded to repeated requests from the Blade since September on when she’d hold a vote on the Equality Act in the next administration.

In the Senate, one LGBTQ advocate predicted the U.S. Senate wouldn’t take up the legislation until summer or fall, and that would be only for the initial steps of committee action. Others LGBTQ advocates, however, strongly pushed back on that assessment and said no decisions have been made about the timing for Senate action on the Equality Act. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has sponsored the Equality Act in the U.S. Senate. He told the /*2&#,(1".571,2,$6.9#$6#"$.',1#H&,+.'(%'5#,(.,65$1,4.",(1#,*#7%$*2(%.'C “The Equality Act is one of Sen. Merkley’s most critical legislative priorities for 2021, and he will be urging leaders in both chambers to move expeditiously and seize the window of opportunity to pass this historic legislation,” Martina McLennan, a Merkley spokesperson, said.

With the Senate in a 50-50 party split, another wrinkle in the Equality Act is having to overcome the legislative filibuster, the Senate tradition requiring 60 votes to move forward with debate

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If the 60-vote threshold remains intact, the bill’s supporters would have to find 10 Republicans willing to vote for the bill, which would be a tall order especially within the 100-day timeframe Biden has envisioned. The only Senate Republican who has previously signaled support is Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).

The offices of Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) didn’t respond to a request D#&'#$&2=,4".:,(1#,/*2&#,(.,+.::#'(,.',(1#,>?52*%(=,@+(C With passage of the Equality Act in question, LGBTQ advocates are instead renewing calls on Biden to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to implement fully the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which found anti-LGBTQ discrimination is a form .4,$#8,&%$+"%:%'2(%.'<,(15$,%**#72*,5'&#",#8%$(%'7,+%3%*,"%71($,*20C The Center for American Progress on Tuesday issued a new report, “Improving the Lives and Rights of LGBTQ People in America: A Road Map for the Biden Administration,” which makes (1#,#8#+5(%3#,."&#",(.,%:6*#:#'(,2,+#'(#"6%#+#,%',(1#%",6".6.$2*C Sharita Gruberg, senior director for LGBTQ research and communications at the Center for American Progress, said during a conference call with reporters Tuesday the Biden transition team has been “receptive” to the requests in the report, but any declined to specify if any (%:%'7,+.::%(:#'($,0#"#,:2&#C “We get the impression that the Biden administration definitely prioritizes these issues and understands the need for immediate action,” Gruberg added. “The Equality Act is competing with a lot of other very critical priorities, but again, we have received every indication from +12:6%.'$<,2$,0#**,2$,(1#,2&:%'%$("2(%.',(12(,(1%$,"#:2%'$,2,+"%(%+2*,6"%."%(=CI The executive order to implement Bostock, however, wouldn’t be as sweeping as the Equality Act because no law bans sex discrimination in federal programs or public accommodations.

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