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FIRST-EVER LGBT PERSON CHOSEN TO BE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR MAINE

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he next Speaker of the House in Maine will be a 28-year-old gay man — marking the first time in the state an openly LGBT person will serve in the position. Ryan Fecteau, a Democrat who represents a small city just south of Portland, was nominated Nov. 12, according to the Maine House Democrats website. He will be formally elected Dec. 2 by his colleagues in the House. Fecteau is accustomed to making history. At the age of 21 he was elected as the nation’s youngest openly LGBT state legislator in 2014, according to the Advocate. Fecteau is soon to be a fourth-term member of the House and is the current Assistant Majority Leader. He will serve in the 130th session. “Ryan is a leader who can help Maine Ryan Fecteau, the Democrat nominated as Speaker of the House in Maine. Photo via Ryan Fecteau, Facebook. through the immense challenges we are facing as a result of the pandemic, and who can address the needs of the State and all personal experiences as a member of the and Ensuring Access to HIV Testing” in 2017, and “An Act To Address the Unmet who call it home,” Majority Leader Rep. Matt LGBT community. “I know there are young Workforce Needs of Employers and To Moonen said in a statement. people who are far more Improve the Economic Future of Workers” The position Fecteau is set to vulnerable than I was back in 2019, according to the State of Maine fill is significant, as the speaker then,” Fecteau said. “I want to Legislature website. of the house has influence protect them from the harm Fecteau also supports affordable housing, over floor movement, the that can come from a trusted advancing career and technical education House agenda, bill selection, professional telling them one and improving the tax code for working negotiating budgets with way or another that they are families and small businesses, according to the office of the governor, broken, that the core truth of Fecteau’s website. appointing committee who they are is wrong and even Fecteau studied political science and members and recruiting disgusting.” theology and religious studies at the Catholic candidates, according to the “An Act To Prohibit the University of America in Washington D.C., Portland Press Herald. The Provision of Conversion according to the Maine House Democrats position is also third in the line Therapy to Minors by Certain website. of succession for the governor’s Licensed Professionals,” a bill He also served as the leader of the LGBTQ office. - Ryan Fecteau sponsored by Fecteau, was Student Organization and president of the Fecteau has worked to NOMINATED SPEAKER OF passed and signed into law in student body, according to the speech. remedy the harmful effects of THE HOUSE IN MAINE 2019, according to the State of “I am humbled to receive the House conversion therapy, and spoken Maine Legislature website. Democratic nomination to serve as Speaker out against its use in front of Other legislation sponsored by Fecteau of the House,” Fecteau said in a Twitter post the Maine State Legislature in 2018. In the speech, Fecteau spoke about his includes “An Act Regarding the Drug Crisis on Nov. 12.

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TRANS CASHIER CLAIMS TORMENT BY PUBLIX CO-WORKERS

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former Publix cashier who identifies as a woman says co-workers tormented her with anti-gay and anti-transgender slurs until she suffered a nervous breakdown and had to be hospitalized. It’s the latest in a series of accusations When Whitter asked to wear the woman’s against the grocery giant by LGBT employees. uniform, Griffin told said she “was not a Publix was aware of Kevin Whitter’s female and [Publix] is not interested in gender identity when it hired her to work as confusing [its] customers.” a cashier in June 2018 at a downtown Miami In her second month at Publix, co-workers store, according to a lawsuit filed Sunday began referring to her as “He-She” or “Shim.” in U.S. District Court in Miami. Whitter’s When Whitter complained, Griffin “found driver’s license identifies her as a female. the situation funny and did not correct [the Her suit describes a series of humiliating co-workers’] behavior. Later, Griffin and encounters that began with store managers some of Whitter’s co-workers called Whitter denying her request to dress as a woman. “Ms. Thing,” “Kevinisha,” and “Kiki.” Before she was fired, co-workers yelled In March 2019, a deli worker grabbed slurs at her and a deli worker Whitter’s buttocks as she grabbed her buttocks without walked out of the company’s WHEN WHITTER permission, she said. break room. The deli worker Publix declined to respond said that she wanted to feel if it ASKED TO WEAR to the case, saying through was real, then accused Whitter THE WOMAN’S a spokeswoman that “it of wearing “booty pads.” UNIFORM, GRIFFIN would be inappropriate for Griffin instructed Whitter us to comment on pending to purchase a compression TOLD SAID SHE litigation.” bra, saying her “appearance is “WAS NOT A Shortly after Whitter was embarrassing our department hired, supervisors quickly and this company and bringing FEMALE AND began subjecting her to negative attention,” and asking [PUBLIX] IS NOT harassment motivated by “Why can’t you be like the other INTERESTED IN her sexual orientation and gay people here. Be gay and gender, then terminated her CONFUSING [ITS] keep it to yourself.” after she filed a discrimination Whitter was prohibited from CUSTOMERS.” complaint, according to the wearing any makeup on the job. suit. In April 2019, Whitter Allegations of harassment cited in the asked for coffee and was told by the store’s lawsuit include: pharmacy manager, “I know what you need Shortly after she was hired, supervisors to slap you in the face to wake you up” while asked her to cut her hair to fit Publix’s male gyrating his hips and moving from side to uniform policy. Whitter obliged because she side. needed the job. At one point in May 2019, a Publix The store’s customer service manager manager told Whitter, “We don’t tolerate Shereese Griffin told her she could not use homosexuals in my country,” and Whitter the women’s restroom because she “would reacted, yelling at one of the employees. scare the women because you look like As a Publix security guard escorted a man and you are a man, and you aren’t Whitter from the building, he pushed female by Publix’s standards.” Whitter out the door, saying, “Get the

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[expletive] out of Publix you sissy he-she” while slamming Whitter’s finger in the door. After the finger-slamming episode, Whitter suffered a nervous breakdown and was admitted to a Jackson Health System mental health treatment center, the suit states. When she was released three days later, Whitter received a message to call Publix and was told she was fired. The lawsuit states that Whitter suffers severe emotional distress over the discriminatory treatment, has suicidal thoughts and has been diagnosed with severe depression. The suit follows a landmark 6-3 decision in June by the United States Supreme Court that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination

based on race, religion, national origin and sex, also protects gay and transgender workers. Before the June 2020 decision, it was legal in more than half of the states, including Florida, to fire workers for being gay, bisexual or transgender. Whitter filed the suit after filing a discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Florida Commission on Human Relations in June 2019, and within 90 days of receiving a “Notice of Right to Sue” from the EEOC. The lawsuit alleges that Publix violated protections against disability discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation guaranteed by Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act and Florida’s Civil Rights Act.

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Yunieski Carey Herrera as Miss Cuba for Miss Trans Star International 2019. Photo via Facebook.

LOCAL TRANS WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND IN MIDDLE OF TRANSGENDER AWARENESS WEEK Christiana Lilly transgender beauty pageant hosted in Thailand, where she won for Miss Photogenic Miami man was arrested Tuesday for in 2011 and Miss Congeniality in 2014. “I came all this way to show Cubans that killing his wife, transgender activist and beauty queen Yunieski Carey transgender people have beauty, elegance Herrera. Her death comes in the middle of and intelligence and who deserve their place in the human race like everyone else,” she Transgender Awareness Week. According to Local 10, Ygor Arrudasouza told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2011. She most recently competed in Barcelona said he was under the influence of meth when he stabbed Herrera with a fork and in Miss Trans Star International in 2019. This week is Transgender Awareness knife. She allegedly told him that she had a Week, a celebration of transgender lives. It leads up to the somber better man, and in a fit of Transgender Remembrance Day, rage, he killed her. After AFTER CALLING which commemorates those who calling the police, he was have been killed for their gender arrested and booked at 10:30 THE POLICE, p.m. Tuesday for secondARRUDASOUZA WAS identity. In 2020, the transgender degree murder with a weapon ARRESTED AND community has been rocked by and aggravated battery. He has a hold for immigration. BOOKED AT 10:30 a high number of transgender people, particularly Black and Arrudasouza appeared P.M. TUESDAY FOR brown women, murdered in the in court Wednesday, crying U.S. According to the Human before the judge. SECOND-DEGREE Rights Campaign, 36 transgender The two appeared to be a MURDER WITH people have been killed — with happy couple on Herrera’s A WEAPON AND Herrera included, 37. In 2019, the social media. On Oct. 15, number was 25. she posted a Facebook Live AGGRAVATED Bree Black, a Black trans video of Arrudasouza getting BATTERY. woman, was shot and killed over her name tattooed on his the Fourth of July weekend steps abdomen. “He got my name! My husband loves me,” away from her Pompano Beach home. No arrests have been made in her murder. Tony she wrote. Also known as Yuni Carey, she was McDade, a Black trans man, was shot and active in beauty pageants and was crowned killed by a Tallahassee police officer in May. Members of the community and fans Miss Queen Universe in 2006. She represented Cuba a number of times in took to social media to pay their respects to the Miss International Queen, the premier Herrera. This is a developing story.

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THE WORLD AROUND

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US CHRISTIAN GROUPS SPEND MILLIONS IN AFRICA TO STOP LGBT PROGRESS

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The results of a new investigation by openDemocracy published at the end of October show over 20 Christian groups based in the U.S. have spent more than $50 million in Africa since 2007. These Christain groups have a reputation for working against LGBT rights, reproductive rights, sexual education and contraception, according to openDemocracy. Between 2007 and 2018, the biggest spender against LGBT rights on the continent has been the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, with a total of $7,554,764. Other groups working against LGBT rights include Human Life International and Focus on the Family. They’ve spent $4,133,502 and $1,936,130, respectively, in Africa between 2007 and 2018,

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according to openDemocracy. “These groups explicitly state their opposition to LGBT rights [including same-sex marriage, prohibitions on employment discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, and prohibitions on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ or ‘reparative therapy’ that seeks to ‘correct’ queer people],” acording to the openDemocracy website.

Less than 1 in 5 of the Japanese LGBT people are out at work, according to a recent study. The study conducted by Au Jibun Bank in Japan took a look at the working environment for the LGBT community, and revealed that less than 1 in 5 of the Japanese LGBT people surveyed were out. The study gathered data from 1,000 people: 500 LGBT and 500 non-LGBT, according to a press release. Of the 500 members of Japan’s LGBT community surveyed, just 17.6% were out. The survey also analyzed the support systems available in corporate Japan. Of the 1,000 surveyed, 22.7% said that the company they work for has a cooperative system or initiative for LGBT

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people, and about half — 48.3% — said they did not, according to the release. Common support systems named by those surveyed include congratulatory money and bereavement leave for samesex partners, training to learn about the LGBT community, participation or sponsorship of LGBT events and clear discrimination prohibition, according to the release.

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In the UK, 34-year-old transgender man Freddy McConnell lost a legal battle to be registered as his child’s father on Monday, after a UK supreme court decision, the Guardian reported. McConnell, a freelance reporter who works for the Guardian, began to transition through testosterone therapy in 2013 and 2014, and received a double mastectomy. He gave birth in 2018 after suspending hormone treatment, according to the article. The high court ruled in September of 2019 that McConnell could not appear as the “father” on the birth certificate. An appeal court came to the same ruling in April of 2020. The appeal court ruled in favor of the right of a child of a transgender parent to know the biological reality of the

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child’s birth over the parent’s right to be recognized by their legal gender, the Guardian reported. McConnell said he will bring his case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, the Guardian reported.

Playboy México will feature the first transgender woman on the cover of its November / December issue, according to the Playboy website. Victoria Volkóva, 27, was born in Querétaro in central Mexico, NBC News reported. She spoke about her journey as a transgender woman in an instagram post. “I long hated my body and hated being a trans woman, as I thought that was what made me a less valuable person, less worthy of love, less ‘normal,’” Volkóva wrote in the post. “But then I learned that the one that had to be accepted was myself before demanding that others accept me, because when you accept you first you stop mind what others think of you.” Volkóva has over 900,000 Instagram

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followers and more than one million YouTube subscribers, NBC News reported. Volkóva appeared on the list of Forbes Most Powerful Women in 2018. “More programs are needed to educate people, to let them know that there is not only one family model, nor just two genders,” Volkóva told Forbes.

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CUMULATIVE KNOWN COVID-19 CASES IN THREE SOUTH FLORIDA Cumulative Known COVID-19COUNTIES: Cases in Three South Florida Counties: NOVEMBER 11 THROUGH NOVEMBER 17

November 11 through November 17

Percent Increase in cumulative COVID-19 cases from 11/11 to 11/17 Palm Beach 4.7%, Broward 4.9%, and Miami Dade 4.9%

11/11

11/12

95,311

11/13

11/14

Palm Beach

96,700

95,734

58,754

58,396

57,661

57,361

56,907

56,509

93,868

93,514

92,657

92,148

205,536

203,654

202,644

200,259

199,072

197,196

195,991

11/15

59,154

11/16

Broward

11/17

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CUMULATIVE KNOWN COVID-19 DEATHS IN THREE SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTIES: Cumulative Known COVID-19 Deaths in Cumulative Known COVID-19 Cases in South Florida Counties: 17 NOVEMBER 11 THROUGH NOVEMBER ThreeThree South Florida Counties:

November 11 through November November 11 through November 17 17

Percent Increase in cumulative COVID-19 deaths from 11/11 to 11/17 Percent Increase in cumulative COVID-19 cases from 11/11 to 11/17 Palm Beach 1.3%, Broward 2.2%, and Miami Dade 0.8% Palm Beach 4.7%, Broward 4.9%, and Miami Dade 4.9%

1,614

92,148

1,564

56,509

11/11 11/11

1,619 1,570

92,657

1,620 93,514

1,581

11/12 11/12

Palm Beach

11/13 11/13

1,591

1,585

57,661

57,361

56,907

1,622 95,311

93,868 1,622

11/14 11/14

Palm Beach Broward Broward

11/15 11/15

205,536

203,654

1,627 95,734 1,596

58,754

58,396

3,723

3,709

202,644

200,259

199,072

197,196

195,991

3,709

3,707

3,706

3,701

3,693

11/16 11/16

1,635 96,700 1,598 59,154

11/17 11/17

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PANELISTS, PEOPLE AND POLITICS ANNUAL LGBTQ LEADERSHIP FORUM SPARKS DEBATE Kendall Little

anelists at this year’s National LGBTQ Leadership Forum made some bold claims like “American democracy is effectively over,” and we’re in the middle of a “rainbow tsunami.”

The 10th annual forum took place Nov. ran for office. She referred to the influx of 16 via YouTube and Facebook this year due LGBT representation as a “rainbow tsunami” to COVID-19. The annual event is hosted by in politics today. Our Fund and Equality Florida, the state’s Parker said when members of the largest LGBT rights organization. community win elections it inspires not only The panelists consisted of four members citizens, but the next generation of LGBT of various LGBT rights organizations. They leaders. She also said that it is extremely included Alphonso David, president of the important that there is LGBT representation Human Rights Campaign; Annise Parker, in politics because there is an immediate president and CEO of the LGBTQ Victory and direct impact when members of the Fund and Victory Institute; Kasey Suffredini, community win. CEO and National Campaign Manager of Parker noted that only three states have Freedom for All Americans; and Aaron yet to elect an LGBT person to their state Belkin, director of Take Back the Court and legislatures. She highlighted some big Palm Center. wins for the community The discussion was including a non-binary Black moderated by Nadine Smith, Muslim elected to the state executive director of Equality legislature in Oklahoma. Florida. And it wasn’t just LGBT On YouTube, the panelists Democrats that won — a gay were able to keep up with Republican won his race for comments and questions with the Tennessee house. the live chat feature. The live “It wasn’t the night I video footage of the panelists was hoping for, but when was displayed on top of a we took a deep breath and rainbow background. looked back — our downThe panel’s topics included ballot candidates did an a slew of LGBT-related issues. extraordinary job,” she said. Some of the questions were “We had a really great night.” asked by the moderator while others were asked by teenagers ‘AMERICAN DEMOCRACY through pre-recorded videos. IS OVER’ The questions sparked a vigorous discussion on the Panelist Belkin said, panel. “American democracy is - Annise Parker Here are the highlights from effectively over. Even when PRESIDENT AND CEO OF the forum. Democrats win, they aren’t THE LGBTQ VICTORY FUND allowed to govern.” ‘A RAINBOW TSUNAMI’ This statement sparked a discussion about how to restore democracy. According to the panelists this year’s He stated senate rules must be changed and election was a huge success for the aggressive democracy-related bills needed Democratic Party and the LGBT community. to be passed. He’s hopeful the Biden-Harris “There were just so many [LGBT administration will tackle these issues. candidates] running this year,” Parker said. David touched on the importance of court Parker noted over 1,000 LGBT candidates reform as well. He said that winning at the

“THERE WERE JUST SO MANY [LGBT CANDIDATES] RUNNING THIS YEAR.”

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ballot box means nothing when you can’t make a change. The Senate must be flipped blue if the LGBT community hopes to make progress. INDIVIDUALS MUST BE A PART OF THE CHANGE The panelists discussed the importance of donations and activism within the LGBT community in order for there to be sustainable change. They suggested using the media to spread the word. Media can be used to amplify messages members of the panel noted. They stressed the importance of individual responsibility to take action for a common goal. They suggested donating, volunteering, and mentoring as some of the ways people could help. Each panelist then took an opportunity to discuss what their own organizations would be doing for the community in the aforementioned areas. BIG BUSINESS AND LGBT RIGHTS Suffredini spoke about how big businesses have been immensely helpful over the years for the LGBT community. Having large companies’ support adds credibility to the cause being presented to the government. He touched on how having business leaders’

support can lead to more support for the movement at a local level as well. Suffredini explained the idea that people are more compelled to show support for a cause when big businesses also back it. He said that he hopes the business support will continue and increase as the years go on. ‘PEOPLE NOT POLITICS’ A difficult question was presented to the panelists when a young student’s video was shown asking about what the panelists could do to make transgender students more comfortable in their transition in the public school system. Parker tackled the question by asking another question: “What can YOU do?” She explained that individuals have to work together to make changes in schools. Organizations can only do so much if the students within the institutions aren’t banding together. Parker suggested that allies and LGBT students make an effort to include everyone. The forum ended on a reflection of the discussion. Smith described the forum as having a dose of reality within it and that the issues were not looked at with rose-colored glasses. Suffredini said, “At the end of the day, we get movement when we make issues about people, not politics.”

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LGBT IRANIAN-AMERICAN ELECTED ONTO WEST HOLLYWOOD CITY COUNCIL Sepi Shyne, a lesbian Iranian-American politician, made headlines recently after being elected as the first LGBT Iranian member of the West Hollywood City Council. “She appears to be the first out LGBTQ+ Iranian-American elected to any public office globally,” according to the Advocate. Shyne was born in Iran, but was relocated to California after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. She is currently 43 years old and works as an attorney. Her campaign website showcases a statement from Shyne that says, “I am running to serve West Hollywood residents and to put your needs first. Because I put my money where my mouth is, I am not accepting a single penny from developers. Let’s work together to ensure all of our residents’ voices are heard, renters and workers are protected and small businesses are revived with fresh energy on City Council.”

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SCHOOL FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS OPENS IN BANGLADESH Bangladesh has opened its first school exclusively for transgender people in Dhaka. The school will focus on teaching Islamic values to its students. It is privately funded and free of charge to students. The school is not limited to age either. As long as the student is transgender, they can attend the institution regardless of their age. The school is mirrored after traditional all-girls schools or allboys schools. In 2018, Bangladesh created a new amendment identifying transgender as a third gender. According to a new student at the school, most of the trans community were illiterate. The new school gives trans people an opportunity to become educated and advance in society with more ease.

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MUSIC GAY RAPPER LIL NAS X RELEASES HOLIDAY SONG Singer and songwriter Lil Nas X, debuted his new single “Holiday” Nov. 13. The artist has been busy this holiday season, from dropping new music to livestreaming a performance via “Roblox” Nov. 14. This seems to be an artist with the spirit of giving this holiday season. The gay rapper’s new single “Holiday” can be heard on all major platforms such as Apple music and Spotify. He also released a music video on his YouTube channel for his new single. Sporting as a futuristic Santa Claus in his sci-fi toy workshop, Lil Nas X seemed to be having a good time dancing with his robot elfs. Lil Nas X also partnered with the popular game “Roblox,” in an effort

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to give his fans a show during the COVID-19 outbreak. Lil Nas X came out in 2019 and marked the date in 2020 on Twitter saying, “i have officially been gay for a year wow that was fun what should i do next!?”

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Miley Cyrus revealed that her new album “Plastic Hearts,” will be released on Nov. 27 of this year. Cyrus, who identifies as pansexual, is bringing the ‘80s rock star vibe back into the 2020 year. “Plastic Hearts” will have features with names such as Billy Idol, Joan Jett and Stevie Nicks who appears on the remix of “Edge of Midnight.” The tracklist for the new album can be viewed on her Twitter page, along with the cover art for the album. On the cover Cyrus can be seen covered in a bright pink filter, while sitting on an allblack couch to add strength to the color. This will be Cyrus’ seventh studio album, with live covers from Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and the Cranberries “Zombie.” Billboard says Nick’s and Cyrus’

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SUPREME SCARE WILL HIGH COURT RE-WRITE RULES ON ADOPTION, DISCRIMINATION?

With the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, Conservatives now have a clear majority on the Supreme Court Lisa Keen

Keen News Service

n important oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court this month went largely overlooked because of the nation’s nearly complete fixation on the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. But statements and questions by some conservative justices during that argument — coupled with the new solid majority conservatives have on the court — have left LGBT legal activists feeling a bit unnerved. Among other things, two justices claimed that the court’s 2015 ruling striking down state bans on same-sex marriage made “promises” that future Supreme Court decisions would show “respect for religious beliefs” hostile to same-sex marriages. The two-hour hearing Nov. 4 in Fulton v. Philadelphia is the latest in a long line of lawsuits that have attempted to secure an exemption for some people and businesses to laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Those arguing for the exemptions claim that requiring they obey the non-discrimination laws violates their First Amendment freedom to exercise of their religious beliefs that they should discriminate against LGBT people. Opponents of such arguments say people and businesses have a First Amendment right to believe what they want, but if they voluntarily operate in the public arena, they must abide by laws governing the public, including laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In Fulton, the city of Philadelphia discovered that one of its contractors performing foster care placement services had a policy of denying consideration of

same-sex couples to serve as foster parents. That contractor, Catholic Social Services (CSS), acknowledged it had such a policy but said no same-sex couple had ever approached it so it couldn’t be accused of discrimination. When its contract with the city came up for renewal, the city declined to renew it, saying CSS was in violation with the contract’s stipulation that contractees comply with laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of numerous factors, including sexual orientation. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a lawsuit for CSS and two parents who had served as CSS foster parents, including Sharonell Fulton. They lost in the district court and in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The three-judge panel at the Third Circuit, which included a Reagan appointee, said the “city’s non-discrimination policyis a neutral, generally applicable law, and the religiousviews of CSS do not entitleit to an exception fromthatpolicy.” CSS then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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THE SIGNS OF MODERATION At the very top of oral arguments (which can be heard or read at the Supreme Court’s website), Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. struck

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a note that many LGBT people would probably take as a good sign. He referred to the Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down state bans on marriage for same-sex couples. The Fulton case, he said, “is a case involving free exercise rights, but …they’re in tension with another set of rights, those recognized in our decision inObergefell. And whatever you think or however you think that tension should be resolved as a matter of government regulation, shouldn’t the city get to strike the balance as it wishes when it comes to setting conditions for participating in … its foster program?” Justice Neil Gorsuch also challenged CSS attorney Lori Windham, noting “the city seems to be representing to us … that the [non-discrimination ordinance] is binding of its own force and that the department can’t offer any exemptions.” Later, to the Trump administration’s Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hashim Mooppan, he asked, “What do we do with the Fair Practices Ordinance and the argument by the city — and we normally

take their representations about their law with — with some respect — that the Fair Practices Ordinance applies by its own force and that there are no exemptions here?” Roberts and Gorsuch have, so far, established moderate records on LGBT issues before the court. THE CONSERVATIVE ATTACK But the established conservatives on the bench seemed eager to score points as such. Justice Samuel Alito was blunt about where he stands, saying, “If we are honest about what’s really going on here, it’s not about ensuring that same-sex couples in Philadelphia have the opportunity to be foster parents. “It’s the fact that the city can’t stand the message that Catholic Social Services and the Archdiocese are sending by continuing to adhere to the old-fashioned view about marriage,” said Alito, who is Catholic. “Isn’t that the case?” “Absolutely not,” said Neal Katyal, the attorney representing Philadelphia. He

NEWS NATIONAL pointed out that both the district court and the to advocate with utmost, sincere conviction appeals panel “rejected that idea” and noted that … same-sex marriage should not be that the city still gives CSS some $26 million condoned. The First Amendment ensures that per year for other services, “which is hardly religious organizations and persons are given something demonstrating religious hostility.” proper protection as they seek to teach the Justice Brett Kavanaugh took a different principles that are so fulfilling and so central approach, giving voice to a notion that the to their lives and faith … In turn, those who Supreme Court majority in Obergefell (three believe allowing same-sex marriage is proper years before he joined the bench) made explicit or indeed essential, whether as a matter “promises” to have “respect for religious of religious conviction or secular belief, beliefs” that oppose same-sex marriages. may engage those who disagree with their “We need to find a balance that also respects view in an open and searching debate. The religious beliefs,” said Kavanaugh. “That was Constitution, however, does not permit the the promise explicitly written by the court in State to bar same-sex couples from marriage Obergefell and in Masterpiece — explicitly on the same terms as accorded to couples of promised that respect for religious beliefs.” the opposite sex.” Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, decided Kavanaugh, said Pizer, was “taking half three months before Kavanaugh was sworn of Justice Kennedy’s respectful observation in, was 7 to 2 in favor of a Colorado baker who about some religious believers and refused to sell wedding cakes to same-sex conveniently dropping the second part of couples claiming it was against his religion to the comment — that when those views are do so. made into government policy it wrongfully “What I fear here,” said Kavanaugh to excludes and stigmatizes the religiously Katyal, “is that the absolutist and extreme disfavored group.” position that you’re articulating would require Leslie Cooper, deputy director of the us to go back on the promise of respect for ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, said CSS is religious believers.” essentially asking the Supreme Katyal did not react to the Court to create a “constitutional “explicit promise” remark but “I DON’T THINK right to discriminate against assured Kavanaugh “both of us in every aspect of our THE FRAMING these rights are important.” lives” and “open the door to OF THIS AS “I don’t think the framing of discrimination in any taxpayerthis as religion versus same-sex funded program.” RELIGION equality is the right one,” said Shannon Minter, legal policy VERSUS SAMEKatyal. “The way the city sees this director for the National Center is actually a case about religion for Lesbian Rights, said the SEX EQUALITY versus religion because, if you arguments Nov. 4 also revealed IS THE RIGHT accept what [the CSS] argument “that Amy Coney Barrett poses is, then [that would] allow ONE.” a serious potential threat to another [foster care agency to] LGBTQ people.” Barrett began - Neil Katyal say ‘We won’t allow Baptists, we hearing her first cases as a U.S. ATTORNEY REPRESENTING PHILADELPHIA won’t allow Buddhists’… And, in Supreme Court justice on Nov. that sense, religion will be pitted 2, having been sworn in Oct. 27, against religion … And this will be true, not just following an unusually speedy confirmation in foster care but, in any number of other areas process to fill the seat left vacant by Justice in which the government contracts.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Sept. 18. Katyal’s point was a sentiment that Justice Ginsburg had the Supreme Court’s most Stephen Breyer voiced, too. If CSS prevails, pro-LGBT record; Barrett is expected to align he said, “It’s pretty hard to see how all kinds closely with the court’s conservatives —Alito, of government programs can exist with every Kavanaugh, and Justice Clarence Thomas, religion making exceptions every which way all of whom are Catholic. (Note: Chief Justice for all kind of reasons.” Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor are Jenny Pizer, a senior counsel for Lambda also Catholic, and Justice Gorsuch was raised Legal that filed a brief in support of groups Catholic but now identifies as Episcopalian. serving LGBT youth, said Kavanaugh’s The other two justices on the court — Justices interpretation of Obergefell was “conveniently Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan — are dropping the second part” of what its author, Jewish.) Justice Anthony Kennedy, wrote. Kennedy’s language, she said “is the opposite of a promise SEEKING A RADICAL RE-WRITE? to allow continued discrimination based on those anti-LGBT religious beliefs.” “Many of her questions,” said Minter of In Obergefell, Kennedy wrote that “It must Barrett, “were designed to lay a foundation for be emphasized that religions, and those who a radical rewriting of existing law, in a way that adhere to religious doctrines, may continue could have far-reaching negative implications

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for our community and other marginalized groups.” As an example, Minter noted that Barrett asked Katyal a question about the nature of the relationship between Philadelphia and the CSS — whether it was a government giving a contract or a government regulating a service through granting license. A government awarding contracts could, presumably, have great leeway in deciding the criteria it seeks in potential contractees who would be doing specified work on the city’s behalf. Regulating a field of service, through awarding of a license, would enable the government to set certain standards but would dictate the operation of the licensee. Barrett asked Katyal, “Is it possible for any entity to participate in the recruitment and certification of foster families without a contract from the city?” Katyal said no, not when it comes to selecting “who cares for the kids in city custody.” “The whole point of the modern foster care system,” he said, “is to bring responsibility for those kids inside the government and not leave it into private hands. These are wards of the state, and the city has the highest interest in screening parents.” “When someone is licensed — like to practice law or run a barber shop,” said Katyal, “they are not carrying out the government’s work. They’re performing their own work, a private profession, with the permission of the government.” The relationship between Philadelphia and CSS, said Katyal, was not

like licensing a business but about performing work for the city to care for children who are wards of the state. But what if the city took over all hospitals, asked Barrett, and granted contracts to operate them. And what if the city gave a contract to a Catholic entity to run one a hospital that had previously been a “Catholic hospital.” And what if the city said every hospital “has to perform abortions,” she asked. “Do we still say this is a licensing question or, given that the Catholic hospital can’t even enter the business without this contract, do you still say this was the provision of a contractual service?” asked Barrett. Katyal was not given time to answer Barrett’s hypothetical fully, but he pointed out a couple of key differences between Barrett’s hypothetical and CSS. He noted, for instance, that CSS still receives $26 million a year from Philadelphia to run homes for children, so it can’t be said that the city is putting CSS out of the business of foster care. What troubled NCLR’s Minter was Barrett’s “apparent endorsement of the idea that the city of Philadelphia is not contracting with Catholic Charities to perform governmental services but rather ‘licensing’ them,” which limits the government’s power to enforce its nondiscrimination protections. “If the court were to adopt that view,” said Minter, “it would work a radical change in the law governing governmental services and open the door to unprecedented governmentfunded discrimination.”

Lisa Keen is the Chief Correspondent for Keen News Service, a professional news organization specializing in national political and legal news that involves or affects gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.

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t may be hard to come up with a reason to give thanks for the “blessings” of 2020. But, you can still do a “virtual” Thanksgiving. Have each person from your group of friends cook one of the traditional dishes of a Thanksgiving repast.

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During this Thanksgiving season, over 1 million households throughout South Florida are experiencing food insecurity. FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA, the leading domestic hunger-relief organization serving South Florida, is offering a way that the public can help those in need during this special holiday. Through the “Adopt-A-Family” program (through Nov. 23), anyone can provide a Thanksgiving meal box to a family of four for only $25. The meal box includes one turkey, fresh produce, traditional sides, gravy mix, and dessert mix. To adopt a family, visit feedingsouthflorida.org.

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ome people, and some groups, seem to beg you to hate them. And, it’s easy to do. Saying we hate a person, or a group, allows us to dismiss them, like Glinda did to the Wicked Witch of the West. “Be gone, you have no power here.” Out of sight, out of mind. Once dismissed, we don’t have to give the people we hate another thought. If they’re in a group, they’re all the same. They’re the enemy, such as Trump, Nazis, the KKK, gay Republicans, Born Again Christians, child molesters, Trump voters, axe murderers, The Salvation Army, Scientologists, the Taliban, straight white men, the NRA, Mitch McConnell, etc. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out of my heart, mind, and soul. And yet, and yet, many of us are inspired by the teachings of a man who told us to forgive people as so much as 70 times seven, which means always. “Forgive them? They haven’t asked for forgiveness. The hell with that,” we say. “They’re all evil, I hope they die, and I want nothing more to do with them.” Hate is easy peasy. Except, when it’s not. Take for example, a residential drug and alcohol facility for, among others, furloughed convicts, many with psychiatric problems. Their everyday dialogue is described by one staff person as “rude, crude, and lewd,” filled with homophobia and racism. Recently, a bisexual staff counselor came out to her small group session, telling the men that she wouldn’t tolerate any more of their anti-gay or anti-Black talk. Word got back to the facility’s executive director, who immediately wrote to compliment and thank the counselor for speaking up. The boss was thrilled the issue was being dealt with so openly and firmly. Likewise, another staff person wrote to the counselor, saying, “I want to express to you my sincere gratitude and appreciation for addressing the problem of gay slurs and homophobia with the men in the Friday morning group session. I heard about it from a client who was very appreciative of your actions … Addressing the problem of gay slurs and homophobia … may run some risk of criticism and attack, especially from some of our more ‘macho’ minded clients. The benefit, however, is helping our GLBTQ clients to feel safer, accepted, valued, and respected as they seek to work through whatever substance abuse or mental health issues they may be facing in life.” The bisexual counselor replied, “I appreciate your kind words. I did get some pushback in group, but I just know what is right, and what is wrong, and all of the ‘jokes’ felt so wrong. I asked the guys in group on two separate occasions to think about how their jokes would make someone who identified as GLBTQ feel. It shut the slurs and joking down temporarily. Finally, I banned it completely from my groups because it kept

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coming up, and I was just tired of it. It was too much for me to hear because I found zero humor in the talks whatsoever. “I have also asked that they do not use the N-word in my group or in my presence. We have an African American group member, and I couldn’t believe I heard the N-word being thrown around like it was nothing. That word is no longer used in my groups either.” She added, “I identify as bisexual, and every time these derogatory, hurtful-to-the-core sayings are used in group, my heart starts to beat faster and louder. I feel tension rising within, but I never want to be the type of group facilitator that pushes my personal agenda onto the class. “The feelings I had reminded me of high school where I saw several popular boys picking on a gay male classmate. Of course, at that time, I didn’t feel I had a voice, as a freshman, to stop the hate that I saw. Today, I am a grown woman, and I can stop it during the groups that I facilitate. Although, I ‘came out’ to the group that day, I knew that it was wrong what they were doing from the first ‘joke.’ I asked the guys if in jail they talked in the manner that they were talking in my group about this topic. They stated that the men who were gay or bisexual … enjoyed the ‘banter’ and the ‘jokes’ because

they laughed along with them. I took this time to share that although others may laugh with them, it ultimately is not coming from funny laughter, but from uncomfortable laughter most likely. I further shared that what they were doing was not only hurtful, but in other systems would be considered cause for serious concern.” What does this great example of the power of standing up for yourself, and for others, at work, and in life, have to do with the topic of “hate,” other than we hate straight male prisoners who bully LGBT and queer people? But what about our hate of The Salvation Army? We still hate The Salvation Army, right? They’re homophobic, or maybe not. This incident happened at a Salvation Army alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility. The executive director, who recently recommended the promotion of an openly gay employee, and who wrote to compliment and thank the bisexual counselor, reports directly to The Salvation Army. The staff person who thanked the counselor, and who emailed to tell me what happened, is an officer in The Salvation Army. OK, so maybe we don’t hate those members and employees of The Salvation Army, but we hate everyone else in the group. It’s easier that way, at least for us, because we don’t have to give it much thought. They’re all the same. Or, are they?

Brian McNaught has been a leading educator on LGBTQ issues globally since 1974. He has made his many books and DVDs available for free at Brian-McNaught.com. The New York Times named him “The Godfather of gay diversity training.”

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Peter Porte and Juan Pablo Di Pace star in “Dashing in December,” one of the 2020 holiday season movies featuring LGBT lead characters. Credit: The Ninth House Films.

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f you tune in to Lifetime or the Hallmark Channel during their annual holiday movie marathons leading up to Christmas, then you’ve probably already figured out the formula (swapping out the variables): Burned out (marketing exec/writer/photographer) is stranded in a (small mountain village/ charming inn/family homestead) where she meets a (handsome single father/brooding handyman/prince of obscure European nation) and rediscovers the spirit of Christmas. They’re all pretty campy, usually filmed in Canada (and when they aren’t, snow is sprayed on the green leafy trees and lawns of Southern California) and feature rotating casts of unknown D-list actors, with the exception former child star Candace Cameron Bure (“Full House”) whose career has since been resurrected. Only recently, with the entry of Netflix and other network competitors, have Lifetime and Hallmark embraced diversity. Minority and interracial couples gradually were added to the snow-white mix and — finally in 2020 — the wholesome, family-friendly genre will feature LGBT lead characters. Hallmark Channel is first with “The Christmas House,” premiering on Nov. 22, and featuring “Mean Girls” star Jonathan Bennett, along with Robert Buckley (“One Tree Hill”), Ana Ayora (“In the Dark”), Treat Williams, Sharon Lawrence and Brad Harder. According to Hallmark’s synopsis: “Working through some difficult decisions, Mitchell family matriarch Phylis (Lawrence) and patriarch Bill (Williams), have summoned their two grown sons — Mike (Buckley) and Brandon (Bennett) — home for the holidays. It is their hope that bringing the family together to recreate the Christmas house will help them find resolution and make a memorable holiday

for the entire family and community. As Brandon and his husband, Jake (Harder), make the trip home, they are anxiously awaiting a call about the adoption of their first child. Meanwhile, Mike reconnects with Andi (Ayora), his high school sweetheart.” Lifetime’s entry, “The Christmas Setup,” debuting on Dec. 12, features real-life husbands Blake Lee (“Parks and Recreation”) and Ben Lewis (“Arrow,” “The Handmaid’s Tale”) and gay icon Fran Drescher (“The Nanny”). Hugo (Lewis), a New York City lawyer, goes to Milwaukee with his best friend, Madelyn (Ellen Wong) to spend Christmas with his mom, Kate (Drescher), a meddling matchmaker who also organizes the local holiday festivities. Kate arranges for him to run into his old crush Patrick (Lee), who’s home from his high-powered job in Silicon Valley. As the romance appears to be taking off, a wrench is thrown into the works when Hugo is offered a job in London. MTV Studios/Paramount TV will simulcast their inaugural gay Christmas rom-com, “Dashing in December,” on Logo, Pop and TV Land on Dec. 13. This one is full of “Brokeback Mountain” vibes (with a happier ending): “Wyatt (Peter Porte), a New York City financier, connects with his roots and a handsome ranch hand on his mom’s ranch/ Winter Wonderland attraction when he returns home for the holidays to try to convince her to sell the place. While visiting his mother, Deb (Andie MacDowell), Wyatt meets Heath (Juan Pablo Di Pace) and the attraction is palpable.” If the stories still seem familiar, they should, because the studios stuck to the tried-and-true holiday formula that has appealed to gays and straights alike for more than a decade. These movies are just a little more heartwarming as LGBT representation finally gets stuffed in the Christmas stocking.

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