Action Alerts

GLAA supports Panic Defense Prohibition Act

September 17, 2019 Dear Chairman Allen and members of the Judiciary Committee, GLAA asks that you hold hearings and advance the Tony Hunter and Bella Evangelista Panic Defense Prohibition Act…

Action alert: urge Mendelson to add funds to Human Rights and LGBTQ Affairs

DC residents, Please call or email D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and urge him to add more funding for the Office of Human Rights and the Office of LGBTQ Affairs….

March 29 Is #DecrimNow Call-in Day!

The National Center for Lesbian Rights tweets: @NCLRights In DC, many Black trans current and former sex workers are arrested after being entrapped and profiled by officers, and many cops…

Fair Budget Coalition issues FY20 budget report

This just in: Fair Budget Coalition is extremely proud to roll out our FY20 Budget Report! This report came about because of all your hard work and dedication, and we are looking forward…

Jimmy Kimmel, unlikely healthcare leader

Late night talk show host, comedian Jimmy Kimmel, is demonstrating this week that comedians are a lot smarter than a lot of politicians. For three nights running he has blended…

Stop Graham-Cassidy

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, whose baby boy earlier this year required open-heart surgery, says that Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La) “lied right to me face” when he told Kimmel on-air that…

The worsening plight of LGBT refugees in Kenya

The situation is worsening for LGBT Ugandan refugees in Kenya, as reported by Erasing 76 Crimes on May 11: Kenya arrests LGBTI refugees, sends them into danger Response to this…

April 28 – Report Card on Trump’s First 100 Days

FRIDAY 6p ET LIVE SiriusXM Radio Progress 127 #Trump100Days Town Hall | Tune in or join live audience! SiriusXM Politics I plan to attend this event at D.C.’s historic Metropolitan…

Out: How to Help Stop Chechnya’s Gay Concentration Camps

The persecution of gay people in Chechnya has only worsened since I wrote about it in my Blade column last week. Hilton Dresden at Out magazine lists several things you…

Trans Equality action alert on anti-trans bills

ACTION ALERT: Join us in taking a stand against anti- #trans bills https://t.co/SQA214Jj7H pic.twitter.com/dDtev9qbsZ — Trans Equality (@TransEquality) January 25, 2016