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ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION a law suit. “What President Trump did today was Ron Tackitt In a statement released hours after its review of the order’s text we have merely provide a faux sop to religious conservatives and kick the can down the GRAPHIC DESIGN original announcement, the ACLU said “After determined that the order does not Ron Tackitt careful review of the executive order meaningfully alter the ability of religious road on religious exemptions on covering the Johnson Amendment signed by institutions or individuals to intervene in reproductive health care services. EDITOR President Trump today, the American Civil the political process. The order portends but “We will continue our steadfast charge to Charles Peer Liberties Union has determined not to file a does not yet do harm to the provision of defend Americans’ right to exercise their [email protected] lawsuit at this time. reproductive health services. religion and ensure their freedom from ARTS EDITOR “Today’s executive order signing was an “President Trump’s prior assertion that he having others’ beliefs forced upon them. 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Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Nat. Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association 4 Outword Magazine May 11, 2017 - May 25, 2017 • No. 576 outwordmagazine.com OCTOBER 3 GOLDEN 1 CENTER OCTOBER 5 CONCORD PAVILION ON SALE NOW Stonewall Foundation Awards Laurie Mcbride Scholarship n collbaoration with CSU Sacramento, The Stonewall national movements for civil rights and Foundation of Greater Sacramento has selected Vrindavani political access for LGBTQ individuals. Avila as the first recipient of its scholarship named for lifelong From 1990 to 1998, she was executive I director of the Lobby for Individual Freedom activist and early champion of LGBTQ rights, Laurie McBride. and Equality, a state-wide coalition to A newly established charitable advance gay rights across California. During organization, The Foundation issued funding this time she successfully led legislative for a university scholarship aimed at efforts for employment protections, domestic students seeking to increase LGBTQ equity partnerships, and HIV/AIDS treatment and and representation in civic and prevention. She went on to work as a policy governmental affairs. advisor and chief of staff in the legislature, Avila is a senior, majoring in women and and as Assistant Secretary of State. She also ethnic studies, and is working with the CSUS Women’s Resource, Multi-Cultural and served as co-chair of National Stonewall Pride Centers, helping to develop and Democrats for 10 years. facilitate workshops on social justice issues. 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Avila’s research centers on Degree; 2) educating outside and within Sacramento was conceived by members of decolonizing gender and sexuality with academia on issues facing queer people of the Stonewall Democratic Club of Greater concentration on the imposition of color; 3) helping establish community Sacramento to raise public awareness and patriarchy, heterosexuality, and the gender services that support people of color. increase LGBTQ civic engagement through binary on indigenous peoples and other Laurie McBride was a leading advocate in anti-discrimination activities. Going forward, communities of color. California, pushing for statutory protections the non-profit Foundation will focus on Avila also educates students on the long before many activists considered doing outreach and education designed to educate importance of being an active bystander to so. She is a former legislative lobbyist who Californians about advocacy and leadership incidences of violence and providing worked for decades in local, statewide and to secure LGBTQ equality. Republican-Led House Votes to Strip Health Care he Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on May 4th, “It will also undermine protections for people living with HIV or other chronic 2017 passed the hastily concocted Trumpcare, the so-called conditions and raise health care costs by American Health Care Act (AHCA), which seeks to repeal the thousands of dollars for millions of people, all T while giving millionaires an average annual landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA). tax cut of $50,000; deny access to affordable If enacted, the bill could eliminate quality bill forward that it hasn’t even been scored contraception and other forms of preventative affordable health care for millions of people. yet by the Congressional Budget Office. That care; and end insurance companies’ lifetime In addition to the House’s vote to repeal the means we don’t actually know how many cap on coverage benefits; and restricts federal ACA, May 3rd, the Department of Justice people this bill will impact or the cost funding for Planned Parenthood, putting care pursued a court order to suspend ACA section implications for tax payers. for 2.5 million patients nationwide at risk,” 1557 nondiscrimination protections. “Yet while we don’t know all of Trumpcare’s said Rea Carey, Executive Director, National The National LGBTQ Task Force Action harmful consequences we do know it will LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund. Fund (The Task Force) is joining lesbian, gay, disproportionately affect LGBTQ people, who “We urge everyone to continue the bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) are twice as likely to be uninsured as non- resistance against this repeal effort and stand advocates in urging the U.S. Senate to reject LGBTQ people. It will also take away health alongside so many who oppose what the Trumpcare. care from millions of people, gut Medicaid Republican-led Congress is doing. There are a “Trumpcare poses a catastrophic threat to funding, and end Medicaid expansions, lot of reasons why we oppose this
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