HRC's Alphonso David on the fight for LGBTQ equality in 2021
Capehart
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🗓️ 8 June 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jonathan K. Part and this is K-POP. |
| 0:07.3 | Alfonso David is the president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ civil rights |
| 0:13.1 | organization in the country. |
| 0:15.3 | In this Pride Month, he talks about the importance of the Equality Act, which is awaiting a vote |
| 0:19.9 | in the Senate, and he talks about the motivations behind all those anti-transmeasures targeting |
| 0:25.6 | school athletes. |
| 0:27.4 | David is also the first black person to lead HRC and has made it his mission to show the |
| 0:32.7 | organization's leadership and membership the importance of viewing the fight for LGBTQ |
| 0:38.6 | equality through an intersectional lens. |
| 0:41.2 | Liberation is elusive if you don't look at it through an intersectional lens. |
| 0:45.8 | What exactly does Alfonso David mean by that? |
| 0:48.8 | Find out right now. |
| 0:57.4 | Alfonso David, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:04.9 | Thank you. |
| 1:05.9 | Thank you so much for having me, Jonathan. |
| 1:08.1 | Okay. |
| 1:09.1 | So, you are the president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ civil rights organization |
| 1:17.6 | in the country. |
| 1:18.9 | And as such, Mr. President, I will ask you, what is the state of LGBTQ plus America |
| 1:27.3 | right now? |
| 1:29.2 | The state of LGBTQ America right now is strong. |
| 1:34.1 | We have more than 70% of voters in this country that support equality. |
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