Subject: RE: FOR APPROVAL: A HYUUGE Week for LGBT People - LGBT Democrats News
From: "Meloy, Sean" <[email-masked]>
To: "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>, "Helmstetter, TJ" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 08:43:24 -0700

Thank you both!

Sean Meloy | LGBT Engagement Director
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From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:04 AM
To: Helmstetter, TJ; Meloy, Sean
Subject: RE: FOR APPROVAL: A HYUUGE Week for LGBT People - LGBT Democrats News

Great, a few small edits

From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 10:35 AM
To: Meloy, Sean; Brinster, Jeremy
Subject: RE: FOR APPROVAL: A HYUUGE Week for LGBT People - LGBT Democrats News

Edits below.

From: Meloy, Sean
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 6:27 PM
To: Brinster, Jeremy; Helmstetter, TJ
Subject: FOR APPROVAL: A HYUUGE Week for LGBT People - LGBT Democrats News

Need approval for this. Builds off of most of what we have used previously.

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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 6:19 PM
To: Meloy, Sean
Subject: [Test] A HYUUGE Week for LGBT People - LGBT Democrats News

A Hyyyuuuge week for LGBT Americans

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Hello LGBT Democrats!
Thanks to President Obama and his administration, it’s been a historic month for LGBT Americans.  Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s inspirational speech standing up for transgender people made clear that this administration views transgender equality and the dignity of all Americans as a civil rights priority. President Obama’s order to schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathroom in alignment with their gender identity will protect vulnerable children from being bullied and harassed, even as Republican politicians have stepped up their attacks on the LGBT community.
Would Donald Trump step up to protect the LGBT community as president? Absolutely not. This is what is at stake in this election.

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If you haven't seen Loretta Lynch's powerful speech, click the quote above.

Yesterday was the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. As Republicans continue to push bills that sanction and encourage discrimination, our President, our party leaders, and our two presidential candidates continue standing up for us.
President Obama’s Statement <https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/17/statement-president-international-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia>
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Statement <http://www.democrats.org/Post/dnc-chair-statement-on-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and>

BREAKING NEWS:

The long-blocked nomination of openly gay Secretary of the Army designee Eric Fanning has finally moved forward to confirmation! Eric is incredibly qualified, but one anti-LGBT Republican Senator held up his approval. Secretary Fanning will be the highest serving openly LGBT government official in history.

Republican Senators held up his nomination for over 200 days, using every excuse in the book. That’s one more reason why it’s so important for Democrats to take back the Senate this November.

IMPORTANT LGBT POLITICAL NEWS:

  *   Donald Trump's position on transgender rights is incoherent, not "nuanced"<http://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11689500/donald-trump-transgender-bathrooms>
  *   U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/us/politics/obama-administration-to-issue-decree-on-transgender-access-to-school-restrooms.html?ref=politics&_r=0>
  *   GOP actions in Congress puts LGBT Americans at risk for discrimination by federal contractors<https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/news/2016/05/03/136818/discriminatory-legislation-seeks-to-strip-workplace-protections-for-lgbt-workers/>
  *   House Bill 2 could cost North Carolina $5 billion a year, report says<http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article76997927.html#storylink=cpy>
  *   In Historic Vote Senate Finally Confirms Eric Fanning as Next Secretary of the Army<http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/breaking_in_historic_vote_senate_finally_confirms_eric_fanning_as_next_secretary_of_the_army?recruiter_id=2>

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