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Transgender rights ad to air during GOP convention

advertisement will appear on Fox News

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(Alaina KupecĀ in Fairness USA ad.Ā Screenshot via YouTube)

A transgender rights ad from Fairness USA, an organization that advocates for transgender equality, will air on Fox News during the last night of the GOP Convention on Thursday, July 21.

In the ad titled “Restaurant,” Alaina Kupec, a transgender woman from North Carolina, goes to a restaurant with friends. When Kupec tries to use the women’s restroom she faces opposition from the restaurant’s manager and other patrons. The ad has already been released on YouTube.

ā€œTransgender people desperately need laws that protect us from being unfairly fired from our jobs, kicked out of our homes, and denied access to public bathrooms, just because of who we are,ā€ Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality,Ā said in a statement. ā€œOur newly released survey data shows that 59 percent of transgender people avoided bathrooms in the last year out of fear of harassment. A shocking one in ten (12%) transgender people reported being harassed, attacked, or sexually assaulted in a bathroom, and one-third avoided drinking or eating so that they did not need to use the restroom. Eight percent have had medical problems like urinary or kidney infections from avoiding the restroom.ā€

Fairness USA will also air “Restaurant” on MSNBC on the final night of the Democratic Convention on Thursday, July 28.

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PHOTOS: Human Rights Campaign National Dinner

Gov. Walz gives keynote address

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Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson speaks at the HRC National Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, September 7. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

The Human Rights Campaign held its National Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 7. Speakers included Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) and HRC President Kelley Robinson.

(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)

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2024 Best of LGBTQ DC Readers’ Choice Award Finalist Voting

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It is time to celebrate the best of LGBTQ+ DC! You nominated and now we have our finalists. Vote for your favorites in our 2024 Best of LGBTQ DC categories through September 23rd. Our 2024 Best of LGBTQ DC will be announced at the Best of LGBTQ DC Awards Party on October 17th and our special issue will come out on Friday, October 18th.

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Nu Sass Productions to celebrate 15th anniversary

‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ performed at DC Arts Center

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Nu Sass Productions will mark its 15th anniversary with a resurrection of ā€œRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deadā€ beginning Friday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. at the DC Arts Center. 

ā€œRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deadā€ debuted at the Capital Fringe Festival in 2009 and will return this year with a new cast and crew.

Tickets cost $30 and can be purchased via the Nu Sass website.

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