FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2021
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Washington, D.C. – The Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO, and Pride at Work, AFL-CIO call for the immediate reversal of the Trump-era ban on patriotic Americans serving in the military. Banning transgender Americans from volunteer military service is an insult to our troops, the LGBTQ community, and our nation’s founding principles.
Over the past four years, we have seen members of the transgender military community attacked and discriminated against, forcing active-duty servicemembers…
For Immediate Release – January 21, 2021
Media Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org
Pride at Work Applauds President Biden’s Executive Order to Prevent and Combat LGBTQ Discrimination
WASHINGTON – On his first day in office, President Biden signed an executive order to declare the administration’s policy to prevent and combat LGBTQ discrimination as well as any overlapping forms of discrimination. The order instructs all agencies and departments to undertake the actions necessary for the federal government to enact this policy,…
Statement by Pride at Work Executive Director, Jerame Davis, on the attack on the US Capitol today:
“What we’re witnessing at the Capitol today is nothing less than an attack on our country and on our people brought to life by a president who refuses to accept that millions turned out to elect Joe Biden by overwhelming margins.
“Let there be no doubt, this is what terrorism looks like: an angry mob violently invading our Capitol and threatening our elected…
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org
Pride at Work Mourns the Loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WASHINGTON – Pride at Work mourns the passing of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Executive Director, Jerame Davis, reacted to the news:
“With the passing of Justice Ginsburg, America lost a champion for LGBTQ people, workers, women, and the ideals of equality and justice. Justice Ginsburg’s legal brilliance and work ethic made her more than just a…
We couldn’t hold our annual Celebrating Solidarity Awards Reception in June due to COVID-19, but we’re not not to let that stop us from telling you about our great honorees this year.
Josette Jaramillo is the President of the Colorado AFL=CIO. She is also a proud AFSCME member and an essential worker on the frontlines.
The United Steelworkers is a powerful union that is taking great strides toward equality for LGBTQ working people.
Check out our video to learn more…
The first Pride was a riot. In fact, between 1959 and 1969, the year the Stonewall Uprising took place, more than 20 such uprisings occurred between LGBTQ+ people and the police who harassed, threatened, and beat us. Many of these revolts were led by LGBTQ people of color. LGBTQ+ history is frequently the story of fighting government oppression, whether that was violence at the hands of police or intentional neglect as our community was ravaged by HIV/AIDS.
It is an…
For Immediate Release – June 24, 2020 Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org
Pride at Work Makes Historic First Presidential Endorsement; Endorses Vice President Joe Biden for President
WASHINGTON – Last night, the Pride at Work National Executive Board took a historic vote to offer its first-ever endorsement for President of the United States. The board voted enthusiastically to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden for President in 2020. The leadership of Pride at Work issued the following responses:
Pride at…
For Immediate Release – June 18, 2020
Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org
Pride at Work Celebrates Supreme Court Decision Upholding DACA
WASHINGTON – Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Trump Administration had acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” when they moved to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) and must vacate its decision to terminate the program. Pride at Work Executive Director, Jerame Davis, issued the following statement:
“Hundreds of thousands of immigrant young people, an estimated…
For Immediate Release – June 15, 2020
Contact: Jerame Davis – jdavis@prideatwork.org
Pride at Work Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Banning LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination
WASHINGTON – Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in a landmark decision that firing someone for being LGBTQ is a violation of sex discrimination prohibition of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Pride at Work Executive Director, Jerame Davis, issued the following statement:
“We’ve said over and over that LGBTQ working people…
Close friends knew him as “Big Floyd.” He played basketball and football during his school years. He was a father of two who had moved to Minneapolis from Houston several years ago in order to find a job and start a new life. But on Monday, May 25th George Floyd, a 46-year -old black man, died at the hands of Minneapolis law enforcement. He was brutally pinned down to the ground and asphyxiated, by Police Officer Derek Chauvin, another three…