Showing posts with label courage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label courage. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Congressman Eric Swalwell Exposes The Ridiculousness of the House GOP


MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas interviews Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell about the Donald Trump indictment, the conduct by the House GOP, and the Democratic Party agenda. 
Rep Eric Swalwell actively illustrates bravery and political courage outlined in fellow Rep Joe Neguse's new book -  Courage in The People's House: Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America 
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Friday, April 10, 2015

President Obama Heroically Supports a Ban on Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ Youth (New Video)

by Gregg Chadwick




photo by White House photographer Pete Souza of President Obama and rainbow 
April 9, 2015 in Jamaica

Today the White House released an historic video on its YouTube channel calling for a ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ individuals. I am heartened by this important development that follows up on President Barack Obama's support for a ban on all forms of so-called "conversion" therapy for minors, also known as "reparative" or "ex-gay" therapy. These efforts by the White House to lovingly support LGBTQ folks are game changing. The White House provides a clear statement of intent on their video page:


"The overwhelming scientific evidence demonstrates that conversion therapy, especially when it is practiced on young people, is neither medically nor ethically appropriate and can cause substantial harm.

As part of our dedication to protecting America’s youth, the Obama administration supports efforts to ban the use of conversion therapy for minors."



The White House announcement was in response to a popular petition calling for the federal government to enact Leelah's Law, which would ban sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts nationally. Leelah's Law is named for Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who took her own life after being subjected to misguided attempts to get her to perform as a cisgendered male by her family and church.


President Barack Obama and his administration have moved America towards a positive, inclusive future. I cannot recall any other administration that has supported LGBTQ citizens so profoundly.


Thanks you President Obama.


Please watch this beautiful and inspiring message of love, support and hope.










photo by White House photographer Pete Souza of President Obama and rainbow 
April 9, 2015 in Jamaica

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Sandra Fluke Rebukes the Right at 2012 Democratic National Convention




Sandra Fluke's remarks as prepared for delivery
Some of you may remember that earlier this year, Republicans shut me out of a hearing on contraception. In fact, on that panel, they didn’t hear from a single woman, even though they were debating an issue that affects nearly every woman. Because it happened in Congress, people noticed. But it happens all the time. Many women are shut out and silenced. So while I’m honored to be standing at this podium, it easily could have been any one of you. I’m here because I spoke out, and this November, each of us must do the same.
During this campaign, we’ve heard about the two profoundly different futures that could await women—and how one of those futures looks like an offensive, obsolete relic of our past. Warnings of that future are not distractions. They’re not imagined. That future could be real.
In that America, your new president could be a man who stands by when a public figure tries to silence a private citizen with hateful slurs. Who won’t stand up to the slurs, or to any of the extreme, bigoted voices in his own party. It would be an America in which you have a new vice president who co-sponsored a bill that would allow pregnant women to die preventable deaths in our emergency rooms. An America in which states humiliate women by forcing us to endure invasive ultrasounds we don’t want and our doctors say we don’t need. An America in which access to birth control is controlled by people who will never use it; in which politicians redefine rape so survivors are victimized all over again; in which someone decides which domestic violence victims deserve help, and which don’t. We know what this America would look like. In a few short months, it’s the America we could be. But it’s not the America we should be. It’s not who we are.
We’ve also seen another future we could choose. First of all, we’d have the right to choose. It’s an America in which no one can charge us more than men for the exact same health insurance; in which no one can deny us affordable access to the cancer screenings that could save our lives; in which we decide when to start our families. An America in which our president, when he hears a young woman has been verbally attacked, thinks of his daughters—not his delegates or donors—and stands with all women. And strangers come together, reach out and lift her up. And then, instead of trying to silence her, you invite me here—and give me a microphone—to amplify our voice. That’s the difference.
Over the last six months, I’ve seen what these two futures look like. And six months from now, we’ll all be living in one, or the other. But only one. A country where our president either has our back or turns his back; a country that honors our foremothers by moving us forward, or one that forces our generation to re-fight the battles they already won; a country where we mean it when we talk about personal freedom, or one where that freedom doesn’t apply to our bodies and our voices.
We talk often about choice. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to choose.