EPISODE 11 - DICK PIC-FREE ZONE | OITNB ACTRESS ASHLEY JORDYN ON #STARTBYBELIEVING | STOP THE ANTI-LGBTQ SB17 | GERRYMANDERING, THE BOARD GAME!
This might be our fav ep so far. We welcome OITNB actress Ashley Jordyn to talk about #StartByBelieving day April 3 and how we can support survivors. We are FOR HB2789, which would make sending unwanted dick pics a crime, and we are AGAINST SB17, which would make it easier for bigots to discriminate against the LGBTQJ+ community.
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THIS WEEK’S GUEST:
Ashley Jordyn, Orange Is the New Black actress and advocate for End Violence Against Women International
https://www.instagram.com/theashleyjordyn/
SH*T TO DO:
Senate Bill 17 would prevent state licensing agencies from denying or revoking licenses from professionals – including doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, and even barbers – if they claim to be following a “sincerely held religious belief.”
Licenses to discriminate like SB 17 allow disapproval of (and refusal to serve) LGBTQ Texans, single mothers, unwed couples, interfaith couples, and more. For example, a local pediatrician could refuse to care for the child of a same-sex couple and the state licensing agency wouldn’t be able to address the pediatrician’s unprofessional behavior, or a pharmacist could refuse - without professional consequence - to dispense anti-retroviral drugs because of their religious views on HIV and AIDS.
After the hearing the committee voted to advance SB 17 in a 7-1 vote. All the Republicans on the committee and state senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D) voted in favor of the bill, and state senator Judith Zaffirini (D) voted against it. The bill is now on the way to the Senate floor, and we still have time to contact your State Senator and urge them to reject this harmful piece of legislation.
Send a message to your State Senator and ask them to reject SB 17! Here's the link: https://act.hrc.org/page/40716/action/1?ea.url.id=2399531&forwarded=true
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LINKS WE MENTIONED:
Two lady astronauts, one spacesuit: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/435766-nasa-cancels-first-all-female-spacewalk-due-to-spacesuit?fbclid=IwAR1TFMJnKqmDKcq4TCaC4huD2pFOnYv9gEqs9UmQKa77S_mU9RH67If7zHo
Unsolicited dick pics could become a crime: https://www.statesman.com/news/20190325/founder-of-austins-bumble-testifies-in-favor-of-digital-sexual-harassment-bill
But we need to get HB2789 out of committee first. Please email all the reps on the Criminal Jurisprudence committee and tell them: "Unwanted sexual photos are a serious problem in our state. If a man exposes himself to me on the street it is a crime -- it should be a crime if he does the same thing via computer or phone. Please vote HB2789 out of committee."
Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence:
Chair - Rep. Nicole Collier
Vice Chair - Rep. Bill Zedler
State Senator Charles Schwertner is the actual worst: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/21/metoo-investigation-charles-schwertner-leaves-more-questions/
The kids at the Rally to End Gerrymandering: https://www.facebook.com/MapmakerGame/photos/rpp.542896236082083/803079376730433/?type=3&theater
Recap of the HB1 passing in the TX House: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/03/27/texas-budget-house-2019/
TX Crisis Pregnancy Center: https://www.texaspregnancy.org/
Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2018-07-20/crisis-pregnancy-centers-money-for-nothing/
https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/chamber/86/
Watch Part 2 to see the portion about Rep Matt Krause’s amendment to the amendment, which starts at 5 minutes
Gina Hinojosa comes on at 11:00
Stats on sexual assault: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sexual-assault-statistics_us_58e24c14e4b0c777f788d24f
End Violence Against Women International: https://www.evawintl.org/
Start By Believing: https://www.startbybelieving.org/
Take the “Start By Believing” pledge:
https://www.startbybelieving.org/pledge/
About the “Believed” podcast and the stories of the women who put serial child sexual assaulter Larry Nassar away: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/656853471/believed-tells-the-story-of-survivors-who-won-justice-against-larry-nassar
Young Carol fan art: https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUtkZ0h7lH/