Huge victories for LGBT candidates across the country.
But Republican officials in Louisiana just made it easier than ever to fire someone for
being queer.
New allegations have emerged about Roy Moore assaulting young girls, with just one month
left before a special election.
Plus, the Senate has finally spoken on out the violence in Chechnya -- but there's still
no action from the White House.
We'll have all that and more on Weekly Debrief.
It was exactly forty years ago that Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay politicians
elected to office.
And in a fitting tribute, queer candidates won elections around the country this week:
Seattle gets its first lesbian mayor, Palm Springs City Council is now 100% queer, and
at least seven openly trans people won elections.
This didn't happen by accident -- it happened thanks to strong leaders at the top of the
campaigns, and also thanks to citizens voicing their support and volunteering on behalf of
those candidates.
But there's also some bad news: Louisiana's Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry,
just got a nondiscrimination policy overturned statewide.
Louisiana has no law preventing queer people from being fired, but Governor John Bel Edwards
implemented a policy protecting government employees.
Attorney General Jeff Landry challenged the rule, and this week a court ruled in his favor,
wiping out those limited protections.
That's likely to be appealed -- but in the mean time, queer government workers can now
lose their jobs at any time.
Also this week, the US Senate passed a resolution condemning the violence against gay men in
Chechnya, almost a year after reports of abuses started to emerge.
The Trump administration, including the State Department, is still silent.
They claimed in September that the Secretary of State wrote a letter to Chechen authorities,
but so far have refused to release a copy of the letter.
So for now, Congressional resolution is the only visible action the US has taken.
Following this week's victories for queer candidates, now's a good time to start planning
for the next election.
But that isn't a year from now -- it's in one month.
Disgraced judge Roy Moore, who tried to block marriage equality in Alabama, faces a special
election for US Senate in early December.
It was looking likely that he'd win, but this week multiple women came forward to reveal
that he'd pursued relationships with them when he was in his 30s and they were in their
teens.
Is that enough to derail Moore's candidacy?
We'll find out in a month.
Moore's rival in the election is Doug Jones, a civil rights attorney with a long record
of fighting for equality.
He was narrowly trailing Roy Moore, but with these new accusations and the strong progressive
showing in last week's election, there's new momentum behind his campaign.
This week's action item is to head over to https://dougjonesforsenate.com/ -- you can
volunteer, donate, sign up for his list, and follow him on social media.
This week proved that good candidates, strong organizing, and vocal support can win elections
for candidates who care about equality.
We've got one month to make sure that momentum continues to the next election.
And one more way you can do that is by sharing this video.
Please help get the word out about the next election, leave your comments on YouTube,
and get in touch @mattbaume on Twitter.
I'll debrief you next week.
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