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The MIchigan State Capitol, where Republican resistance
in the State Senate is expected to block
any effort to provide LGBTQ rights protections
through the legislative route.
➤ MICHIGAN, from p.18
the right to vote to ensure that
workers are judged on the job they
do, not who they are or who they
love.”
The Fair and Equal Campaign is
confident that voters would be receptive
to a referendum — and that
confidence is backed up by statistics.
A non-partisan pollster in
Michigan, Richard Czuba, recently
carried out a statewide survey of
600 register voters and found that
77.5 percent of likely 2020 voters
support amending the state’s civil
rights law to include LGBTQ nondiscrimination
protections. And
when respondents were asked directly
whether they would vote for
such a measure in a statewide referendum,
➤ FACEBOOK ANTI-PREP ADS, from p.18
ration, which works to improve access
to PrEP, also did not respond
to questions about which ads remained
or were removed. Nor was
light shed on what law firms were
pushing the ads.
After Facebook started removing
ads, advocates made it clear they
would not be satisfied until all
problematic ads are gone.
“It’s gratifying to see one of Facebook’s
fact-checkers backing up
the overwhelming consensus of
AIDS, LGBTQ, and HIV medical
groups that these ads are misleading,”
Peter Staley, a cofounder of
the PrEP4All Collaboration, said
in a written statement. “But the
question remains — why is Facebook
taking money from these
ambulance-chasing law firms for
ads that are helping the spread of
HIV?”
77 percent — including
75 percent of GOP voters — said
they would indeed.
Everyday voters aren’t the only
ones expressing support for the effort.
The campaign has attracted
bipartisan support from Republicans
like former state legislator
and Michigan GOP chair Melvin L.
Larsen, as well as key out gay business
leaders such as Apple CEO
Tim Cook and Michigan-based
Dow CEO Jim Fitterling.
“For Michigan to continue to
compete and win globally, and for
Dow to continue to innovate in the
state, we must be able to recruit
and retain the best talent,” Fitterling
said in a written statement.
“A fully inclusive community for
everyone that lives in Michigan is
imperative for all of us to continue
effectively doing business in our
great state.”
Advocates officially kicked off
the ballot initiative by submitting
a petition to the Board of State
Canvassers. Once that board approves
the petition language, Fair
and Equal Michigan must gather
and submit signatures of at least
340,047 voters in the state by May
27 of this year. The Michigan Legislature
will then have 40 days
to adopt the amendment. If the
amendment is rejected or ignored,
Michigan voters would decide the
issue in the general election on November
3.
Sarah Kate Ellis, the president
and CEO of GLAAD, agreed, saying
“the time is now” for Facebook
to finish its job and take down the
misleading ads as soon as possible.
“Dozens of organizations have
told Facebook that the safety and
effectiveness of PrEP to prevent
HIV transmission is unequivocal,”
Ellis said. “The pervasiveness of
these ads and the subsequent real
world harm should be catalysts for
Facebook to further review how
misleading and inaccurate ads are
allowed to be targeted at LGBTQ
and other marginalized communities.”
Facebook claims to be in close
contact with LGBTQ groups and is
planning to issue a more formal response
to advocates in the coming
days. The company vows to review
the remaining ads in question.
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