Origanalist
08-19-2016, 08:56 AM
USDA teams up with Iowa law school and Cyndi Lauper to celebrate lesbian farmers;
to celebrate lesbian farmers
MATT LAMB - UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA •AUGUST 16, 2016
Headlined by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
It’s tough being gay and living in rural areas – or so says the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
That’s why the agency known for grading your beef is teaming up with LGBT groups and Drake University’s law school to host an “LGBT Rural Summit” on Thursday.
#RuralPride Campaign: LGBT Rural Summit Series is part of an effort by the USDA, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the True Colors Fund – an LGBT homelessness group started by singer Cyndi Lauper – to reach out to LGBT people who live in rural areas.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be the keynote speaker, according to a press release by the law school. Other speakers will include university employee Matt Russell, of Drake’s Agricultural Law Center, whose experience includes farming with his husband.
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The press release says that participants will learn about “programs and services that exist to protect, promote, and strengthen LGBT members of rural communities. Issues related to housing, education, healthcare, youth empowerment, and more will be discussed.”
Drake University deferred questions to a media contact at the USDA, but the agency did not return multiple emails from The College Fix.
Specializes in ‘religious-based bigotry’
A USDA employee took a phone message from The Fix for the agency’s listed contact, White House liaison Ashlee Davis, but neither Davis nor any other person returned the call. That employee said that Davis, who was previously special assistant to the assistant secretary for civil rights, is the point person for the operation.
Davis’s LinkedIn page says she used to work on the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and for the Equality Federation, where she “Researched and analyzed religious-based bigotry and its influence on civil rights legislation.”
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It is unclear how much the program is costing U.S. taxpayers, although USDA’s Office of Civil Rights, which is coordinating the summits, requested $24.4 million in funding in its fiscal-year 2016 budget request.
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to celebrate lesbian farmers
MATT LAMB - UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA •AUGUST 16, 2016
Headlined by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
It’s tough being gay and living in rural areas – or so says the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
That’s why the agency known for grading your beef is teaming up with LGBT groups and Drake University’s law school to host an “LGBT Rural Summit” on Thursday.
#RuralPride Campaign: LGBT Rural Summit Series is part of an effort by the USDA, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the True Colors Fund – an LGBT homelessness group started by singer Cyndi Lauper – to reach out to LGBT people who live in rural areas.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be the keynote speaker, according to a press release by the law school. Other speakers will include university employee Matt Russell, of Drake’s Agricultural Law Center, whose experience includes farming with his husband.
765233113186246656
The press release says that participants will learn about “programs and services that exist to protect, promote, and strengthen LGBT members of rural communities. Issues related to housing, education, healthcare, youth empowerment, and more will be discussed.”
Drake University deferred questions to a media contact at the USDA, but the agency did not return multiple emails from The College Fix.
Specializes in ‘religious-based bigotry’
A USDA employee took a phone message from The Fix for the agency’s listed contact, White House liaison Ashlee Davis, but neither Davis nor any other person returned the call. That employee said that Davis, who was previously special assistant to the assistant secretary for civil rights, is the point person for the operation.
Davis’s LinkedIn page says she used to work on the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and for the Equality Federation, where she “Researched and analyzed religious-based bigotry and its influence on civil rights legislation.”
702629049831706624
It is unclear how much the program is costing U.S. taxpayers, although USDA’s Office of Civil Rights, which is coordinating the summits, requested $24.4 million in funding in its fiscal-year 2016 budget request.
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