{"id":108003,"date":"2022-04-25T17:41:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T00:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=108003"},"modified":"2022-04-25T17:41:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T00:41:29","slug":"da-gascon-introduces-lgbtq-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/04\/25\/da-gascon-introduces-lgbtq-advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"DA Gasc\u00f3n introduces LGBTQ+ Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_108006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108006\" style=\"width: 1307px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Gascon-new-LGBTQadvisory-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108006\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Gascon-new-LGBTQadvisory-board.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1307\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Gascon-new-LGBTQadvisory-board.jpg 1307w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Gascon-new-LGBTQadvisory-board-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Gascon-new-LGBTQadvisory-board-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Gascon-new-LGBTQadvisory-board-768x385.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1307px) 100vw, 1307px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Left: District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n on Monday, April 25, 2022, swears in the members of the office&#8217;s first-ever LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. [Right] Gasc\u00f3n poses with members of the new board. [Images via @ladaoffice Instagram]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Los Angeles County District Attorney <strong>George Gasc\u00f3n<\/strong> on Monday, April 25, announced the creation of the office\u2019s first-ever LGBTQ+ Advisory Board, which will advise the DA&#8217;s Office on policies, priority issues, and best practices related to LGBTQ+ and the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contributions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have made to society make up a rich part of U.S. history. Sadly, LGBTQ+ people have long been subjected to public hostility, discrimination, and violence,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n said in a news release. \u201cThis new Advisory Board creates a precedent for this office to truly listen and learn from the LGBTQ+ community and inform my policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1969423752\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Advisory Board will meet regularly, seek input from the greater community, and provide regular feedback on improvements to better serve LGBTQ+ residents and all those who come into contact with the DA&#8217;s office, as well as improve diversity and inclusion within the office itself, Gasc\u00f3n said.<\/p>\n<p>The LGBTQ+ Advisory Board members include <strong>Allison Blaylock<\/strong>, president of the <em>OUTreach Center<\/em> in Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p>Other board members are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bamby Salcedo<\/strong>, CEO of the <em>TransLatin@ Coalition<\/em>, which advocates for and addresses the issues of transgender Latinas throughout the United States.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vincent Jones<\/strong>, CEO of <em>The Citizen Jones Companies<\/em>, a collection of socially minded businesses created with the spirit of doing good, having fun and helping others do the same.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chela Demuir<\/strong>, founder of the <em>\u201cTransGiving Dinner,\u201d<\/em> a dinner with all the traditional trimmings of a holiday meal that is now celebrated in various states across the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ari Guti\u00e9rrez Ar\u00e1mbula,<\/strong> producer of the <em>Latino LGBTQ+ Pride Festival<\/em> and co-founder of the <em>HONOR Political Action Committee<\/em> and the Latino Equality Alliance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joey Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, director of Policy and Community Building Department at the <em>Los Angeles LGBT Center.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Skylar Myers<\/strong>, a victims rights advocate for the <em>Anti-Violence Project at the Los Angeles LGBT Center<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brad Sears<\/strong>, Associate Dean of Public Interest Law at UCLA Law, who has published a number of research studies, primarily on discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stella Ursua<\/strong>, board president\/chair at the <em>LGBTQ+ Center Long Beach<\/em> and programs &amp; partnerships manager of <em>GRID Alternatives-Greater Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n on Monday, April 25, announced the creation of the office\u2019s first-ever LGBTQ+ Advisory Board, which will advise the DA&#8217;s Office on policies, priority issues, and best practices related to LGBTQ+ and the criminal justice system. \u201cThe contributions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have made to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,10,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108003"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108008,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108003\/revisions\/108008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}