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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: LGBT Pride Month
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at June's Board meeting.
A
B
You
know,
there's
there's,
there's
a
group
or
or
a
cause
or
an
issue
that
you
know
is
that
we
tend
to
spotlight
just
about
every
month.
You
know:
there's
Women's,
History
Month,
there's
Black
History,
Month,
there's,
there's
asian-american
Month
and
of
course,
this
month,
June
is
Pride
Month
and
there's
no
better
evidence
of
that
than
the
multicolored
flag
outside
the
Bosman
building.
And
so
our
chair
issued
a
proclamation
read
the
proclamation
from
the
dais.
B
But,
more
importantly,
we
decided
that
it
was
a
good
opportunity
and
I
was
particularly
pleased
that,
as
the
county
boards
liaison
to
our
Human
Rights
Commission,
that
we
called
on
the
Human
Rights
Commission.
In
particular
the
chair
of
the
Equality
group
of
the
Equality
task
force
within
the
HRC
Kyle
Tibbets,
to
provide
a
brief
presentation
on
what
the
Equality
task
force
is
doing.
How
we
can
further
ensure
that
the
LGBTQ
community
are
full
participants
in
our
diverse
community.
A
B
We
just
with
with
the
county's
communications
folks
we
just
unveiled
a
new,
much
more
robust
website
about
the
LGBT
community
resources
issues.
That
type
of
thing
and
one
of
the
things
that
mr.
Tibbets
focused
on
was
the
municipal
Equality,
Index
or
MEI.
That
is
a
device
that
the
Human
Rights
Campaign,
one
of
the
largest
LGBT
advocacy
groups
in
the
entire
country,
devised.
We
scored
in
93,
not
a
hundred
better
than
most
communities
all
across
the
county,
the
country.
Rather,
we
can
do
a
little
bit
better.
Some
of
the
indexes
were
non-discrimination
laws.
B
The
county
is
an
employer
municipal
services,
law
enforcement
and
overall
relationship.
You
know:
do
we
have
a
human
rights
commission?
Absolutely
do
we
have
strong
laws,
definitely
how's
our
law
enforcement,
interacting
with
that
community
hate
crimes
that
type
of
thing
bullying,
anti
bullying
in
the
schools.
One
thing
that
I
spoke
out
against
when
I
was
president
of
the
Yorktown
PTA,
in
fact,
on
the
County
Council
of
PTAs,
so
we're
making
progress.
B
C
Of
the
notions,
I
think
that
our
human
rights
task
force
or
LGBT
task
force
of
the
Human
Rights
Commission
that
surface
that's
really
appropriate
for
this
year.
Because
of
the
theme
of
this
year's
national
Pride
Month
was
the
importance
of
youth
and
reaching
out
to
LGBT
youth,
exactly
as
John
was
referencing
in
terms
of
combating
bullying,
but
also
ensuring
that
parents
have
the
education
that
they
need
to
support,
LGBT
young
people
and
teens.
C
We
also
know
that
LGBT
young
people
are
at
much
greater
risk
for
ending
up
homeless
or
a
variety
of
other
behaviors
we're
trying
to
prevent
and
so
really
having
the
leadership
of
our
Human
Rights
Commission
and
helping
integrate
with
whether
it's
our
community
response
to
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault,
project
piece
or
other
youth
serving
task
forces.
That's
really
a
way
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
grow
and
build
on
these
efforts
to
make
sure
all
of
our
young
people
feel
included,
welcomed
and
healthy
in
Arlington,
County
and.