Alphonso David (born 1970) is an American attorney and LGBT civil rights leader. In August 2019, he became the president of the Human Rights Campaign. He is the first civil rights lawyer and first person of color to serve as president of the organization.
Ohio House sends anti-trans sports ban bill to Senate
This amended bill would ban transgender youth from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity. This discriminatory Ohio SB 187 has forward to Senate, where politicians are expected to consider the amended legislation.
If passed, the bill would be open for Governor’s DeWine to consider. Human Rights Campaign (HRC) president Alphonso David released the following statement on the movement of OH SB 187. “The House’s eagerness to pass discriminatory legislation targeting transgender young people is shameful, particularly while Ohio has left a host of important issues unaddressed while the state recovers economically from a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic,” David states.
