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.
Will Harris, Pence face an LGBTQ question during VP debate?
In anticipation of the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, LGBTQ advocacy groups are going all out in calling for a question that would distinguish Sen.
Kamala Harris’ pro-LGBTQ record with Vice President Mike Pence’s notoriously anti-LGBTQ record. Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign, made the case for such an LGBTQ question during an appearance Wednesday morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” after criticizing the Trump administration for attacking LGBTQ people and marginalized communities. “What we’re looking forward to in this vice presidential debate is making sure that Kamala Harris is able to highlight the record of the…Trump-Pence administration, and what the Biden-Harris administration is going to do,” David
