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  1. Actors’ Equity Association Joins Legal Fight Opposing Tennessee’s Unconstitutional Attack on Drag Performances with New Amicus Brief

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:34:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has filed an amicus brief in the Western District of Tennessee opposing the state’s first-in-the-nation law intended to limit drag shows.

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  2. Actors' Equity Association Condemns Tennessee's Anti-Drag Legislation

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:56:00 GMT – 0

    President Kate Shindle and Executive Director Al Vincent, Jr. of Actors' Equity Association -- the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre -- have issued the following joint statement regarding Tennessee's new legislation restricting drag performance.

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    • Diversity
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  3. Equity Publishes Hiring Bias and Wage Gaps Report on Theatre in 2021

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:38:00 GMT – 0

    An Atypical Year Sees Some Progress

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  4. Actors’ Equity Association Condemns Attacks on Transgender People

    Equity News Staff – Fri, 27 Jan 2023 22:00:00 GMT – 0

    We are witnessing not just attacks on expression but attacks on existence. The recent rise in legislation limiting gender-affirming health care, as well as the increase in both physical and legal threats to drag performances, must be named for what they are: a coordinated attack that seeks to eradicate transgender people.

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  5. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS THE HOUSE PASSING THE CROWN ACT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:06:00 GMT – 0

    This Bill is Crucial to Protecting Workers from Racial Discrimination

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  6. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION RELEASES LATEST DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION HIRING BIAS REPORT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:12:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has released the union’s third diversity and inclusion hiring bias report, tracking the demographics of how its members are hired for acting and stage management work, and how much they were paid in the year 2020.

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  7. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS GEORGIA'S NEW VOTING LAW

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:16:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued a statement in response to Georgia’s new voting laws, which, among other changes to the election system, drastically reduce the ability to vote by mail-in ballot and reduce measures that can shorten lines at polling places.

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  8. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION DENOUNCES RISE IN HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:21:00 GMT – 0

    Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement after news reports that the attacks against Asian Americans that began to spike during the pandemic persisted over the course of 2020, reaching a 150% increase over the year before.

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  9. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION JOINS OTHER ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA INDUSTRY UNIONS TO ANNOUNCE LEGISLATIVE PUSH TO ADVANCE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:23:00 GMT – 0

    Equity and Unions Call for Agenda That Includes Chief Diversity Officer at the National Endowment for the Arts

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  10. Actors’ Equity Association Releases Second-Ever Diversity and Inclusion Report

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:07:00 GMT – 0

    Study finds only “gradual, inconsistent” improvement for members from marginalized groups.

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