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Aid for AIDS of Nevada has appointed Derek Washington as the New Media and Diversity Outreach Consultant. Washington’s chief responsibilities include development of new media strategies and creating new programs that better serve the African-American and Latino communities in Nevada.

“The GOP has yet to show the American people a plan to reform health care that lowers costs and puts patients first, but they have all the time in the world, apparently, to repeal a commonsense, popular law,” said Michael Mitchell, National Stonewall Democrats Executive Director. “As expected, the GOP-led house voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in a display of showmanship for the anti-government sliver of their base, and as a nod to big insurance companies who pad their campaign coffers.

 “Left out of the equation are literally millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions that would be excluded, millions of young people who will be knocked off their parent’s insurance and the taxpayers who will have to foot the estimated $145 billion tab if the law is repealed.

“Also left out are LGBT people with pre-existing conditions who are not able to access the insurance plans of their partners, which they would be able to do if our relationships were recognized.

“Three Democrats – Mike Ross (AR), Dan Boren (OK), Mike McIntyre (NC) – unfortunately voted with the Republicans. We will remember.”

“Three words came to mind when I heard that Dan Ramos had called the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio ‘Nazis’ and ‘termites:’ shocking, deplorable and sad,” said Olga Hernandez, National Stonewall Democrats PAC Co-Chair, and a longtime member of the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio. “I really can’t fathom why Ramos would stoop to such a level, especially against fellow Democrats, and especially since Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio have been such good foot soldiers for the Democratic Party in Bexar County and in Texas.”

“We take the part of our mission that says that we hold Democrats accountable very seriously, and this is one of those moments,” said NSD Executive Director Michael Mitchell. “The actions by Chairman Ramos are reprehensible and serve no purpose but to divide our party. We support calls for his resignation from the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio, as well as from Boyd Ritchie, Texas Democratic Party Chair.”

Late last month, we held the election for Leadership Council Co-Chairs. Erin Moore of the Dallas Stonewall Democrats and Greg Rodriguez of the Desert Stonewall Democrats in Palm Springs, CA were elected from a field of fantastic affiliate leaders.