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.
committed to reversing the Trump administration’s dozens of attacks on LGBTQ rights and enacting pro-LGBTQ legislation.In addition, Biden has nominated multiple LGBTQ people to his cabinet and wider administration, including the first openly gay and transgender Senate-confirmed cabinet appointees.The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ rights organization, celebrated the start of what is expected to be “the most pro-equality presidency in history.”“A new day has begun in our nation.
The pro-equality future so many of us fought for for decades is closer than ever before,” HRC President Alphonso David said in a statement.“Yesterday, we remembered what it was like to have a President who empathized with our struggles as we.