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.
Out in the World: North American corporations to help LGBTQ refugees
The needHRC President Alphonso David and Power explained to corporate leaders attending the summit that LGBTQ people are fleeing from many of the same crises afflicting other refugees in what's become the highest displacement of people in the world since World War II.
At the same time, many countries have shut them out, especially over the last four years.The difference, Power noted, is that LGBTQ people are more often persecuted.
She pointed out that 69 countries around the world criminalize homosexuality; in nine of those countries gay people can be sentenced to death.Despite some positive progress made within the last decade in the U.S.
