{"id":44077,"date":"2014-10-15T13:18:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T18:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=44077"},"modified":"2014-10-15T13:18:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T18:18:04","slug":"hrc-blog-hrc-president-chad-griffin-and-dustin-lance-black-travel-to-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/hrc-blog-hrc-president-chad-griffin-and-dustin-lance-black-travel-to-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"HRC Blog: HRC President Chad Griffin and Dustin Lance Black Travel to Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday October 14, Chad Griffin, HRC\u2019s President and\u00a0Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-Winning screenwriter of the groundbreaking 2008 film\u00a0Milk, are continuing their tour through Project One America States as they participated in a forum at the University of Mississippi about the critical importance of LGBT people and their straight allies sharing their courageous stories and coming out.\u00a0\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_157979209\">On Monday<\/span>, Griffin and Black were at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas. Both events coincided with the recent celebration of National Coming Out Day (NCOD) on October 11, now in its 26 year.<\/p>\n<p>Through exclusive videos and a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/c\/coming-out\" target=\"_blank\">week-long blog series<\/a>\u00a0leading up to NCOD,\u00a0HRC has been sharing the diverse experiences of people from all walks of life who\u2019ve come out, and highlighting stories via Facebook, Twitter, and for the first time, Snapchat. HRC also released a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FLaLlLI0bbk&amp;index=1&amp;list=PLstyCKmnMAybOgiav4CyvteSEA-neljw3\" target=\"_blank\">compilation<\/a>\u00a0video of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/entry\/celebrities-come-out-for-equality-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\">celebrities<\/a>\u00a0and public figures who made the decision to live openly earlier this year, including Former\u00a0Miss\u00a0Kentucky\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JdXHN8sK4A8\" target=\"_blank\">Djuan Trent\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and actress\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1hlCEIUATzg\" target=\"_blank\">Ellen Page<\/a>, who came out at HRC Foundation\u2019s inaugural Time to THRIVE Conference.<\/p>\n<p>When people know someone who is LGBT, they are far more likely to support equality under the law. 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Learn more about the history of National Coming Out Day as well as helpful coming out guides by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/entry\/national-coming-out-day\" target=\"_blank\">HRC\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/blog\/entry\/hrc-president-chad-griffin-and-dustin-lance-black-travel-to-mississippi\">Read the entire story.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday October 14, Chad Griffin, HRC\u2019s President and\u00a0Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-Winning screenwriter of the groundbreaking 2008 film\u00a0Milk, are continuing their tour through Project One America States as they participated in a forum at the University of Mississippi about the critical importance of LGBT people and their straight allies sharing their courageous stories and<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/hrc-blog-hrc-president-chad-griffin-and-dustin-lance-black-travel-to-mississippi\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the story &#x2026;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[484],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - 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