Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: NGLTF Connecticut Town Hall Meeting on Gender Non-conforming and Transgender Non-Discrimination Rights...

Sunday, June 11, 2006

NGLTF Connecticut Town Hall Meeting on Gender Non-conforming and Transgender Non-Discrimination Rights...

Where are we, where are we going and why does it matter?

Hartford, CT ~ From 7 till 9 PM on Wednesday June 21, 2006 [Free]
Join the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force [NGLTF] Executive Director Matt Foreman, Lisa Mottet the Legislative Lawyer for the NGLTF Transgender Civil Rights project and Candy Cox of the Task Force for a compelling presentation of data from the Task Force's national polling on support for transgender-inclusive non-discrimination laws. View PDF Flyer

Transgender Non-Discrimination rights:

* What are the current laws protecting discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming individuals?
* What is Gender Identity and _Expression?
* Why are such inclusive non-discrimination policies and legislation important?

Following the presentation, participate in a lively and open discussion regarding the status and issues of the transgender rights movement at the local, state, and national levels. What transgender inclusive laws are being raised or passed in other parts of the country? What is the status of a transgender-inclusive Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act? What efforts are underway in Connecticut to pass meaningful statewide protections? And what are ways that each and every one of us can engage in the struggle to secure, educate and legislate full civil rights for all gender non-conforming and transgender individuals everywhere?

This free town hall meeting is being held at 7 pm at the Lecture/Recital Hall in the Greater Hartford Academy of Arts, The Learning Corridor Campus on the corner of Vernon and Washington Streets, Hartford, CT, Click for directions For more information visit Ct TransAdvocacy or call Amy Miller at 860 247-6090 or Jerimarie Liesegang at 860 983-8139.

Sponsored by the Connecticut Anti-Discrimination Coalition members: ACLU of Connecticut ~ Anti-Defamation League of CT ~ Connecticut National Organization for Women ~ Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition ~ Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund ~ Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders ~ Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network Connecticut ~ Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective ~ Hartford Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays ~ Love Makes a Family ~ People of Faith for GLBT Civil Rights ~ Permanent Commission on the Status of Women ~ National Gay & Lesbian Task Force ~ Rainbow Center, UConn

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Peterson Toscano6/11/06, 9:57 PM
Dang, I will be out of town. Sounds wonderful though. Thanks for posting about it.
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You've got to be taught
To hate
And fear
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To year
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Of people
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