The battle lines are being drawn; on one side is the potty police and on the other side is the LGBT activists, I think you can guess what the battle is about.
I am up at the True Colors conference at UConn in Storrs CT all day attending workshops and I am also giving a workshop on trans history. For lunch I am meeting with a former classmate from UConn School of Social Work, she is now a school social workers and she will have her school’s “Gay Straight Alliance” students up at the conference. I will be doing an impromptu Q&A session with the students during lunch.
The conference is the largest LGBT youth conference in the world, this weekend attendance will be around 3,000 students, teachers, school therapists, parents and allies. They have over 220 workshops in the two days! When I was in grad school my internship was with True Colors and I helped organize the conference that year.
My friend Stana is also up at the conference and will be doing a workshop, afterward we are supposed to meet for dinner
Charlotte leaders, LGBT groups tell lawmakers to leave transgender ordinance aloneWhat more can I say? We have seen this rush to vilify trans people all around the country with Republican legislators and now they are attacking cities that do the right thing.
WRAL
By Laura Leslie
March 17, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. — Charlotte City Council members and LGBT advocates rallied outside the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh on Thursday in support of a nondiscrimination ordinance the council passed last month that state lawmakers have vowed to overturn.
The ordinance broadly defines how businesses must treat gay, lesbian and transgender customers, but as in other cities recently, the debate has focused on bathrooms. The measure allows transgendered people to use the bathroom in which they feel most comfortable.
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Lawmakers have proposed holding a special legislative session to block the Charlotte ordinance, which goes into effect April 1. If not, the issue is expected to be among the first addressed when the General Assembly convenes for its regular 2016 session on April 25.
Republican lawmakers also are looking to turn the Charlotte ordinance into a political issue in the gubernatorial campaign, calling on Attorney General Roy Cooper, the Democratic nominee for governor, to take action against it.They know that they can energize their base and bring in campaign donation by making these draconian laws.
I am up at the True Colors conference at UConn in Storrs CT all day attending workshops and I am also giving a workshop on trans history. For lunch I am meeting with a former classmate from UConn School of Social Work, she is now a school social workers and she will have her school’s “Gay Straight Alliance” students up at the conference. I will be doing an impromptu Q&A session with the students during lunch.
The conference is the largest LGBT youth conference in the world, this weekend attendance will be around 3,000 students, teachers, school therapists, parents and allies. They have over 220 workshops in the two days! When I was in grad school my internship was with True Colors and I helped organize the conference that year.
My friend Stana is also up at the conference and will be doing a workshop, afterward we are supposed to meet for dinner
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