Hate In The States:
Town Meetings on Hate Crimes
On November 10th, President Clinton is hosting a national
hate crimes summit in Washington, D.C. In conjunction with
this event, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is hosting
a series of town forums on violence against the gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) community. In addition to
local speakers, these forums will feature Task Force executive
director Kerry Lobel who will address the state of anti-gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender motivated violence throughout
the country and the status of related federal laws and
legislation. At each town meeting, the Task Force will provide
petitions for participants to record their own experiences of
hate violence. The Task Force will later deliver these
petitions to President Clinton.
Hate violence continues to be a scourge on our community. Thousands of incidents of anti-gay violence occur each year
throughout the country. Only twenty states have legislated against
these hate attacks, including attacks involving sexual orientation
bias. Eight other states have hate crime laws that do not include
crimes based on sexual orientation. Attacks against gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgendered people must be stopped.
WHERE & WHEN:
*Mon, October 13 - Alameda, CA; Out on the Island, 510/337-1300
Tue, October 14 - Lawrence, KS; Freedom Coalition, 785/841-0992
Wed, October 15 - Wichita, KS; Liberty Press, 316/262-8289
Thu, October 16 - Nashville, TN; Bill Turner, Lesbian and Gay
Coalition for Justice, 615/890-2831
Mon, October 20 - Oklahoma City, OK; Pat Reaves, Herland Sister
Resources, 405/427-2939
Tue, October 21 - Tulsa, OK; Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights,
918/743-4297
Wed, October 22 - Little Rock, AR; Judy Matsuoka, The Women's
Project, 501/372-5113
Thu, October 30 - Detroit, MI; Julie Enszer, Affirmations, 248/398-7105
*Wed, November 5 - Houston, TX; Houston Political Caucus;
Clarence Bagby, 713/861-8238
* - NGLTF executive director Kerry Lobel will not be in attendance.
Contact Tracey Conaty at NGLTF for more information or for a copy
of the President's radio address on hate crimes, 202/332-6483 x3303.
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