Task Force marks Transgender Day of Remembrance
The Task Force is commemorating the Transgender Day of Remembrance today, a day when the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community remembers people lost to anti-transgender violence over the past year. Our Web site banner is black and features the phrase “We Remember,” in memory of the 11 known deaths of transgender people in 2007.
“While we must continue to fight for hate crime laws that punish perpetrators of these crimes, and employment nondiscrimination laws that rightfully allow transgender people to keep their jobs and stay off the streets where they are more vulnerable to attacks, we must also continue to help every American understand who transgender people are and how anti-transgender bias leads to discrimination and violence.”
— Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman
[ Read the full statement ]
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Want to create change and save some money?
Then make sure to register now for the community’s leading LGBT organizing conference! Early bird registration closes on Nov. 30!
After training more than 30,000 movement leaders since its launch in 1988, The National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change will reconvene for its 20th edition at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit, Mich., Feb. 6–10, 2008. Registration is under way, and can be done online at www.CreatingChange.org. The early bird registration rate of $250 has been extended to Nov. 30. Come and be inspired!
On Friday, Feb. 8, the Task Force Academy for Leadership and Action premiers with sophisticated and challenging training curricula for organization leaders. The conference program also features 18 daylong institutes and more than 100 workshops, meetings, caucuses, receptions and social events. Keynote speakers include the Bishop V. Gene Robinson (pictured) and Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP. Take advantage of the early bird registration rate and be part of the nation’s largest and preeminent annual skills-building and strategy conference of the LGBT political movement.
[ Get details and register now ]
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Pedro Julio Serrano honored for work on Latino/a LGBT issues
Task Force Communications Coordinator Pedro Julio Serrano was honored on Friday by the Puerto Rican Initiative to Develop Empowerment (PRIDE) in New York City with a PRIDE Award for his outstanding contribution and service to the Boricua and Latino/LGBT communities.
This work included the crafting and introduction of a nondiscrimination bill in Puerto Rico, Serrano’s historic testimony at the legislative hearings seeking to revise the civil code in Puerto Rico and for being an uncompromising voice for Latino/a LGBT communities in the media. Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman, New York City Councilmember Rosie Méndez and Miss Universe 2001 Denise Quiñones, were among those who attended the ceremony honoring Serrano, Fran Rolán, María Belén Correa, Luis Garay and Garay’s mom, Carmen Robello.
Caption: Pedro Julio Serrano hugs his mom, Alicia Burgos, after receiving the PRIDE Award.
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Tickets on sale for Seattle Leadership Awards
Tickets are now on sale for our 2008 Seattle Leadership Awards, which will be held on Jan. 12. Please join us as we honor Louise Chernin (pictured), executive director of the Greater Seattle Business Association, the largest LGBT chamber of commerce in the nation. We look forward to seeing you there!
[ Get more information and purchase tickets ]
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