Come OUT! Be Visible
at the State House on April 8, 2008!
Tuesday, April 8th is the Annual LGBTQ Visibility
Day at the State House in Montpelier.
Join us to meet
fellow LGBTQ Vermonters, connect with LGBTQ organizations, and to connect with
your legislators about important issues facing our community today!
Over the past
several years, we worked to pass the Gender Identity bill not once, but twice!
And together – we won!
But, we still have
work to do! Although civil unions were a good first step and provide valuable
protections for same-sex couples and their families, we still face
discrimination in Vermont’s
marriage laws.
We collectively
recognize that many in our community would choose to get married if provided
that right, while others who would not
choose to enter in a civil marriage. However, we are united in our belief
that by denying us marriage equality, the state denies us the dignity and
choice to fully participate in a legal institution that is a prerequisite to
many critical legal protections that still are out of reach for many LGBTQ
Vermonters.
There are also other
issues important to our community that legislators must hear about directly
from their constituents. We need your participation to ensure that our
presence and the issues that are important to us are VISIBLE!
Visibility Day 2008
Schedule
8:00am Organizational
Displays in the Card Room
9:00am Legislative
Update and Advocacy Training (Room 10)
10:00am Introductions
on the House Floor
11am Community Meeting with the Governor
(Ceremonial Office, 2nd floor)
Noon Legislator Conversations over
lunch (Cafeteria)
1:00pm Organizational
Updates/ “Mini Queer Summit" (Cafeteria)
2:20pm Debrief
and Wrap-Up
2:30pm Close
Questions or to RSVP contact Kara@ru12.org
or call 802.860.7812.
Hosted by: Outright VT, RU12?, the Samara Foundation of Vermont, Vermont Freedom to Marry, Vermont CARES and VT TransAction
Come OUT! Be Visible
at the State House on April 8, 2008!
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