matthewtime (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} matthewtime) wrote,@ 2008-05-12 00:01:00 |
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#19: Pass a non-discrimination ordinance in your community
From the NCTE:
Communities across the country have been passing laws which protect people from discrimination based on gender identity and expression. Anti-discrimination legislation can include housing, employment, public accommodation and more. Both large and small municipalities have passed these laws; in recent months, states like Vermont and Hawaii, cities such as Bloomington, Indiana and smaller towns like the Borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania have all passed measures to ban discrimination.
If your area doesn’t have an anti-discrimination law that includes gender identity and expression, work to pass one. It is important to have language that will work legally, so contact the Transgender Civil Rights Project at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to get more information about legislation and further assistance.
“In the past five years we’ve gone from 5% of the country to over 30% of the country covered by trans-inclusive laws directly through the efforts of grassroots activists,” notes Lisa Mottet of the Transgender Civil Rights Project. “It is easier than people think, even for people with no previous political experience. We can provide you with all of the tools you need, whether you are just starting the effort or are well on your way to finishing the process. We encourage you to contact us and we can provide you with assistance through the whole process.”
You can contact the Transgender Civil Rights Project at lmottet@thetaskforce.org or call 202-639-6308. More information about the project is available on their website at Transgender Civil Rights Project.
Enacting legal protections for transgender people is an important step towards transgender equality. Work in your community to pass to trans-inclusive legislation today.
From the NCTE:
Communities across the country have been passing laws which protect people from discrimination based on gender identity and expression. Anti-discrimination legislation can include housing, employment, public accommodation and more. Both large and small municipalities have passed these laws; in recent months, states like Vermont and Hawaii, cities such as Bloomington, Indiana and smaller towns like the Borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania have all passed measures to ban discrimination.
If your area doesn’t have an anti-discrimination law that includes gender identity and expression, work to pass one. It is important to have language that will work legally, so contact the Transgender Civil Rights Project at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to get more information about legislation and further assistance.
“In the past five years we’ve gone from 5% of the country to over 30% of the country covered by trans-inclusive laws directly through the efforts of grassroots activists,” notes Lisa Mottet of the Transgender Civil Rights Project. “It is easier than people think, even for people with no previous political experience. We can provide you with all of the tools you need, whether you are just starting the effort or are well on your way to finishing the process. We encourage you to contact us and we can provide you with assistance through the whole process.”
You can contact the Transgender Civil Rights Project at lmottet@thetaskforce.org or call 202-639-6308. More information about the project is available on their website at Transgender Civil Rights Project.
Enacting legal protections for transgender people is an important step towards transgender equality. Work in your community to pass to trans-inclusive legislation today.
