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Elected Officials, Community Members, Advocates to Attend Bronx Public Forum on LGBT Families
Tomorrow, elected officials, community members and advocates will attend a community forum in the Bronx to discuss the challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families after the passage of Proposition 8 in California and as same-sex marriage becomes a central issue in the election of a new New York State senate majority leader.
The Bronx is home to more lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families than any other borough. Yet, homophobia and stigma levels remain high, and many Bronx LGBT families struggle to receive the services they need and are entitled to.
Tomorrow, elected officials, community members and advocates will attend a community forum in the Bronx to discuss the challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families after the passage of Proposition 8 in California and as same-sex marriage becomes a central issue in the election of a new New York State senate majority leader.
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The Bronx is home to more lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families than any other borough. Yet, homophobia and stigma levels remain high, and many Bronx LGBT families struggle to receive the services they need and are entitled to.
The event, “We are Your Family: Harnessing the Strength of LGBT Familes & their Allies,” is sponsored by the Bronx Community Pride Center, the New York Civil Liberties Union and PFLAG Families of Color & Allies.
It is co-sponsored by: Adolescent AIDS Program, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!), Bronx Aids Services (BAS) , Casa Atabex Ache, Center Kids – the family program of the LGBT Community Center, Community Healthcare Network (CHN), Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), Connect 2 Protect (C2P), Gay & Lesbian Dominican Empowerment Organization (GALDE), Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), Mision San Juan Bautista, Movement in Motion (MIM), and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE).
WHAT:
We are Your Family: Harnessing the Strength of LGBT Families & their Allies –
a community forum on the challenges LGBT families face
WHERE:
Bronx Community Pride Center, 448 E. 149th St. in the Bronx
WHEN:
Thursday, Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m.
WHO:
The Rev. James Dusenbury – In the Life Ministries
Donna Lieberman – NYCLU executive director
Carmen Robello – mother and board member of PFLAG Families of Color & Allies
Luis Garay – student, activist and member of PFLAG Families of Color & Allies
Julian Rodriguez – gay father who was born and raised in the Bronx
Natalie Jones – mother, volunteer for Bronx Community Pride Center
New York City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo
New York State Senator Jose Serrano representative