The video below, Everyone Matters: Dignity and Safety for Transgender People, is a must watch.
A description, from the YouTube page:
Alishia is a firefighter. Enoch is a university professor. Dana is a software engineer. Jesse is an HIV prevention educator. Each makes invaluable contributions in the work place and in the community. And each faces the threat of losing a job, being denied housing or health care, and suffering violence and harassment simply for being transgender.
In Everyone Matters: Dignity and Safety for Transgender People – a new video produced by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders(GLAD) Transgender Rights Proejct, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coaltion (MTPC), and MassEquality – Alishia, Enoch, Dana, and Jesse talk about their jobs, their family, their hopes, and their worries. Framed by hope and optimism, their stories nevertheless show how vulnerable transgender people still are, and highlight the need for comprehensive laws to ensure that people can obtain and retain employment, remain safe on the streets, and have access to health care and housing.
Click here to learn more about anti-discrimination legislation pending in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire, and how you can show your support.
h/t to Womanist Musings
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Everyone does matter. Here’s hoping the state of Massachusetts becomes the 14th state to protect its transgender citizens civil rights, and that the federal government follows suit later this year.
Thanks for posting this video. It really struck a chord with me and I really do believe that more people need to watch it.
Awesome. Awesome.
Pennsylvania’s state legislature is also currently considering an anti-discrimination bill that would cover gays and lesbians and bisexuals as well as transgender people. If you’re a PA voter, contact your state rep to voice your support.
It’s House Bill #300 and it’s been introduced by my representative, Dan Frankel.
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