Category: LGBTQ+

Activist Profiles, LGBTQ+

Activist Profile: Scott Petersen, LMSW

Our Activist Profile series highlights RaisingVoicesUSA members who have found their path to civic engagement by raising their voice for the issues they’re most passionate about. Want to be featured? Contact us at info@raisingvoicesusa.org to learn more. Issue/Cause: LGBTQ Advocacy/ HIV Advocacy What was your first experience as an activist …

Action, LGBTQ+, RVUSA Priority Issues

Pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act

The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) is a proposed New York law which adds gender identity and expression as a protected class in the state’s human rights and hate crimes laws, prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and other areas, and providing enhanced penalties for bias-motivated crimes. It was first introduced …