Equality Texas, the principal organization that lobbies the Texas Legislature on LGBTQ issues, will be at the Law School to give students a Legislative Update on developments during the 82nd Texas Legislative Session, which concluded this summer. Dennis Coleman, Equality Texas’ executive director, will speak to students about successes for LGBTQ interests during the last Session and agenda items that still need to be addressed next session. For aspiring policy wonks, Mr. Coleman will also talk about the lobbying process in Texas. Issues to be discussed include: public school bullying and cyber bullying prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation; same-sex parents’ names appearing on adopted child’s birth certificate; removing homosexual conduct from the Texas Penal Code; adding gender identity or expression to Texas hate crimes law; and repealing Texas’ constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
\n\nIf you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Equality Texas, the principal organization that lobbies the Texas Legislature on LGBTQ issues, will be at the Law School to give students a Legislative Update on developments during the 82nd Texas Legislative Session, which concluded this summer. Dennis Coleman, Equality Texas’ executive director, will speak to students about successes for LGBTQ interests during the last Session and agenda items that still need to be addressed next session. For aspiring policy wonks, Mr. Coleman will also talk about the lobbying process in Texas. Issues to be discussed include: public school bullying and cyber bullying prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation; same-sex parents’ names appearing on adopted child’s birth certificate; removing homosexual conduct from the Texas Penal Code; adding gender identity or expression to Texas hate crimes law; and repealing Texas’ constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion / Speaker Series LOCATION:TNH 3.142 - Walker Classroom URL:http://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2011/10/20/12762/ CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR