URGENT: Hate Crimes Bill! (United States)
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ACTION ALERT from the National Center for Transgender Equality
On THIS Thursday, the Senate will be voting on Senator Kennedy's Hate Crimes amendment to the Defense Authorization Act (S.1105). We need you to call your Senators now to urge their support of this critical bill, which would extend hate crimes protections to transgender people.
Please, call the Capitol Switchboard at 1202 224 3121 A.S.A.P.; let them know what state you are from and ask to be connected with your Senators.
The language of the amendment is identical to that passed by the US House of Representatives on May 3, 2007 (H.R.1592). It is vital that you contact your Senator today or tomorrow. As you read this, the Radical Right is mobilizing to oppose the federal hate crimes bill and attempt to prevent its passage in the Senate. They're using scare tactics and flat-out lies in hopes of killing the amendment. Make sure that your Senators hear your voice and how important this bill is to you and our community.
The Hate Crimes bill would:
* Extend existing federal protections to include "gender identity, sexual orientation, gender and disability"
* Allow the Justice Department to assist in hate crime investigations at the local level when local law enforcement is unable or unwilling to fully address these crimes
* Mandate that the FBI begin tracking hate crimes based on actual or perceived gender identity
* Remove limitations that narrowly define hate crimes to violence committed while a person is accessing a federally protected activity, such as voting.
Find your Senators' contact information: http://www.nctequality.org/visit_legislators.html
Background information about the hate crimes bill is available on NCTE'S webpage. http://nctequality.org/hatecrimes.html
Call your Senators today and urge your friends and family to do the same!
ACTION ALERT from the National Center for Transgender Equality
On THIS Thursday, the Senate will be voting on Senator Kennedy's Hate Crimes amendment to the Defense Authorization Act (S.1105). We need you to call your Senators now to urge their support of this critical bill, which would extend hate crimes protections to transgender people.
Please, call the Capitol Switchboard at 1202 224 3121 A.S.A.P.; let them know what state you are from and ask to be connected with your Senators.
The language of the amendment is identical to that passed by the US House of Representatives on May 3, 2007 (H.R.1592). It is vital that you contact your Senator today or tomorrow. As you read this, the Radical Right is mobilizing to oppose the federal hate crimes bill and attempt to prevent its passage in the Senate. They're using scare tactics and flat-out lies in hopes of killing the amendment. Make sure that your Senators hear your voice and how important this bill is to you and our community.
The Hate Crimes bill would:
* Extend existing federal protections to include "gender identity, sexual orientation, gender and disability"
* Allow the Justice Department to assist in hate crime investigations at the local level when local law enforcement is unable or unwilling to fully address these crimes
* Mandate that the FBI begin tracking hate crimes based on actual or perceived gender identity
* Remove limitations that narrowly define hate crimes to violence committed while a person is accessing a federally protected activity, such as voting.
Find your Senators' contact information: http://www.nctequality.org/visit_legislators.html
Background information about the hate crimes bill is available on NCTE'S webpage. http://nctequality.org/hatecrimes.html
Call your Senators today and urge your friends and family to do the same!