Civil Rights at the Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexuality, Immigration and Race

Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 2:15 - 3:45
Place: Room 6, First Floor
Workshop Track: Civil & Human Rights

This workshop will explore intersections between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) struggles and the broader Asian American and Pacific Islander civil rights agenda, with a goal of promoting greater inclusion of LGBT issues by Asian American and Pacific Islander allied organizations and advocates. Speakers will cover issues such as the parallels between the efforts to ban marriage between same-sex partners and earlier laws prohibiting interracial marriage, the similar struggles of undocumented immigrants and transgender individuals, and the efforts to raise the concerns of same-sex binational couples in both the marriage equality and immigration reform movements. An allied organization will also discuss its challenges to support LGBT issues in a community that is highly religious.

Click here for a recording of this workshop: Civil Rights at the Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexuality, Immigration and Race.

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center is a California State Bar certified provider of MCLE credits and this workshop has been approved for 1 hour of credit. To receive California MCLE credit, attorneys must pay an additional $10 per workshop that offers MCLE credit. Payment collected separately onsite.

Speakers:

	Ben de Guzman Co-Director of Programs National Queer API Alliance		Yongho Kim Civic Participation Coordinator Korean Resource Center
	Hector Vargas Deputy Director, Education and Public Affairs Lambda Legal		Karin Wang Vice President of Programs Asian Pacific American Legal Center (Workshop Moderator)
	Doreena Wong Co-Founder Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Women/Transgender Activists		Shin-Ming Wong Helpline Attorney National Center for Lesbian Rights