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Volume 19| April 20, 2020

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Identity Documents for the Community: Tuesday, April 28th from 12:00-1:00pm Zoom Registration: bit.ly/identitydocszoom Learn about how Virginia modernized its birth certificate update process and adopted a third gender marker option on driver’s licenses. Speakers will include Senator Scott Surovell, Senator Jennifer Boysko, Delegate , community advocate Julie Williams, and Harper Jean Tobin from the National Center for Transgender Equality. Safe Schools: Tuesday, May 5th from 12:00-1:00pm Zoom Registration: bit.ly/safeschoolszoom Learn about how Virginia will be the 17th state to have uniform guidelines for how public schools should treat transgender students to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to learn and graduate. Speakers include Senator Jennifer Boysko, Delegate Marcus Simon, Claire Gastanaga the Executive Director of the ACLU of Virginia, Ted Lewis from Side by Side, Nicolle Campa with Metro DC PFLAG, and Shannon McKay of He She Ze and We. Trans-Inclusive Health Insurance: Tuesday, May 12th from 12:00-1:00pm Zoom Registration: bit.ly/transhealthzoom Learn about how Virginia became the 14th state to enshrine existing protections into state law to ensure transgender residents can access the healthcare they need. Join us to hear about how this bill came about and what it means for your community. Speakers include Delegate , Katie Keith who is a Steering Committee Member of Out2Enroll, Brandon Robinson of the Virginia Association of Health Plans, and advocates from the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood. Nondiscrimination Protections: Tuesday, May 19th from 12:00-1:00 pm Zoom Registration: ttps://bit.ly/nondiscriminationzoom Come celebrate and learn about how Virginia became the first state in the South and the 21st state in the country to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in employment, housing, and public spaces. In addition, we’ll discuss how lawmakers passed a comprehensive code update that adds sexual orientation and gender identity to dozens of areas in the code related to nondiscrimination, which further codifies protections for the LGBTQ community. Speakers include Delegate , Delegate Mark Levine, and Senator .

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