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JUN 18 - Our AFA Human Rights and Equality Committee would like to celebrate the month of June and share some current resources.
In the month of June we celebrate and recognize:
The LGBTQIA+ Community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and more!)
Our AFA Human Rights and Equality Committee would like to use this month to encourage our members to:
1) Familiarize themselves with the current issues that the LGBTQIA+ community encounters
- Discrimination see: https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/discrimination/lgbti-rights/
- Hate Crimes see: glaad.org/reference/hate-crime
- Violence see: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aba6910
- Anti-LGBTQIA+ Legislation see:aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights
- https://transequality.org/state-action-center
2) Educate themselves on different groups within the LGBTQIA+ community, including lesser known identities like nonbinary and intersex genders. Encourage members to learn about the history and culture of other genders outside the male/female binary in cultures throughout the world.
3) Support LGBTQIA+-owned business and charities
4) Attend a local Pride event
Action ideas for staying involved and showing support:
- Wear your LGBTQIA+ AFA Pin (New updated pin with inclusion design available—reach out to an officer at your local for how to get one)
- Learn about the history behind Pride, the LGBTQIA+ community and their history, including the Stonewall Uprising which occurred in June 1969
- Read Plane Queer, which includes many of our AFA LGBTQIA+ wins like domestic partner benefits
- Be an ally by listening to the voices and lives of non-white queer and trans folks, and be cognizant of your privilege
- Check out union and other related resources
Upcoming dates and events to keep on your calendar and put your support behind:
- Month of June: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, National Caribbean American Heritage Month
- JUNE 18 - Father’s Day
- JUNE 19 - Juneteenth (Federal Holiday)
- JUNE 20 - World Refugee Day (UN)
- JUNE 25 - March with AFA in NYC Pride
- JUNE 26- The Hajj Begins; the annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to Makkah
- JUNE 28 - Anniversary of Stonewall Uprising
- JUNE 28-29- Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) celebrated by Muslims all over the world