Lawmakers And Advocates Convene Emergency Transgender Rights Roundtable On Capitol Hill
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WASHINGTON - PrAtlas -- Historic roundtable about the unprecedented legislative attacks on the transgender community, including the 220 bills targeting trans-Americans introduced in states like Florida, Texas, and Alabama. The session will consist of a panel of medical professionals, policy experts, and trans rights advocates – including NMAC's Toni Newman, a Black trans woman, author, and coalition leader – and will be hosted by Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus Chair Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).

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Thursday, July 27th, 12 PM

Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2045, Capitol Hill

In addition to the members of Congress, the event will feature:

• Toni Newman, Director of The Coalition for Justice and Equality Across Movements at NMAC
• Susan Corke, Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project
• Vivian Topping, Director of Advocacy & Civic Engagement, Equality Federation
• Shelby Chestnut, Executive Director, Transgender Law Center
• Lexi Adsit, Executive Director, TransCanWork
• Dr. Fan Liang, Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Medical Director, The Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

To RSVP for the event, please email dpearson@nmac.org.
For media inquiries, please email clewis@nmac.org.

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