ACLU of Texas Chapter Meeting: Gay Rights

Hello everyone! Our next meetup is Wednesday, July 15, at 6 pm at the Highland Park Cafeteria in east Dallas (at Buckner and Garland).

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots that sparked the gay rights movement, the topic is gay rights. We will be featuring a speaker from Lambda Legal (the nation's oldest legal organization addressing the legal rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people), who will be addressing current civil rights issues affecting members of the GLBT community. We also hope to show an episode of the Freedom Files on the subject. These half-hour documentaries feature firsthand accounts of real people who have taken on the powers that be, often at great risk to themselves, in order to preserve their precious constitutional rights. (The Freedom Files series is distributed nationwide to public television stations through the National Educational Telecommunications Association. You can check out air dates and times at http://aclu.tv....)

Please plan to arrive at 6 pm and to pick up something to eat at the Highland Park Cafeteria (you can bring your tray into our meeting room) so that we compensate our hosts for the space they are providing to us. We will visit and socialize for a few minutes before starting our program at around 6:30 pm.

Hope to see you there!

- Anne