Daniel_Cheung
06-28-2009, 12:12 AM
US: UCC LGBT Coalition urged to 'transform society'
http://www.wfn.org/2009/06/msg00181.html
Urvashi Vaid remembers moving to the United States in the 1960s with
her parents. Later as a teenager, she received a green card,
identifying her as a "permanent resident alien."
"We [LGBT] live on a permanent green card," Vaid says. "We pay taxes
and then are denied personal liberties. When LGBT are treated as
second class citizens, our liberties and values are endangered."
"We are in a fight for moral, not just civil equality." LGBT persons
need to "claim our seat. We stand against tradition. We must transform
society, not just fit in."...
http://www.wfn.org/2009/06/msg00181.html
Urvashi Vaid remembers moving to the United States in the 1960s with
her parents. Later as a teenager, she received a green card,
identifying her as a "permanent resident alien."
"We [LGBT] live on a permanent green card," Vaid says. "We pay taxes
and then are denied personal liberties. When LGBT are treated as
second class citizens, our liberties and values are endangered."
"We are in a fight for moral, not just civil equality." LGBT persons
need to "claim our seat. We stand against tradition. We must transform
society, not just fit in."...