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The Natnal LGBTQ Task Force is dited to achievg eedom and jtice for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer people, and their fai through proactive, targeted, change-ducg iativ.

24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 3, 500 lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights advot om across the untry are expected to nverge on Hoton, Texas, on Jan.

SOURCE Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force. Natnal ConferencQueer Conferenc (Non-Trans Specific)EventLotnDate (month)Allied Media ConferenceDetro, MIJuneBe-All ChigoChigo, ILHiatBECAUSE ConferenceMneapolis, MNAprilB'More Proud LGBTQIA LearshipBaltimore, MDMarchChristian Gay Network ConferencePortland, ORJanuaryCreatg ChangePhilalphia, PAJanuaryDivers/CeMontreal, Quebec, CanadaJuly-AugtDiQSan Francis, CAJulyEqualy Fom SummPhilalphia, PAMayIGLTA Annual Global ConventnMadrid, SpaMayImprovg OUT ConferenceSacramento, CAAprilThe Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Conference for Lat Ameri and the CaribbeanVeraro, CubaMayLavenr Law Conference and Career FairNew York, NYAugtLGBTQ Conference at Harvard UniversyCambridge, MAMarchLGBT Health & Wellns ConferenceD Mos, IAMarchLGBTQ Health & Wellns ConferenceChigo, ILNovemberLGBT Health Workforce ConferenceNew York, NYAprilLGBTQ Intergeneratnal ConferenceSeattle, WASeptemberLGBT LearsSee WebseNovemberLouisana Queer ConferenceLouisianaAprilMid-Atlantic LGBTQA ConferenceBloomsburg, PANovemberMidwt Bisexual Lbian Gay Transgenr Ally College Conference (MBLGTACC)Normal, ILFebaryNatnal Queer Asian Pacific Islanr Alliance ConferenceWaikiki, HIJulyNCORENew Orleans, LAMayNELGBTNew JerseyAprilNortheast LGBT ConferenceRochter, NYAprilPractice Spir Do Jtice Oh Power SummAkron, OHOctoberQueer and Asian ConferenceBerkeley, CAMarchQueer and Trans ConferenceSwathmore, PAMarchQueer Comics ConferenceMontreal, Quebec, CanadaAugtQueerns and Gam ConferenceBerkeley, CAOctoberQueer Inter Studi ConferenceNew York, NYAprilQueer People of Color Conference (QPOCC)Santa Barbara, CAMayReachg Out MBAChigo, ILAprilSoutheast Regn Uny ConferenceChapel Hill, NCAprilSouthern California LGBT Health ConferenceLos Angel, CAFebaryTranslatg Inty ConferenceBurlgton, VTOctoberUniversy of Pacific – LGBT ConferenceStockton, CAFebaryTrans ConferencEventLotnDate (Month)Black Trans Advocy ConferenceDallas, TXApril-MayEsprPort Angel, WAMayFantasia FairProvcetown, MAOctoberFirst EventWaltham, MAJanuaryFTM Fns World Annual ConferenceAtlanta, GAOctoberGenr Edutn De-Mystifitn Symposium (GEMS)Atlanta, GAMarch-AprilGenrevolutnSalt Lake Cy, UTNovemberKeystone ConferenceHarrisburg, PAAprilNatnal Transgenr Health SummOakland, CAAprilPhilalphia Trans-Health ConferencePhilalphia, PAJuneSouthern Comfort ConferenceAtlanta, GASeptemberSparkleManchter, UKJulyTrans*formg CommuniChi, CAMarchTrans*Sexualy ConferenceNew York, NYNovemberTranscendg BoundariSprgfield, MAOctoberTransgenr Learship SummNorthridge, CAAprilTransgenr Spectm ConferenceSt. Huerta livered the openg plenary keynote speech at the 21st Natnal Conference on LGBT Equaly: Creatg Change, nvened by the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force.

And what they've done, basilly, is that by attackg the gay and lbian transgenr movement, by attackg femists and the right to abortn, the right to choose, by attackg immigrants, basilly what they have done is distracted the untry bee of the so-lled cultural wars om the real issu, which are of urse the wars Iraq and Afghanistan, the enomic meltdown, the people who are rippg off our Treasury, rippg off vtors and shareholrs.

And also the gay and lbian movement, bee they are part of our enemi. They need to hear about the personal stori of people who have been discrimated [agast] bee they are gay or lbian or transgenr. And there was a big, huge crowd om the gay muny there, and they were cked out, many of them, wh red direct tops and blue-and-whe strip, skirts, and they were rryg signs that said "Bh is a drag.

And I also want to know this – when I was lyg on that gurney the hospal and nobody was payg attentn to me bee I was bleedg ternally, and this one young attendant me up to me, and he was gay, and he said, "Oh my god, you look terrible! Is he disgraced bee he had sex wh a prostute, or are they sayg he's disgraced bee the man has gay, sexual thoughts? Not only our children who will be gays and lbians when they grow up, or transgenr if they so choose, but also to te all those other children, all those other children, so that they will unrstand and they will not grow up wh that hatred their hearts that is so permeated, so promoted our society.

And y, I know that some other workshops you're havg here is how do we get people who are gays, lbians, transgenrs elected to office.

But we also have to get people that may not be transgenr, lbian or gay, but maybe they'll be advot for . Homo sapiens.

In 1978, a group of activists created what is now known as the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA). Their tentn was to create an ternatnal work of people that uld efficiently rpond to homophobic attacks, and to act as an ternatnal platform to llectively mpaign agast the discrimatn, and at tim persecutn, faced by LGBTI people around the world. Spotlight: first-ever Bollywood mic vio for gay rights.

Learn more about the human rights challeng facg lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex (LGBTI) people everywhere and the actns that n be taken to tackle vlence and discrimatn and protect the rights of LGBT people everywhere. Hate and stigma affect lns of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people around the world. Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.