Local Organizers to Address LGBT and Human Rights
Found in Press Release
Written by Georgia Equality
Posted on www.GALEO.org
2008-12-02

For More Information:

Please contact Laura Moye– 404 876 5661 ×12 / Lmoye@aiusa.org

Amnesty International, Georgia Equality, the International Gay and Lesbian Association and Lambda Legal present:

From Prop 8 to Yogyakarta: LGBT Rights are Human Rights

A Panel Discussion

Tuesday, December 9, 7pm

Danneman’s Coffee Shop
Upstairs Meeting Room
466 Edgewood Avenue (corner of Boulevard and Edgewood)

Closest Marta station: King/Memorial

As part of the Human Rights Atlanta commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International, Georgia Equality, the International Gay and Lesbian Association and Lambda Legal have announced a panel discussion on the connection between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and human rights struggles throughout the world.

Drawing inspiration from both the promise of the Yogyakarta Principles passed in 2006 that set standards of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity and the recent set-back of LGBT rights in the US by the passage of Proposition 8 in California, various speakers will discuss how the human rights framework can serve as a tool of justice for LGBT people in the US and abroad.

Panelists include Laura Moye of Amnesty International, Michael Petty of Georgia Equality and the International Lesbian and Gay Association, Cole Thaler of Lambda Legal and Jerry Gonzalez of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials.

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