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TSDC 2009 State
Conference Highlights
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TSDC Presents 2009 Awards
The Texas Stonewall
Democratic Caucus (TSDC) presented three awards at its First Biennial
Statewide Conference Awards Brunch in Austin on March 1. The awards
recognized a TSDC member for outstanding leadership, a local Stonewall
Democrats chapter for its political achievements and a politician for
her advocacy of LGBT equality in the Texas Legislature. (more)
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Texas
Stonewall Democrats Meet in Austin
Group
Energized By National and State LGBT Speakers
The
Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus (TSDC) held its first biennial
statewide conference in Austin February 28 and March 1 and participants
were treated to keynote speeches from national gay activist Matt
Foreman and openly gay Colorado Congressman Jared Polis. The conference
was timed to occur on the weekend before Equality Texas Lobby Day and
many who attended the conference joined hundreds of other lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender (LGBT) Texans and their straight allies at the
State Capitol to speak to state legislators on Monday, March 2.
(more)
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Photos
from
the
2009 Conference
Thanks
to
John
Wright of the Dallas
Voice
and Christopher Bown of Houston Stonewall we
have photos from the conference. Click on "Photos" in the main
menu to see
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(Dallas Voice)
Foreman: The
political must be personal
Former ED
for National
Lesbian and Gay Task Force tells Stonewall Democrats gathering the LGBT
organizations are not enough
Matt
Foreman
has
spent 20 long years lobbying for LGBT equality in frequently
inhospitable halls of power across the nation. (click
here
for
the rest of the article) |
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