Atlanta’s Rally for Transgender Rights, June 27, 2009
July 2nd, 2009by Monica F. Helms
On June 27, 2009, the Transgender Community of Georgia gather at the First Existential Church in Atlanta, to honor the transgender heroes of the Stonewall Riots, 40 years ago in Greenwich Village. We had 300 people packed into the church to hear inspirational speeches from Pastor Paul Turner, Tracee McDaniel and Dr. Maxwell Anderson.
The six people who spoke that day are shown here in videos. We made a video for each speaker, presented in order from when they spoke.
We also presented to Georgia State Senator Vincent Fort and State Representative Karla Drenner a parchment with three of the most important concerns of the Transgender Community of Georgia. They promised us that they will read the list on the floor of the Georgia House and Senate during the next session in January.
The first video is that of Pastor Paul Turner. Pastor Turner gave the opening prayer and then spoke later on. I edited these two together for convenience.
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This is the next video features Tracee McDaniel, the Executive Director/Founder Juxtaposed Center for Transformation, Inc.
This speech was given by Dr. Maxwell Anderson.
This is my speech and the presentation of the list of concerns to Karla Drenner and Vincent Fort.
This final speech is by Senator Vincent Fort.