Silver Spring – Latina/o lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and families, together with elected officials and community leaders will gather for an April 28th forum at the Langley Community Center to discuss discrimination, civil rights and marriage equality. The forum provides a rare opportunity for LGBT Latina/o families to publicly discuss the challenges to equality they face in Maryland and within the Latina/o community.

The forum is hosted by Equality Maryland, The National Latina/o Coalition for Justice, Freedom to Marry, Pride at Work, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), and Lambda Legal.

When: April 28, 2006, 7:30pm

Where: Langley Park Community Center
1500 Merrimac Drive
Hyattsville, MD 20783

What: Latina/o LGBT Community Dialogue on Civil Rights and Equal Protection

Who:

• Lisbeth Meléndez Rivera, Mobilization Coordinator, Freedom to Marry
• Jesse Rios, Executive Director, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
• Laura Esquivel, Director of Issue Marketing and Research, People for the American Way
• Carlos Macias, Regional Media Coordinator, GLAAD
• Jezzika Lee Perez, MPA, Intelligent Accounting and Tax Solutions

Special Guest:

• Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-18)