R.I.P. "Liberty, Virtue, and Independence"
(PA State motto)
Posted on 08/06/2018 6:12:09 PM PDT by lightman
Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday created the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs.
"The creation of the commission on LGBTQ Affairs is one step of many we have taken to ensure obstacles are removed for anyone who is facing an unfair disadvantage based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression," Wolf said in a press release. "It's a step we took together with our stakeholder and advocacy groups and one that those involved asked for - a commission to help coordinate and drive statewide equality efforts."
The 40-member commission, believed to be the only one in the country, will be led by executive director Todd Snovel. Most recently, Snovel was the Assistant Dean for Engagement and Inclusion at Lebanon Valley College, where he led the team working with students in the co-curricular experience and initiated campus-wide efforts in equity, diversity, and inclusion. He also teaches college-level courses on the studies of genders, sexualities, and identities. He was the 2014 recipient of the Athena Award from the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce and received the Wheeler Freedom Award in 2015 for his support of the LGBTQ community in Lebanon County.
The Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs commissioners are:
Chair - Anne Wakabayashi
Co-Vice-Chair - Shaashawn Dial
Co-Vice-Chair - Tyler Titus
And, in alphabetical order, the rest of the group: Ben Allatt, Rich Askey, Mark Barbee, Chris Bartlett, Rosemary Browne, Patricia Bucek, Kathy Cameron, Joanne Carroll, Marc Coleman, Katharine Dalke, Jim DePoe, Sen. Lawrence Farnese, Rep. Dan Frankel, Elicia Gonzales, Amber Hikes, Jodi Hirsh, Malcolm Kenyatta, Michele Kessler, Jason Landau Goodman, Maryellen Madden, Jere Mahaffey, Michael Mahler, Adil Mansoor, Adanjesus Marin, Sean Meloy, Gerald Montano, Sebastian Pelaez, Brian Patchcoski, Sarah Rosso, Kristin Seale, Adrian Shanker, Henry Sias, Rep. Brian Sims, Sean Strub, Roberto "Tito" Valdes, Harry Young and Heshie Zinman.
Two of the legislative members appointed to the commission lauded Wolf for its creation.
Frankel, from Allegheny County, is the House Democratic Caucus Chairman and the co-chairman of the LGBT Equality Caucus in the legislature. He said the panel is "a good step forward to determine needs for LGBT residents. But some things we already know: The legislature should pass the Pennsylvania Fairness Act. This bipartisan bill would include sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in the types of discrimination banned statewide in the workplace, housing and public accommodations. It's still legal in much of Pennsylvania for people to be denied a job or a place to live just because of who they are, and that's wrong."
Sims, a Philadelphia Democrat and the first openly gay lawmaker in Pennsylvania's history, was included in USA Today's Face of Pride national project in late June. He thanked Wolf for having "consistently supported equal rights for LGBTQ Pennsylvanians, and today's announcement confirms that."
The Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs joins the governor's existing commissions: African American Affairs, Asian Pacific American Affairs, Latino Affairs and the Commission for Women.
R.I.P. "Liberty, Virtue, and Independence"
(PA State motto)
When does he convene the pedophile convention?
Ping.
Ministry for Christian Persecution
Bingo!
If someone is confused about their gender, I would not trust them to make decisions working for me.
They have equal rights, they want special rights.
can we have a heterosexual commission too?
My Query is why are we spending taxpayer money on sexually perverted “queers”. What about NORMAL people??
African American Affairs,
Asian Pacific American Affairs,
Latino Affairs and
the Commission for Women.
could they have possibly left any offended or oppressed people out?
40 Members? Are you kidding me? Over mentally ill folks ??
The Pa turnpike comission only has 5 members!!!
What a fustercluck this crap is going to become...
Sadly odds a pretty solid we’ll be stuck with this doofus Wolf for another 8 years..
Doing what Democrats do best, wasting time and money.
4 years.
Thank G-d for term limits.
Yeah, those normals. Freackin’ sickos! /s
“could they have possibly left any offended or oppressed people out? “
The thirsty.
Sodomy is not a civil right.
Can someone tell me what is the difference between homosexual and queer in LGBH whatever community?
What other mental illnesses & degenerate behaviors get their own government commissions?
Sometimes they claim the "Q" stands for "Questioning"
Yes should have been 4. Typo’d it
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