Immigration
Equality
Lesbian and Gay
Immigration Rights Task Force/L.A.
P.O.
Box 2329 / Los Angeles, CA 90078-2329
voice:
323.526.2915 / fax: 323.993.7653 / e-mail: ImmigrationEquality@yahoo.com
web:
http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/world/immigration/lgirtfla.html
NEWSLETTER:
MAY 2000
IMMIGRATION
EQUALITY MEETING WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, AT 7 PM
Please join us on Wednesday, May 10, at 7 pm, for
Immigration Equality’s next general meeting. We will meet at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (1625
North Schrader Boulevard in Hollywood, 2 blocks west of Cahuenga and ½ block
south of Hollywood) in Room 106C
(1st floor).
DO
YOU HAVE E-MAIL? LET US KNOW!
If you can receive the newsletter by e-mail, please tell us
at ImmigrationEquality@yahoo.com
and we’ll update our listserve. If you do NOT have e-mail, also let us know by
calling Jeff Kim @ 323.993.7674 before May 31, so that we can continue to mail
you the newsletter by snail mail. Otherwise, this will be the last newsletter
you receive. Thanks!
DID
YOU WATCH THE 'MILLENIUM MARCH ON WASHINGTON'?
Members of the Lesbian/Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
marched in the parade, demanding 'Stop Deporting Our Partners' and 'Pass the
Permanent Partners Act'.
DO
YOU HAVE TIME TO VOLUNTEER AT LONG BEACH PRIDE?
We are looking for volunteers to help us staff our
designated area at the GAPSN table at Long Beach Pride, Saturday, May 20th,
and Sunday, May 21st. If you have some time, please contact ImmigrationEquality@yahoo.com
or call Jeff Kim @ 323.993.7674.
“LOVE
KNOWS NO BORDERS” NEWS
·
CO-SPONSORHIP
OF "Permanent Partners Immigration Act of 2000" (H.R. 3650)
grows to 34!
As of May 03, 2000, the
"Permanent Partners Immigration Act of 2000" (H.R. 3650) has 34
co-sponsors! One of the new co-sponsors is Congressman Julian C. Dixon, 32nd
District.
·
VISIT YOUR
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE WITH US!
We hope to visit the following members of Congress in the
Los Angeles area. If you are a constituent of Congressman Berman (26th
district), Congresswoman Millender-McDonald (37th district),
Congresswoman Napolitano (34th district), Congresswoman
Roybal-Allard (33rd district), Congressman Sherman (24th
district), or Congresswoman Waters (35th district), please contact
us! Our visit will inform them about the plight of binational same-sex couples
under current U.S. immigration law. You neither have to be gay nor in a
binational same-sex relationship in order to join us in our fight for equality!
The "Love Knows
No Borders" campaign can be reached at loveknowsnoborders@yahoo.com.
LKNB’s web site — http://loveknowsnoborders.homepage.com — includes
moving stories of same-sex binational couples struggling with discriminatory
U.S. immigration laws.
IMMIGRATION EQUALITY LOGO
Any ideas for our logo? Tell us what you would like to see
in a logo that best represents Immigration Equality. Your input is greatly
appreciated!
SAVE
THE DATE! JUNE 25, 2000
On Sunday, June 25, at 2pm, we will have a social gathering
with food. More details in our next
newsletter.
IMMIGRATION RESOURCES AVAILABLE
ON THE WEB
The
Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force (LGIRTF), our parent
organization, has a website at http://www.lgirtf.org
LGIRTF,
in collaboration with Lambda Legal, has published "LGBT Immigrants and The Law: Frequently Asked Questions."
This is an outstanding resource and is available on the web at http://www.lgirtf.org/faq.html
International
Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, which has an Asylum Project, is at http://www.iglhrc.org/
Lambda
Legal Defense and Education Fund, the most prominent U.S. organization devoted
to lesbian and gay legal issues, has a section of its website devoted to
immigration at http://www.lambdalegal.org/
The
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Immigration Law Project provides consultations
with immigration attorneys in its evening legal clinic. For more information on
making an appointment, see the “Legal Services” web page in http://www.laglc.org/resources/immigration.html
The
Cato Institute and the National Immigration Forum have placed the text of their
1995 report on demographic and economic facts of immigration in the U.S. on the
web, at http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr_immig.html
The
National Immigration Forum has a website at http://www.immigrationforum.org/
The
American Immigration Lawyers Association has a very useful website at http://www.aila.org/
The
Stonewall Immigration Group, our sister organization in the United Kingdom, has
a website at http://www.stonewall.org.uk/
The
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has its official website at http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/
The
law firm of Suskind et al has launched a website which has copies of actual INS
forms at http://www.visalaw.com/
The
Canadian law firm of Smith & Hughes has an OUT/LAW immigration site at
http://www.smith-hughes.com/olimm.html
The
Queer Resources Directory, the oldest queer internet archive, has a section
devoted to immigration at http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/world/immigration
Queer
Immigration mailing list: QI@abacus.oxy.edu
To
subscribe, send the one-line e-mail message (leave the Subject blank) to Majordomo@abacus.oxy.edu with the
command subscribe qi.
M I S S I O
N S T A T E M E N T
LGIRTF
addresses the widespread discriminatory impact of immigration law on the lives
of lesbians, gay men and people living with HIV/AIDS through education,
outreach, advocacy, and the maintenance of a nationwide resources and support
network.