Equality New Mexico will advocate for new LGBTQ+ protections during this year's legislative session as it celebrates 30 years as a leading advocacy organization.
Kat Sanchez, chair of the board of directors for Equality New Mexico Foundation, said efforts to remove barriers that prevent gay and transgender people from thriving in life have always been the mission. She said New Mexico's long legacy of tolerance is connected to the group's success in advancing human rights for all.
This year's proposed legislative policy changes include requiring affirmative consent education for all students and giving 16-year-olds the right to vote in state, local, and school-board elections as well as updating the state's Human Rights Act.
Victor Romero-Hernandez, the organization's advocacy associate, had not been born when Equality New Mexico was founded. As a 22-year-old, he finds it disheartening to watch the ongoing discrimination and attacks on members of the LGBTQ+ community nationwide.
He says, “Legislation that is very harmful is being introduced at all levels of government, and so, you win and then all of a sudden there's somebody else trying to derail what you've been working toward.’
Legalizing same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 was a milestone for the LGBTQ+ community. Still, Sanchez said there is always more work to do, especially in communities beyond Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
Equality NM Celebrates 30 Years of Transformation for LGBTQ+ Community
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