With Love and Fairness

: SarahJane Brady, Managing Director

Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” We can fight bigotry and hate with knowledge and love.

The fight should not be focused only outside of our community. We must love the diversity within. We must welcome those like us but also embrace those whose sexual orientation and gender identity, whose race or ethnicity, whose religion or abilities are different from ourselves.

The Forum For Equality is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that all citizens are entitled to equal rights and that all of their families should have access to the benefits they need and deserve. The Forum For Equality is dedicated to fighting for those rights and benefits in the voting booth, in city halls and parishes and at the statehouse in Baton Rouge. Read the full Policy here.

Love and fairness are key to respecting human dignity. None of us are safe when any of us are degraded by the vitriol of fanatics and extremists who claim their views are representative of normality and morality. All too often, though, we ignore the disrespect and oppression forced upon our transgender brothers and sisters.

The multiplicity of intolerance can be seen in the publication of “Injustice at Every Turn” by the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce. This report on the National Transgender Discrimination Survey shows the rampant discrimination that transgender people face in every area of life: education, employment, family life, public accommodations, housing, health, police and jails, and ID documents. The struggles are real and to many they affect the most basic functions of life. Read the Executive Summary of the report here.

To create a society free from discrimination, we must come together in solidarity to fight inequality.

With Love and Fairness,

SarahJane E. Brady
Managing Director, Forum For Equality
504-569-9156
SarahJane.Brady@forumforequality.com