BRIC Is Holding A Town Hall On The Future Of LGBTQ Civil Rights

June is National LGBT Pride Month and BRIC is holding a panel on the future of of the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

BRIC will present a live town hall discussion entitled “Pride 20/20: LGBTQ Civil Rights” at 7pm on June 14 at the BRIC Arts Media House (647 Fulton Street.)  The event is co-sponsored by Housing Works and will be televised.  Tickets are free with your RSVP.

The event is meant to create a “powerful dialogue around LGBTQ rights and equality over the next four years,” according to the website, and will “look at issues like LGBTQ civil rights, job & housing discrimination, racial disparities, and health.”

The discussion will be moderated by Brian Vines and will feature a bevy of commentators. Among them will be:

• New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres of District 15 in The Bronx

• Professor Katherine Franke, the director of the Columbia University Center for Gender & Sexuality Law
• Kiara St. James of Housing Works and the New York Trans Advocacy Group
• Kenyon Farrow, the US & global health policy director at Treatment Action Group,
• Carl Siciliano, the executive director of the Ali Forney Center

The event comes a year after the historic Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges decision in which same-sex marriage was legalized across the fifty states and nearly half a century after the Stonewall protests. Fort Greene and Clinton Hill celebrated the news with displays of support like rainbow flags and supportive statements from local leaders and businesses.

If you’re interested in attending the 20/20 Pride town hall discussion, click here to RSVP.