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For the past seven years, Rep. Todd, an openly gay legislator, has been sponsoring a bill to amend the current hate crimes law, but has yet to be successful. have different races, religions, we're all the same people, we all like the same football team, we all have the same favorite colors, we all have animals, we're all still teenagers going through the same things, Couvillon said.
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been here every year calling for this, and I would like for this to be the year, said Sam Wolfe of the Southern Poverty Law Center, at the same time it gets a little discouraging waiting for the folks in the state house to do the right thing, but I hope we don't have to wait much longer. He says unfortunately many Alabamians are hesitant to accept this community. One student, 10th grader Sara Couvillon, was recognized by Equality Alabama with the Stephen Light Youth Activism award for standing her ground after being reprimanded at Hoover High School for wearing a pro gay t shirt, which said, fine by me. Shortly after receiving a letter from the Southern Poverty Law Center the school lifted the t shirt ban against Couvillon.
just hard for me in the year 2012 to think we're still having this dialogue about the diversity of America that we want to embrace, [and] that we should embrace it totally, said Rep. Patricia Todd, D Birmingham.
Rep. Todd says she wants the same change for youth like Sara Couvillon, but it will prove to be challenging in the legislature. Rep. Todd currently has a bill on the table in the House, but she says it has yet to reach committee. it, she said. He says being gay is just a part of we are. However, not everyone is as accepting of it. Wolf says hate crimes against gays are hugely underreported in Alabama. He says many of Converse All Star For Girls Red Gaither Humanitarian Award for demonstrating extraordinary courage and advocacy in the community.
Members of Alabama's LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community also addressed the bigger issue behind Alabama's hate crimes law. The current law does not include a victim sexual orientation or gender identity.
Couvillon said it a struggle to be accepted as a member of the LGBT community in the Deep South, but she feels like things are slowly changing for the better.
think that there's a little bit of a fear, Wolfe said, in coming together in these types of events, to be able to speak out and show who we are, and engage in this way, that can help dispel some of those fears and those myths, he said. Equality Alabama also awarded James Robinson the Billy Jack Converse Sneakers Shoes For Girls
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