by Kris Hayashi | Nov 1, 2018 | Featured
In just one week, our country experienced the hate-motivated massacres of Jewish elders in a synagogue and Black elders in a grocery store, attempted bombings of multiple critics of Trump, and the news that this administration is working to erase our very...
by Kris Hayashi | May 8, 2017 | Featured, Federal, Health, Policy
From TLC executive director Kris Hayashi: Last week, as the House of Representatives passed President Trump’s dangerous bill undermining the Affordable Care Act, the President signed a so-called “religious liberty” Executive Order that attempts to chip away at the...
by Kris Hayashi | Jan 12, 2017 | Featured, Identification, Immigration, Legal, Movement Building, Policy, Positively Trans, Prisons and Policing, Public Accommodations, Violence, Youth
[two_fifth] [/two_fifth] From state legislation targeting trans youth to a White House targeting Muslims, immigrants, people of color, women, people with disabilities and so many other members of our community, we know that 2017 will be a cruel and difficult year for...
by Kris Hayashi | May 3, 2016 | Featured, HB2, TLC@SONG
Last week, I was in North Carolina as the legislature convened for the first time since passing HB2 in March. I stood at the Capitol building in Raleigh from morning – when I joined with our partners at Southerners on New Ground to deliver your signatures urging the...
by Kris Hayashi | Apr 20, 2015 | California, Featured
On Friday, anti-equality activists proposed a ballot initiative that would require Californians to “prove” their gender before using the bathroom. The initiative is unconstitutional and unenforceable. It is clearly intended to target transgender people, which is...
