Dear LeGaL Members & Friends,
We are sure you have all heard about the latest chapter in a wave of senseless hate violence inflicted against members of our community solely because of our sexual orientation/gender identity or perceived orientation/identity. One act of violence is one too many but the multiple acts of hate violence occurring over the past two weeks in New York City is especially disturbing.
We join with other community members, elected officials and concerned citizens and allies in denouncing the senseless murder of Mark Carson this past Friday night in Greenwich Village. We mourn his loss and add our Association's voice to the call for this madness to end.
Tonight a march will be held beginning at the LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street, Manhattan, at 5:30 p.m. and continuing onto West 8th Street and 6th Avenue. A rally and a speak out will immediately follow the march, where those gathered will demand community safety and further mourn the death of Mark Carson. We encourage those that can attend to do so.
In the days ahead, we will also be reaching out to our community partners to offer our assistance in helping to prevent future violence.
Thank you,
Karl C. Riehl
President
Brad M. Snyder
Executive Director
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About LeGaL - The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York
LeGaL was one of the nation's first bar associations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) legal community and remains one of the largest and most active organizations of its kind in the country. Serving the New York metropolitan area, LeGaL is dedicated to improving the administration of the law, ensuring full equality for members of the LGBT community and promoting the expertise and advancement of LGBT legal professionals.
Through the LeGaL Foundation, the organization publishes Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal and legislative developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad, conducts a weekly walk-in pro bono clinic at Manhattan's LGBT Community Center serving hundreds of individuals each year, a monthly clinic on Long Island, a twice monthly clinic in Brooklyn, a collaborative Life Planning Clinic with NYLAG's LGBT Law Project, sponsors the Dr. M.L. Hank Henry, Jr. Fund for Judicial Fellowships and, among its many other activities, runs the area's only career fair dedicated to first-year LGBT law students.
For more information on LeGaL, visit http://le-gal.org.
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