<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#444444"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Save the date for a jam-packed <b>Transgender Day of Visibility </b>(TDOV)!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in
collaboration with Title IX, Gender and Women's Studies, and the
Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance are coming together to provide
a day full of opportunities to learn more about the
experience of transgender humans. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The flyer can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yLOxTyBIqmRhuglIKtYg8EWK9O6Jzwc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Since 2016, anti-transgender rhetoric has increased
sharply across the US. This rhetoric often leads to anti-transgender policies
and bills that limit transgender people's ability to receive basic
healthcare, education, and legal recognition. According to <a href="http://translegislation.com">translegislation.com</a>, in 2024 there are 518 bills across 41
states with 37 of those bills being introduced at the federal level. In
a time when existing as a transgender or gender non-conforming human
is met with resistance, we must raise the
voices of transgender and non-binary humans. It is through
hearing the stories of those different from ourselves we can see
their humanity and learn how to support them in this unprecedented time. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#444444"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div></div>