Saturday afternoon at the historic Stonewall Inn, GLAAD is among numerous advocacy organizations and public officials hosting an LGBT Solidarity Rally in New York City to show support for equality and acceptance and resist the Presidential administration’s discriminatory actions against immigrants, asylum seekers, refugees, and more, including the reported sweeping “License to Discriminate” executive order.

“We stand in solidarity with every immigrant, asylum seeker, refugee and every person impacted by Donald Trump’s illegal, immoral, unconstitutional and un-American executive orders,” states the rally’s event page.

The rally will take place at 2 PM ET on Saturday at Stonewall Inn, the site of the historic uprising in 1969 that many consider the start of the modern LGBTQ movement. The first LGBTQ national monument, Stonewall is where many LGBTQ locals gather in times of communal celebration–like when marriage equality became the law of the land in 2015–and crisis, like the aftermath of the horrific attack on Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

WHAT TRUMP’S  “LICENSE TO DISCRIMINATE” EXECUTIVE ORDER COULD MEAN FOR LGBTQ AMERICANS:

1) Employers without penalty may fire an LGBTQ person from their job because of religious freedom.

2) Child welfare and adoption services without penalty may deny LGBTQ couples the ability to adopt children.

3) Health care providers without penalty may deny LGBTQ people, notably women and trans people, critical services that are important to their health needs.

4) Schools without penalty may openly discriminate against LGBTQ teachers, faculty, and students.

5) Government officials without penalty may deny LGBTQ people services – including county clerks who issue marriage licenses for couples.

6) Businesses without penalty may deny LGBTQ people services, including pharmacies, restaurants, beauty salons, sporting events, etc.
 

Take Action:

• RSVP to and share the Facebook event for Saturday afternoon’s LGBT Solidarity Rally

• Share this post and the graphic

• Learn more about the administration’s anti-LGBTQ words and actions at GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Project

• Read about Trump’s reported draft of an anti-LGBTQ executive order to stay up to date on the latest news

Partners of the rally include:

Make The Road NY 
Immigration Equality
Coming Out Muslim
Trans Latina Network
Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
The New York Immigration Coalition
The New York State Immigrant Action Fund 
Muslim Democratic Club of New York
Latino Commission on AIDS
Hispanic Federation
Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City (SDNYC)
The Anti-Violence Project: AVP
Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
APICHA
PFLAG NYC 
Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID)
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Lambda Legal
FIERCE
Black Lesbian Conference 2018
LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent
Hetrick Martin
SAGE
Destination Tomorrow
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
Harlem Pride
TransPAC
Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE)
The NYC Equality Coalition
GMHC
Ali Forney Center
Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club of Queens 
GLAAD 
LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL)
Equality New York
Housing Works
Human Rights Campaign of Greater New York
Rivers of Living Water
Bailey House 
Hornet
Swish Ally Fund
Heritage of Pride
New York Legal Assistance Group LGBTQ Law Project
The Stonewall Inn
Gays Against Guns
Circle of Voices
Lambda Independent Democrats
New York Area Bisexaul Network

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Congressman Jerrold Nadler
Comptroller Scott Stringer
Borough President Gale Brewer
Senator Brad Hoylman
Assembly Member Deborah Glick
Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell
Assembly Member Matt Titone
Council Member Carlos Menchaca
Council Member Danny Dromm
Council Member Corey Johnson
Council Member Rosie Mendez
Council Member Ritchie Torres
Council Member James Vacca
City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer