Full Text of HR0461 100th General Assembly
HR0461 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR0461 | | LRB100 13006 MST 27215 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban President Raul | 3 | | Castro, and President of the National Center for Sex Education | 4 | | (CENESEX) invited the Puerto Rican Cultural Center of Chicago | 5 | | (PRCC) to lead a delegation to Havana from May 9-15, 2017; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The goal was to create an ongoing transnational | 7 | | dialog around HIV/AIDS transmission, how transmission rates | 8 | | are amplified by homophobia and transphobia, and how to | 9 | | confront and eradicate homophobia and transphobia in Cuba and | 10 | | the Puerto Rican/Latino communities in the United States; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Juan M. Calderon, PRCC Chief Operations Officer, | 12 | | coordinated the effort in the U.S.; he has gathered a | 13 | | complement of 18 LGBT activists, community organizers, elected | 14 | | officials, and business owners from New York, Massachusetts, | 15 | | and Illinois; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In Havana, CENESEX has hosted the "10ma Jornada | 17 | | Contra La Homofobia y La Transfobia Por Escuelas Sin Homofobia | 18 | | Ni Transfobia" conference of highly visible activities, | 19 | | cultural events, parade and educational efforts that aim to | 20 | | confront and eradicate homophobia and transphobia in Cuba, and | 21 | | in general to promote its mission, which is "The development of | 22 | | a culture of sexuality that is full, pleasurable, and |
| | | HR0461 | - 2 - | LRB100 13006 MST 27215 r |
|
| 1 | | responsible, as well as to promote the full exercise of sexual | 2 | | rights"; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The Puerto Rican Cultural Center Juan Antonio | 4 | | Corretjer will be celebrating the 39th Annual Puerto Rican | 5 | | People's Parade, participate in Chicago's Gay Pride Weekend and | 6 | | Parade and host various community activities, receptions and | 7 | | community forums; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Andy Aquino Aguera, Director of Community | 9 | | Relations of the National Center of Sex Education and Malu | 10 | | Cano, Trans Cuba Coordinator visited Chicago to participate | 11 | | activities led by the Puerto Rican/Latino LGBTQ community; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Andy Aquino Aguera will be sharing best practices, | 13 | | discussions, conferences, workshops will help the PRCC enhance | 14 | | services for all the Puerto Rican/Latin@ LGBTQ community, but | 15 | | particularly the most vulnerable, the trans community in | 16 | | Chicago; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The Puerto Rican Cultural Center and TransLatina | 18 | | Coalition will honor the work and world wide leadership of Malu | 19 | | Cano, Trans Cuba Coordinator as this year's Paseo Boricua | 20 | | Ambassador and Honored Queen 2017 at the 10th annual Coronation | 21 | | of the Paseo Boricua Cacica Queen 2017 Gala; and
|
| | | HR0461 | - 3 - | LRB100 13006 MST 27215 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois embraces the lesbian, gay, | 2 | | bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Puerto Rican/Latin@ | 3 | | community and works to foster equality and inclusiveness | 4 | | statewide; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body, in | 6 | | keeping with its time-honored traditions, to recognize and | 7 | | applaud partnerships abroad, events which foster ethnic pride | 8 | | and exemplify the cultural diversity which represents and | 9 | | strengthens the fabric of the communities of the State of | 10 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | recognize and commend the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and the | 14 | | National Center of Sex Education transnational partnership on | 15 | | issues of wellness facing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and | 16 | | Transgender Puerto Rican/Latin@ community and enhances the | 17 | | profile of diversity which so strengthens the fabric of the | 18 | | community of the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution, suitably | 20 | | engrossed, be presented to Andy Aquino Aguera, Director of | 21 | | Community Relations of the National Center of Sex Education and | 22 | | Malu Cano, National Coordinator of Trans Cuba.
|
|