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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Alicia Roth Weigel has been a leader in the fight for |
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social justice for members of the LGBTQIA+ communities in Texas, |
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and her efforts have made a positive difference in numerous lives; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A member of the City of Austin's Human Rights |
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Commission, Ms. Weigel works with her colleagues to ensure that |
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area residents are free from discrimination on the basis of race, |
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disability, religion, national origin, gender, sex, or age; the |
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commission provides valuable advice on such matters and assists in |
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developing nondiscrimination policies, investigating complaints, |
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and conducting educational programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Weigel is an eloquent champion of the rights and |
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well-being of intersex people; her advocacy was instrumental in the |
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Austin City Council's proclamation of October 26, 2019, as Intersex |
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Awareness Day, and she is spearheading the drive for Austin to |
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become the first city in the South to adopt an intersex protective |
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policy condemning nonconsensual and medically unnecessary |
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surgeries on intersex kids and implementing a public education |
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campaign on intersex health care; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Cornell University, Ms. Weigel helped |
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launch Deeds Not Words, a progressive women's leadership |
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organization, in 2016; as its strategy and communications director, |
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and then as its policy and advocacy director, she traveled the |
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country to speak at conferences, conduct corporate workshops in |
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gender equity, and train young people in legislative advocacy; she |
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went on to become an advocacy strategist for interACT, a nonprofit |
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organization that promotes the legal and human rights of intersex |
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children; in addition, she managed the campaign of the first openly |
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transgender woman candidate for Austin's city council; she received |
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the 2019 Ceci Gratias Guardian Award from the Austin LGBT Chamber of |
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Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her tireless endeavors, Alicia Weigel has |
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helped further inclusion and equality in the Lone Star State, and |
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she may indeed reflect with pride on her outstanding contributions; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Alicia Roth Weigel |
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for her service to the LGBTQIA+ communities of Texas and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for continued success in her important |
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work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Weigel as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |