Equality Michigan is an organization founded in 2010 with the merging of two progressive organizations: The Triangle Foundation and Michigan Equality. This is a local organization that advocates for a variety of social justice issues, including being anti- violence toward the LGBT community or the HIV- Positive community, for marriage equality for homosexual individuals, for changes in health care coverage for domestic partners, and acceptance of every individual who identifies as part of the LGBT community or who is HIV positive. They even advocate for changes in immigration laws that would allow trans-individuals in other even more prejudicial countries to see asylum in the United States. Overall, I think this is a really cool organization because of the variety of issues that it tackles. It really does a good job of combining the transgender movement with other social justice movements to create a multi-issue movement that advocates for all sorts of people. Although it may not be perfect in how it receives its funding or on some of its focuses, I believe that this organization represents a positive step forward for the transgender rights movement and other civil rights movement.
Here's their website where you can learn more!
- Sarah Reasoner
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