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GenderPAC (the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition) was a LGBT rights organization based in Washington, DC working to ensure that classrooms, communities, and workplaces were safe places for every person to learn, grow, and succeed, whether or not they conform to expectations for masculinity or femininity. [1]

28 relations: Ageing, Carolyn Maloney, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Femininity, Gender, Gender studies, Hate crime, Human Rights Campaign, Jan Schakowsky, Jerrold Nadler, LGBT rights by country or territory, LGBT rights in the United States, List of LGBT rights organizations, Masculinity, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, National Organization for Women, Patricia Ireland, Race (human categorization), Riki Wilchins, Sexual orientation, Sheila Jeffreys, Social class, Tax exemption, Time (magazine), Trans bashing, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, Washington, D.C., 501(c)(3) organization.

Ageing

Ageing or aging (see spelling differences) is the process of becoming older.

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Carolyn Maloney

Carolyn Bosher Maloney (born Carolyn Jane Bosher; February 19, 1946) is the U.S. Representative from and a member of the Democratic Party.

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Employment Non-Discrimination Act

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is legislation proposed in the United States Congress that would prohibit discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by employers with at least 15 employees.

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Femininity

Femininity (also called girlishness, womanliness or womanhood) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with girls and women.

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Gender

Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity.

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Gender studies

Gender studies is a field for interdisciplinary study devoted to gender identity and gendered representation as central categories of analysis.

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Hate crime

A hate crime (also known as a bias-motivated crime or bias crime) is a prejudice-motivated crime which occurs when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership (or perceived membership) in a certain social group or race.

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Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the largest LGBT civil rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States.

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Jan Schakowsky

Janice Danoff Schakowsky (born May 26, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for, serving since 1999.

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Jerrold Nadler

Jerrold Lewis Nadler (born June 13, 1947) is an American attorney and politician who serves as the U.S. Representative from.

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LGBT rights by country or territory

Laws affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or territory; everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty as punishment for same-sex romantic/sexual activity or identity.

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LGBT rights in the United States

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the United States of America vary by jurisdiction.

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List of LGBT rights organizations

This is a list of LGBT rights organizations around the world.

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Masculinity

Masculinity (manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with boys and men.

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Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.

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National Organization for Women

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization founded in 1966.

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Patricia Ireland

Patricia Ireland (born October 19, 1945 in Oak Park, Illinois) is a U.S. administrator and feminist.

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Race (human categorization)

A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.

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Riki Wilchins

Riki Anne Wilchins (born 1952) is an activist whose work has focused on the impact of gender norms.

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Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.

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Sheila Jeffreys

Sheila Jeffreys (born 13 May 1948) is a former professor of political science at the University of Melbourne.

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Social class

A social class is a set of subjectively defined concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes.

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Tax exemption

Tax exemption is a monetary exemption which reduces taxable income.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Trans bashing

Trans bashing is the act of victimizing a person emotionally, physically, sexually, or verbally because they are transgender or transsexual.

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URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity

URGE is a reproductive rights and justice non-profit organization in the United States based in Washington, D.C. It is youth-led, with a focus on pro-choice movements.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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501(c)(3) organization

A 501(c)(3) organization is a corporation, trust, unincorporated association, or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenderPAC

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