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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Alicia Roth Weigel has been a leader in the fight for |
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| 6 | 7 | | social justice for members of the LGBTQIA+ communities in Texas, |
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| 7 | 8 | | and her efforts have made a positive difference in numerous lives; |
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| 8 | 9 | | and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, A member of the City of Austin's Human Rights |
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| 10 | 11 | | Commission, Ms. Weigel works with her colleagues to ensure that |
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| 11 | 12 | | area residents are free from discrimination on the basis of race, |
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| 12 | 13 | | disability, religion, national origin, gender, sex, or age; the |
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| 13 | 14 | | commission provides valuable advice on such matters and assists in |
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| 14 | 15 | | developing nondiscrimination policies, investigating complaints, |
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| 15 | 16 | | and conducting educational programs; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Weigel is an eloquent champion of the rights and |
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| 17 | 18 | | well-being of intersex people; her advocacy was instrumental in the |
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| 18 | 19 | | Austin City Council's proclamation of October 26, 2019, as Intersex |
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| 19 | 20 | | Awareness Day, and she is spearheading the drive for Austin to |
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| 20 | 21 | | become the first city in the South to adopt an intersex protective |
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| 21 | 22 | | policy condemning nonconsensual and medically unnecessary |
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| 22 | 23 | | surgeries on intersex kids and implementing a public education |
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| 23 | 24 | | campaign on intersex health care; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, A graduate of Cornell University, Ms. Weigel helped |
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| 25 | 26 | | launch Deeds Not Words, a progressive women's leadership |
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| 26 | 27 | | organization, in 2016; as its strategy and communications director, |
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| 27 | 28 | | and then as its policy and advocacy director, she traveled the |
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| 28 | 29 | | country to speak at conferences, conduct corporate workshops in |
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| 29 | 30 | | gender equity, and train young people in legislative advocacy; she |
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| 30 | 31 | | went on to become an advocacy strategist for interACT, a nonprofit |
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| 31 | 32 | | organization that promotes the legal and human rights of intersex |
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| 32 | 33 | | children; in addition, she managed the campaign of the first openly |
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| 33 | 34 | | transgender woman candidate for Austin's city council; she received |
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| 34 | 35 | | the 2019 Ceci Gratias Guardian Award from the Austin LGBT Chamber of |
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| 35 | 36 | | Commerce; and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Through her tireless endeavors, Alicia Weigel has |
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| 37 | 38 | | helped further inclusion and equality in the Lone Star State, and |
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| 38 | 39 | | she may indeed reflect with pride on her outstanding contributions; |
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| 39 | 40 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 41 | 42 | | Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Alicia Roth Weigel |
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| 42 | 43 | | for her service to the LGBTQIA+ communities of Texas and extend to |
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| 43 | 44 | | her sincere best wishes for continued success in her important |
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| 44 | 45 | | work; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 47 | | prepared for Ms. Weigel as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 47 | 48 | | House of Representatives. |
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