[Viva] Fwd: Eighty-five world leaders agree with us

[Margarite Sanchez]

Done!
I sent an email. I copied and pasted the info from the script on the
website. First I tried calling the number they give at
www.allout.org/call_UN<http://act.allout.org/go/99?akid=118.212440.VNlTpM&t=4>
but
it was after hours and a bit confusing which extension to press. Has anyone
else successfully called?
margarite

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Tami Starlight <tamistarlight at gmail.com>wrote:

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> From: Andre and Jeremy, AllOut.org <info at allout.org>
> Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:26 AM
> Subject: Eighty-five world leaders agree with us
> To: Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com>
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> * <http://act.allout.org/go/99?akid=118.212440.VNlTpM&t=2>
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> *This Friday, the United Nations will vote on an historic resolution to
> protect LGBT rights. Call your ministry of foreign affairs and ask them to
> **Vote YES*
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> *[image: Sign] <http://act.allout.org/go/99?akid=118.212440.VNlTpM&t=3>*
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> Dear Friend,
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> From social exclusion, to “corrective rape” of lesbians, to transphobic
> murders around the world, LGBT people are disproportionate victims of
> discrimination, violence and criminalization. It’s not right, but it’s also
> far from inevitable. *We have a chance to change this story—if we act
> together in the next 24 hours.*
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> On Friday, the United Nations will vote on an historic resolution to
> protect LGBT rights, sending a message at the highest level to countries
> that refuse to protect our ability to live and love freely. If it passes, it
> will commit the U.N. to present concrete steps to stop violence, torture,
> stigmatisation and abuse against people because of their sexuality or gender
> identity.
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> *The vote will come down to the wire and many nations are undecided.*
> It’s critical that the foreign office in your country hears from you right
> now. *Will you call your ministry of foreign affairs and ask them to Vote
> YES on Friday?*
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> It’s really easy to make a call and only takes 2 minutes.  You can find the
> number and a quick script, here:
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> www.allout.org/call_UN<http://act.allout.org/go/99?akid=118.212440.VNlTpM&t=4>
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> This resolution won't end violence against LGBT people overnight, but it
> will send a forceful and long overdue message. The recognition of the right
> of all people to live and love freely by an organization as influential and
> powerful as the United Nations will create a shared global responsibility to
> eliminate state sanctioned violence and discrimination in every corner of
> the world.
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> There are many people who deny that violence against LGBT people is even a
> problem. This resolution will prove that this is a problem that cannot be
> ignored, and will compel the High Commissioner for Human Rights to run a
> comprehensive study exposing abuses against LGBT people around the world
> that are too often hidden from view. This landmark study will pave the way
> for the U.N to push for concrete steps that protect LGBT people.
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> *We have less than 24 hours to make sure that countries vote YES to this
> historic resolution*.  Will you take a minute to make a call to your
> foreign office?
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> www.allout.org/call_UN<http://act.allout.org/go/99?akid=118.212440.VNlTpM&t=5>
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> *SOURCES:*
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> UN Human Rights Council: A Stunning Development Against Violence
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> AFP - More countries accepting homosexuality
> news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110530/sc_afp/ussocietygaystudyworld_20110530072555<http://act.allout.org/go/105?akid=118.212440.VNlTpM&t=8>
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> Special Report. A better understanding of the struggle for gay rights
> around the world
> www.globalpost.com/international-gay-rights-movement<http://act.allout.org/go/101?akid=118.212440.VNlTpM&t=9>
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> ILGA 2011 Report on State Sponsored Homophobia: Homo & Transphobia will
> soon be rejected just like sexism and racism
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