SAN DIEGO — The
San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality (S.A.M.E.) and the Centro Cultural
De
La Raza are presenting their first joint event on immigration issues and the
Queer community Saturday, September 29, 6 to 9 p.m., at the
Centro
Cultural,
2004 Park Boulevard in Balboa Park.
Experienced
attorneys will speak about issues impacting Queer
immigrants, refugees and asylum
seekers, including the progress made
in adjudicating claims by
same-sex bi-national couples; the impact of
the Defense of Marriage Act
(DoMA) on the fates of Queer couples from different countries; the possible
effects of the end of DoMA, either by litigation or repeal, on Queer immigrants
and much more...
This event is
the first direct collaboration between the Centro Cultural De La Raza a Queer
community organization. The expected audience will be a good mix of people from
both the uptown
communities of Hillcrest, North Park, University Heights
and Mission
Hills etc, as well as
communities like Barrio Logan, Sherman
Heights, National City, and San Ysidro.
S.A.M.E. is an
open,
democratically run organization committed to fighting for Queer rights
including
marriage equality. It meets the second and fourth Thursday of every month, 6:30
to 8:30 p.m., at the San Diego LGBT Pride offices, 3620 30th Street in North
Park.
