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March 31 is the International Day of Trans Visibility – a day to celebrate transgender people around the globe and the courage it takes to live openly and authentically, while also raising awareness around the discrimination trans people still face.

Union members visit MP Seamus O’Regan’s Office and refuse to leave until demands are met

MEDIA ADVISORY
EMBARGOED UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1PM (ATL)

Union members visit MP Darren Fisher’s Office and refuse to leave until demands are met

MEDIA ADVISORY
EMBARGOED UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 11AM (ATL)

Union members visit MP Lawrence MacAulay’s Office and refuse to leave until demands are met

On March 21, 1960, sixty-nine people were killed and 180 were wounded after police opened fire at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid “pass laws.” A few years later in 1966, March 21st was proclaimed the “International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination” by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).

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