Uau! 117.349 mil pessoas ja pediram para o McDonald's tomar providencias sobre esse crime de odio horrivel - e centenas de canais de media ao redor do mundo tem cobrido e seguido esse caso.
Mas o McDonald's, um dos maiores empregadores do mundo, continua nao dizer nada sobre se vai ou nao reescrever as normas de "nao descriminacao" que falharam em proteger funcionarios e consumidores transgenders. (McDonalds tem politicas nao descriminatorias que protegem gays e lesbicas, mas nao incluem e nao protegem funcionarios nem consumidores TTT: Travestis, Trangenders and Tranxesuais).
Essa e a hora de aumentar a pressao. Voce pode ajudar a peticao chegar a 150 mil assinaturas divulgando esse e-mail e enviando para os seus amigos no Facebook?
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After an unidentified transgender woman tried to use the bathroom at a Baltimore McDonald's, two patrons started attacking her in full view of other...
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Wow! 117,349 people have asked McDonald's to respond to this horrifying hate crime -- and hundreds of media outlets around the globe have covered the story. But McDonald's, one of the world's largest employers, still hasn't said if it will fix its non-discrimination policies that fail to protect transgender employees and customers. It's time to increase the pressure. Will you help Adrian's petition reach 150,000 signatures by forwarding this email and sharing it with your friends on Facebook? |
Dear David, On Friday, Adrian Leigh Cowan of Baltimore started a petition on Change.org, speaking out in response to a shocking online video of a transgender woman being brutally beaten at a local McDonald’s. As Adrian told our team of organizers, “I was moved to start this petition because when I first viewed the video, I was brought to tears. How anyone could stand by and allow this to happen is unfathomable to me." More than 30,000 Change.org members had the same reaction, and joined Adrian in signing the petition. If you would prefer not to watch the video posted by Adrian, you should know what it documents: A 22-year-old transgender woman is pulled out of a McDonald’s bathroom and viciously beaten by two customers. She is punched, knocked to the ground, dragged across the floor by her hair, and kicked in the face until she appears to experience a seizure. Instead of coming to this woman’s assistance, one McDonald’s employee filmed the assault while others can be heard cheering the assailants on as they attack the victim. After the brutal incident, the video was posted to the Internet, where an employee bragged that the assault was OK because the victim “was a man dressed like a woman.” Sadly, this attack is a reminder of the rampant harassment and discrimination that transgender people face every day. Nationwide, more than half of all transgender people experience verbal or physical abuse when trying to access public accommodations like restrooms. Brutal acts of violence are all too common -- and authorities often fail to prosecute these crimes to the fullest extent of the law. Not surprisingly, McDonald's lacks standard policies for protecting transgender individuals, despite a decent record of workplace discrimination protections for gays and lesbians. And while the company has pledged to “take appropriate action” against all employees involved in this heinous event, just one has been punished. Please join Adrian Leigh Cowan in demanding that McDonald’s and Maryland authorities hold accountable both the assailants in this beating and the employees who cheered it on -- and to make sure that an attack like this never happens again: We can’t let this brutal hate crime in Maryland go unpunished. Thank you for taking action today. - Eden and the Change.org team
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