We're grateful for the passionate and clear commitment of Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP to LGBT and marriage equality. The NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. In 2008, at age 35, he became the youngest person to serve as its chief executive.  Jealous offered the opening keynote address at Creating Change last night.  Creating Change is the National Conference on LGBT equality and this is the 24th annual conference produced by NGLTF.  Among the packed ballroom of over 2000+ activists last night to hear Jealous speak was our Executive Director and Field Organizer, Michael Adee.

From the Washington Post:

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Thursday the civil rights group supports legislation in Maryland to extend rights to transgender residents.

Jealous spoke at a national conference on rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, the 24th national conference on LGBT equality.

“This striving for inclusion is not new,” Jealous told a crowded convention room at the Baltimore Hilton.

Under Jealous, the Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People launched an equality task force for the LGBT community.

Here is an excerpt of Benjamin Jealous' remarks at Creating Change 2012.

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Ref: http://www.mlp.org/article.php/NAACPMarriageEquality