[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 146 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1735]
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                       IN HONOR OF MR. JACOB NASH

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 3, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mr. Jacob Nash 
who is being awarded the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Freedom Award at the 
Cleveland Stonewall Democrats' Freedom Fund Reception on September 26, 
2011.
  The Cleveland Stonewall Democrats is one of more than ninety chapters 
of the National Stonewall Democrats throughout the country. They are a 
grassroots movement devoted to securing equal rights for all people, 
regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
  Mr. Nash earned a Masters in Psychology, specializing in diversity 
management, from Cleveland State University. For the past decade, he 
has worked as an independent trainer and consultant specialist in 
transgender and diversity issues. He has trained politicians, social 
workers and medical professionals on caring for and respecting 
transgender people. Mr. Nash is currently working for the Ohio 
Department of Children and Family Services and previously worked as the 
Executive Director for Transfamily of Cleveland.
  Mr. Nash became an active activist in 2002, after fighting for and 
winning the right to marry Erin. Over the past several years, Mr. Nash 
has traveled across the Midwest speaking with legislators regarding 
civil rights legislation. He has worked closely with the cities of 
Cleveland and Akron as they developed their 2009 non-discrimination 
policies. Mr. Nash is also active with Equality Ohio, TransOhio, the 
LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland, Human Rights Campaign, the National 
Center for Transgender Equality and the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in congratulating Mr. 
Jacob Nash on the occasion of being honored with the Cleveland 
Stonewall Democrats' Stephanie Tubbs Jones Freedom Award.

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