President Obama has signed into law historic new protections for victims
of domestic violence and sexual assault with the expanded
reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Initially passed in
1994, the bill lapsed in 2011 after Republicans blocked it over the new
protections. The measure was approved after House Republicans finally
allowed a vote last week. It includes a landmark addition that empower
Native American tribal authorities to prosecute non-Native Americans for
abuses committed on tribal lands. For the first time ever, it will also
specifically include gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender survivors.
We’re joined by two guests who attended Thursday’s reauthorization
ceremony at the White House: Juana Majel Dixon, first vice president of
the National Congress of American Indians, and Mara Keisling, a
transgender rights activist and founding executive director of the
National Center for Transgender EqualityVideo
Source: Democracy Now!
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