Thanks for the info. Alex has a post up on this too. I already emailed and called two IL reps about NOT excluding Transgender from this bill. It is ridiculous that someone should not have these basic protections.
There may be more time to deal with this, I just heard a report that the President will veto the bill. If that happens it will give people more time to lobby for keeping the Transgender element of the bill.
Ms Deaux, This is an all-too-familiar pattern that we're sick of. Some gay or lesbian 'activist starts the false assertion that a GLBT civil rights law won't pass with transgender in it, (an allegation we've debunked numerous times) we get tossed out as a barganing chip, and it doesn't pass anyway.
So if Bush ain't gonna sign it, what is it gonna hurt gay and lesbian peeps to keep us in the bill?
We want to make it absolutely clear to the gay and lesbian community that pulling us out of ENDA is NON-NEGOTIABLE.
[Image]Today is a day of mixed emotions for me. This morning the Senate passed by a 60-39 margin (John McCain R-AZ abstained) Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D-MA) Hate Crimes amendment to HR 1585 that covers transgender people like myself.
You'll recall the trip I made to DC last May in order to lobby in favor of HR 1592 (the Hate Crimes Bill) and HR 2015, the Employment Non Discrimination Act or ENDA. And that's a nice segue into the bad news part of this post.
During the night a Washington Blade story broke the news that there may be a move underway to cut transgender people out of HR 2015. That news has incensed myself and other transgender activists who have seen this scenario replayed over and over during the last decade.
Some gay and lesbian activists make the claim that GLBT civil rights legislation such as ENDA won't pass with transpeople in it. They cut us out of it, claim they'll come back and help us pass a transgender-only bill after they get 'their' rights and then leave us hanging out to dry.
Not this time. We're beyond sick and tired of this crap. We're the ones dying, we're the ones being discriminated against and we're being arrogantly told by some elements of the gay and lesbian community that 'it's not your turn' to get rights?
What kind of Bush Bizarro World logic is that? Without the 'gender identity' language in this bill it doesn't cover YOU.
ENDA's currently being debated in the House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. We transpeople need your help. We have initiated a a phone and letter writing campaign in order to keep transpeople in this bill.
Call, write, e-mail, fax - don't wait, contact them now!
Further information on how to reach House members is available at www.house.gov.
Committee on Education and Labor 2181 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202-225-3725
If you call or write, please emphasize these points.
*Transgender people are the most discriminated against minority in the workplace today, with estimates of over 70% of transgender people having actually experienced workplace discrimination.
*Without transgender inclusion, gay and lesbian people will continue to face legal discrimination in the workplace because of their lack of congruence with societal norms of gender presentation and behavior.
If you have personal discrimination stories to tell, I encourage you to do so. That tends to be powerful testimony. It might make the difference in turning a hardline NO vote to a YES one, or if they're worried about political retribution, give them cover to abstain.
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Thanks for the info. Alex has a post up on this too. I already emailed and called two IL reps about NOT excluding Transgender from this bill. It is ridiculous that someone should not have these basic protections.
5:53 PM
Monica,
There may be more time to deal with this, I just heard a report that the President will veto the bill. If that happens it will give people more time to lobby for keeping the Transgender element of the bill.
Is that right?
6:41 PM
Ms Deaux,
This is an all-too-familiar pattern that we're sick of. Some gay or lesbian 'activist starts the false assertion that a GLBT civil rights law won't pass with transgender in it, (an allegation we've debunked numerous times) we get tossed out as a barganing chip, and it doesn't pass anyway.
So if Bush ain't gonna sign it, what is it gonna hurt gay and lesbian peeps to keep us in the bill?
We want to make it absolutely clear to the gay and lesbian community that pulling us out of ENDA is NON-NEGOTIABLE.
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