erased from history again

It appears that the TG community has once again been stabbed in the back by just about everyone, including our normal allies, the gay and lesbian community. The spineless Democrats in the House of Representatives (the Senate already passed a version that included the T) are bailing on protections for the T in the LGBT ENDA bill, and instead offering a "compromise" bill that separates out (excludes) TG protections.

From the Washington Post (my emphasis below):
"It requires time and patience to educate the public and lawmakers about how prejudice harms some people. That's what gays and lesbians have been doing in their quest for equality for nearly 40 years. And that's what transgender people will have to do. Delaying passage of ENDA, which was first introduced in the House in the mid-1970s by Rep. Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.), until the transgender community changes enough hearts and minds would be a mistake."

As if the TG community hasn't been centrally involved at all in the LGBT rights movement from the start!!! And as if the morons in Congress really opposed to this give a shit about who gets excluded, as long as there is still someone left at the bottom to push around and help themselves feel superior! Ummm, remember Stonewall you fucking idiots?!!! Do we need to have another riot to be heard! Perhaps a mass TG peaceful protest in DC is what's needed?

Worst of all, it looks like the HRC (please e-mail them - hrc@hrc.org - your opinion on this matter!) is not standing behind the many other LGBT orgs calling this omission a travesty. It's one thing for the ultra-conservative Washington Post editors to try to erase us from history, but it's another entirely when those organizations that are supposedly representing us try it...