Well, it doesn't excuse the willingness of those leading the fight to abandon the trans community at the most crucial point, but it looks like Barney Frank and the HRC have reconsidered their stance on ENDA and have decided to put aside the bill for now rather than go ahead without trans inclusion.
Thankfully, most lgbt orgs and allies (sans HRC) came to our defense and combined with our own loud and strenuous voices, those who make these decisions actually heard and shifted gears. Yay for us! Now that hill needs to be climbed all over again, hopefully after the next election when we (hopefully) have a fuller democratic majority and a sympathetic ear at the white house.
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One minute we're waiting for the sky to fall .... and next we're dazzled by the beauty of it all .. there is hope!
kaye_martin
I'm not an amerikkkan, but it seems from what folks are saying all over the blogosphere, that the dems are shaping up to be a whole lot more conservative and politically aligned with the repubs than many would have hoped. Do you think this will have any affect on your hopes for governmental/legal change?
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