Blend exclusive: Mara Keisling on HRC and transgender advocacy
by: Pam Spaulding
Sun Nov 16, 2008 at 11:00:00 AM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8258On Saturday I attended the 2008 Equality NC Conference, and did a bit of liveblogging and videotaping of a few sessions.
One of the breakouts was "Winning Transgender Inclusive Legislation," a discussion largely about ENDA, with Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender Equality It was a very informative session, and Mara gave a good overall history of trans-inclusive legislation and an update on the status of ENDA (I have several video segments of her talk here).
There was a Q&A toward the end of the session, and up until this point, the controversial role of HRC in the ENDA dustup last year really hadn't been discussed in any detail. But then a young woman stood up and asked Mara what the current status of the relationship between HRC and the NCTE. She sincerely wanted to know about whether she should continue donating to HRC, or have transfolk and HRC mended fences, etc. Well, when I heard that question, I pulled out my camcorder (that I had just put away in prep to leave) to record the answer.
