Tuesday, June 2, 2009
June Is Pride Month, But Trans Folk Just Don't Feel Much....
Posted by Vanessa Edwards Foster at 3:22 AM
http://transpolitical.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-is-pride-month-but-trans-folk-just.htmlYesterday began the month of June: Pride Month in America and other countries around the world. It's, as the name indicates, a source of pride for many in the greater LGBT community. For some of us, it's a reminder of how little we have to take pride in at all.
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However you rarely see anyone saying the same thing about employment, and specifically about trans people in the workplace. About the extent we're treated to is Rep. Barney Frank: ""Efforts to include transgender people have failed in New York, Massachusetts and Maryland," he said. "It doesn't get easier when you throw in South Carolina and Utah." Ol' Barn' said he's "more optimistic" that an inclusive ENDA would pass, but stopped short of saying he was certain the bill would pass with the gender identity provisions.
