U.S. Federal Bill for Gender Identity Protection

[tinkerbell]

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"Democratic and Republican members of the US House and Senate will introduce a new version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill consistently introduced into Congress for the past two decades to revise Title VII to include sexual orientation. However, this time it will include protection on the basis of gender identity".


tinkerbell

[Ricki]

So if (if i say)passed transsexual peoples will be protected?
Ricki

[tinkerbell]

So if (if i say)passed transsexual peoples will be protected?
Ricki

Apparently so, but it sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?


tinkerbell

[SusanKay140]

As they sort of say, "I'll believe it when I'm protected by it".

Susan K

[Ricki]

Yes tinkerbell it does.. Scary cause sometimes after wiating forever these things do happen?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
something to look forward to!
what was the line in Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory when Charlie put the ever lasting gob stopper back on the table instead of keeping it and selling out and willy stated something like a shinning moment or star in the?  I cannot rememeber??? need help here i love that movie!
same thing maybe applies
Thanks T
R

[Melissa]

That would be really cool if passed.

what was the line in Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory when Charlie put the ever lasting gob stopper back on the table instead of keeping it and selling out and willy stated something like a shinning moment or star in the?  I cannot rememeber??? need help here i love that movie!

"So shines a good deed in a weary world."

Melissa

[taylor]

Can someone direct me to a link where I can read on this bill and see what is actually for sure written? Any news articles etc I appreciate it.

Peace
Taylor
Posted on: November 02, 2006, 09:29:59 PMOOps Tinkerbell, you gave the article and I did not see the link...sorry will go read it now lol.

Peace
Taylor
Posted on: November 02, 2006, 09:30:45 PMI have now read through the blog, and find some of what I read there quite off the wall.

Any other resources to really tell me some factual stuff? I found this to be at best projection and again political babble that holds little merit. Help me out here I would like to read some credible material on the whole bill issue at hand.
Peace
Taylor

[tinkerbell]

what was the line in Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory when Charlie put the ever lasting gob stopper back on the table instead of keeping it and selling out and willy stated something like a shinning moment or star in the?  I cannot rememeber??? need help here i love that movie!
same thing maybe applies
Thanks T
R

Hmmmm...I am not quite sure...but I found this Willy Wonka's line on the web...

"There's no earthly way of knowing... Which direction we are going... There's no knowing where we're rowing... Or which way the river's flowing... Is it raining?... Is it snowing?... Is a hurricane a-blowing?... Not a speck of light is showing... So the danger must be growing... Are the fires of hell a-glowing?... Is the grisly reaper mowing?... Yes, the danger must be growing... 'Cause the rowers keep on rowing... And they're certainly not showing... Any signs that they are slowing!"

It could easily apply to this thread too...


tinkerbell

[cindianna_jones]

I'll see it when I believe it.

.. chin up

Cindi

[taylor]

Can I have a bill number please? I have a human rights attorney that would like to take a look at it and I would also like to read the bill.  The number is how I can access it. Thanks for anyone that may be able to provide that.

Peace,
Taylor

[Ricki]

Sorry Taylor i do not know?  I hope Tinkerbell can pass on the info?
Aside from that the willy wonka thing seems to work in this magical factory of susan's!
hehe
Susan we need a chocolate river we can drink from please...

Ricki

[tinkerbell]

I hope Tinkerbell can pass on the info?

Sorry I do not know either.  I was given this topic by a friend of mine.  I'll ask him on Monday.

tinkerbell

[Julie Marie]

Already there are more than a dozen states with transgender non-discrimination laws in effect.  I am fortunate enough to live in one of those states.  So if a quarter of the states have already passed these laws I see some hope the US will do so someday.  Conservatives won't always make up the majority of lawmakers.  The pendulum will swing back and then is when we need to push this bill onto the floor for a vote.  If we are patient and wise with how and when we promote it I think it will pass.

Julie

[Sheila]

I believe it said in the article that it would probably not pass as the Republicans are in control. So, I don't know why we would get excited about this. It is nice that we were added, but it looks likes it will go into the circular file.
Sheila
I hope I'm wrong.

[Kate Thomas]

Taylor
HRC ENDA info page


not much on the new bill
but here is some background links
ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) A wikipedia link
A copy of the
107th Senate Committee Report on ENDA

You said that you read the blog but did you read the Washington Blade article that prompted the blog entry?

also noted within the blog is the 2004 Washington Blade editorial by Chris Crain may be of interest.


Kate Alice

Posted on: November 04, 2006, 09:21:14 PMbe sure to check the links at the left side of the HRC enda info page..
Posted on: November 04, 2006, 09:49:49 PMBay Area Reporter Story

[Sheila]

I like the comments in the article. I hope it has some substance in the bill. They are not releasing it until others will come on board, but some of the trans activists have agreed that it is good. Like the article said there are laws in effect now that let business have a dress code and that there is no discrimination for Gender expression. I see more large companies coming in line before the bill will even hit congress. There are a lot of companies now that have it in their policies. We are out there and we are educating the public by not making a big fuss. We only want to live our lives as normal as anyone else does.
Sheila

[Robyn]

There isn't a bill number yet because it won't be reintroduced until January or February.  It was not introduced in this Congress.

The House might not be a big problem, but Ted Kennedy opposes transgender inclusion in the Senate. 

Robyn

[taylor]

Hi All,
I have been out of town for several days and am just reading this. I appreciate all your help and if a bill number does come to be please update in here! I will do the same if I come across it in the future.

Peace,
Taylor

PS I will read the referenced sites above, thanks!

[Elizabeth]

Hey everyone,

I posted about this in a political forum. Here is a great article about it.

http://www.washblade.com/2006/10-27/news/national/enda.cfm

Love always,
Elizabeth