Current ENDA Language Regarding Transgender Workers Revealed, Concerns Mount

[Shana A]

Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Current ENDA Language Regarding Transgender Workers Revealed, Concerns Mount
Posted by Rebecca Juro at 10:07 AM   

http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/current-enda-language-regarding.html

During his show Sunday night, TransFM founder and host Ethan St. Pierre received a call-in from International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Executive Director Denise LeClair, who revealed for the first time what the current language regarding transgender workers and bathroom usage currently being considered by the Congress may mean in a practical, everyday sense.

Among the key points:

* Employers will not be permitted to force a transgender employee to use a bathroom that is opposite of their gender identity, but they also will not be obligated to allow that employee to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity, as long as (currently undefined) reasonable accommodations are made. In other words, employers will be allowed to segregate transgender employees and create the modern equivalent of "Whites Only" and "Negro" bathroom facilities specifically intended to exclude Transgender-Americans from the rest of the workforce.

[LordKAT]

Lesser of two evils, I would rather be segregated than unemployed. I would rather be stealth than segregated.

[Jasmine.m]

I agree with Kat... The time for debating language changes has long since passed. It's time to move this legislation forward! Future adjustments can't be made without it's initial passage!!