State of Play

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State of Play
As established organizations face new perspectives and groups, LGBT advocacy is evolving – despite setbacks and challenges

By Chris Geidner
Published on October 7, 2010, 3:03am

http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=5644

Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, had a key legislative priority for the 111th Congress: passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

With Congress in recess until after the midterm election and no expected chance of passage in any lame-duck session, Keisling is characteristically blunt.

''I failed.''

She goes further than that, though, placing ENDA and other LGBT equality issues in context.