An Extraordinary LGBT Community Possible
Filed By Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 31, 2011 1:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/05/an_extraordinary_lgbt_community_possible_with_land.phpFor a long time, I have wanted nothing more than for our community to be a happy and successful family. It's not right now. Infighting, as with any family. Wonderful times, too. We worked together to get the anti-gay Don't Ask Don't Tell military policy repealed (few more steps needed on that). I took a self-development course this weekend, Landmark Education's Forum, and saw that an extraordinary LGBT community is possible.
We didn't always play well together, particularly with the failure of the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act legislation to prohibit job discrimination. Marriage equality is chugging along, but some wonder whether trans anti-discrimination protections have been left in the dust because of it.
And yet, trans people have steadily been gaining ground, too, covered by more and more protective policies and laws both on the state and the federal level.
