Susan's Place Transgender Resources

This is going to be unusual as I usually do not place things like this here but up in Community Alerts.

The story so far:
Largo Manager Getting Ready for Sex Change (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,10599.0.html)
   
Stanton carefully built 'circle of trust'  (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,10692.0.html)

FL: Largo votes to fire city manager seeking sex change (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,10765.0.html)

Blog Post: Largo Commissioner Mary Black: Fire City Manager Stanton (http://transadvocate.com/autumnsandeen/archives/238)

Op Ed:  Stones fly in Largo; society is thus saved (http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/01/Tampabay/Stones_fly_in_Largo_s.shtml) {offsite}

This needs a response and the community has started but we do need your help.

Equality Florida (http://www.eqfl.org/):  Support Workplace Diversity in Largo (http://ga4.org/campaign/diversityinlargo) &  EQFL's Action Alert (http://ga4.org/Equalityflorida/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=7522996)

News @ the National Center for Transgender Equality (http://www.nctequality.org/news.asp)

Statement of Mara Keisling, Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality:

"This is a crystal clear example of the type of employment discrimination that transgender people experience every day around the U.S.," said Mara Keisling, Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality. "Steve Stanton is an exemplary public servant and has served the City of Largo loyally for over a decade. He is being fired for one reason: he made the brave decision to live openly as his true self. The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has fought long and hard for federal employment protections to stop just this type of outrageous, disgusting discrimination. Sadly, the firing of Steve Stanton is another in a long, shameful line of examples of why Congress must introduce—and pass—the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)."

Report Discrimination through the NCTE (http://www.nctequality.org/Issues/Discrimination.asp).


This also highlights why more of us need to be politically active.  NCTE has lobby days.
WHAT: NCTE LOBBY DAY
WHEN: May 14 - 15, 2007
WHERE: Washington, DC

Writing letters to elected officials, magazines, newspapers, etc:

1)  The message needs to be short and to the point
2)  Stay on topic, do not wander
3)  Use easily verifiable facts
4)  Type or handprint only, be neat.  Single spacing is fine.
4)  Do not use the letter, email, fax, whatever for character assassination
5)  Sign your name and include your location
      IE:  Lost In Time
            Somewhere, IN USA
6)  Include contact information so that the person you are addressing can contact you.  They will do this to ask more questions, to verify that you exist, and they may also need to ask your permission before printing or sending on what you have written.
7)  Get as many friends, relatives, and supporters to do the same.  The more, the better.
8)  If you are not registered to vote, you may not ever receive a response from an elected official.  Register (http://www.rockthevote.com/home.php)  {US Residents only}

New link sent to me:
Save Stanton (http://www.savestanton.com/home)



Bumping up due to recent news.

I just joined NCTE, please consider it, also.
http://www.nctequality.org/

I guess it's time for me to stop hiding, start getting involved. Seems like it might be our time to make history.
Blessings, Tara