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Title: Bay City transgender woman, activist, leading Michigan lobbyists to Washington,
Post by: mrs izzy on July 08, 2014, 11:12:55 PM
Post by: mrs izzy on July 08, 2014, 11:12:55 PM
BAY CITY, MI — A transgender woman from Bay City who is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activist is set to lead a delegation from Michigan to lobby U.S. legislators this month for greater legal protections.
Charin Davenport, a professor at both Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University, says she plans to attend Transgender Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., Monday and Tuesday July 14-15, and ask members of Congress to support multiple pieces of legislation. Most important to Davenport are two bills, she said: the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — or ENDA — and the Student Non-Discrimination Act, which would respectively offer employment and academic protections to LGBT individuals.
"There's a history of the 'T' being dropped from these laws," Davenport said, noting that transgender individuals continue to be a highly marginalized group. "This is an effort to try and fix that.
By Sam Easter | seaster@mlive.com
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on July 08, 2014 at 11:25 AM, updated July 08, 2014 at 3:28 PM
Full story found here. http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2014/07/bay_city_transgender_woman_act.html
Hope it can get this to move forward but the way congress is i would not hold my breath
Isabell
Charin Davenport, a professor at both Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University, says she plans to attend Transgender Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., Monday and Tuesday July 14-15, and ask members of Congress to support multiple pieces of legislation. Most important to Davenport are two bills, she said: the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — or ENDA — and the Student Non-Discrimination Act, which would respectively offer employment and academic protections to LGBT individuals.
"There's a history of the 'T' being dropped from these laws," Davenport said, noting that transgender individuals continue to be a highly marginalized group. "This is an effort to try and fix that.
By Sam Easter | seaster@mlive.com
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on July 08, 2014 at 11:25 AM, updated July 08, 2014 at 3:28 PM
Full story found here. http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2014/07/bay_city_transgender_woman_act.html
Hope it can get this to move forward but the way congress is i would not hold my breath
Isabell