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Title: Kennedy Drops Transgendered From Senate ENDA
Post by: Shana A on April 04, 2008, 06:56:58 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 04, 2008, 06:56:58 AM
Kennedy Drops Transgendered From Senate ENDA
http://hivproject.org/content/2008/04/kennedy-drops-transgendered-from-senate-enda/ (http://hivproject.org/content/2008/04/kennedy-drops-transgendered-from-senate-enda/)
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is jumping into the middle of an uproar within the gay community whose causes he has long championed.
The Massachusetts Democrat is leading a push in the Senate for a federal ban on job bias against gays, lesbians and bisexuals - but not transsexuals, cross-dressers and others whose outward appearance doesn't match their gender at birth.
"We will strongly oppose it," said Roberta Sklar of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Leaving transgender people out makes that a flawed movement."
http://hivproject.org/content/2008/04/kennedy-drops-transgendered-from-senate-enda/ (http://hivproject.org/content/2008/04/kennedy-drops-transgendered-from-senate-enda/)
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is jumping into the middle of an uproar within the gay community whose causes he has long championed.
The Massachusetts Democrat is leading a push in the Senate for a federal ban on job bias against gays, lesbians and bisexuals - but not transsexuals, cross-dressers and others whose outward appearance doesn't match their gender at birth.
"We will strongly oppose it," said Roberta Sklar of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Leaving transgender people out makes that a flawed movement."