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Title: Activist predicts Congress will soon ban trans, gay job bias
Post by: Natasha on October 10, 2008, 05:40:55 PM
Post by: Natasha on October 10, 2008, 05:40:55 PM
Activist predicts Congress will soon ban trans, gay job bias
http://www.sovo.com/2008/10-10/news/localnews/9268.cfm?page=1 (http://www.sovo.com/2008/10-10/news/localnews/9268.cfm?page=1)
DYANA BAGBY
10/10/2008
From cross-dressers to transsexuals to transmen to genderqueer young people, nearly 900 people attended the 18th annual Southern Comfort Conference this year, as the nation's largest transgender conference continues to diversify.
Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, gave the keynote speech at the conference, held Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 at Atlanta's Crowne Plaza Ravinia hotel. Keisling said during her Oct. 4 speech that Congress is very close to passing a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that would include both sexual orientation and gender identity.
http://www.sovo.com/2008/10-10/news/localnews/9268.cfm?page=1 (http://www.sovo.com/2008/10-10/news/localnews/9268.cfm?page=1)
DYANA BAGBY
10/10/2008
From cross-dressers to transsexuals to transmen to genderqueer young people, nearly 900 people attended the 18th annual Southern Comfort Conference this year, as the nation's largest transgender conference continues to diversify.
Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, gave the keynote speech at the conference, held Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 at Atlanta's Crowne Plaza Ravinia hotel. Keisling said during her Oct. 4 speech that Congress is very close to passing a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that would include both sexual orientation and gender identity.
Title: Re: Activist predicts Congress will soon ban trans, gay job bias
Post by: tekla on October 10, 2008, 06:00:50 PM
Post by: tekla on October 10, 2008, 06:00:50 PM
Kind of depends on that whole 'election' thing now don't it?
Title: Re: Activist predicts Congress will soon ban trans, gay job bias
Post by: ColleenW on October 10, 2008, 09:08:22 PM
Post by: ColleenW on October 10, 2008, 09:08:22 PM
Long overdue I'd say
Title: Re: Activist predicts Congress will soon ban trans, gay job bias
Post by: tekla on October 10, 2008, 09:21:49 PM
Post by: tekla on October 10, 2008, 09:21:49 PM
Given what's going on now, its either going to be so forgot, or.... or they will do it right away as some token measure to get people's minds off the real problems.