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Title: I’m just a (trans rights) bill
Post by: Butterfly on March 18, 2009, 10:36:48 PM
Post by: Butterfly on March 18, 2009, 10:36:48 PM
I'm just a (trans rights) bill
Bay Windows
By Ethan Jacobs
Associate Editor
March 18 2009
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88548 (http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88548)
LGBT advocates have already persuaded a majority of the legislature to back the transgender rights bill, but that doesn't mean that passage of the bill is a done deal. In fact, the bill's fate will ultimately be determined by a handful of legislative "gate-keepers" who must decide both to support it and to make it a legislative priority. Without their support and commitment to expend political capital on the measure, the bill is dead in the water this session.
Bay Windows
By Ethan Jacobs
Associate Editor
March 18 2009
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88548 (http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88548)
LGBT advocates have already persuaded a majority of the legislature to back the transgender rights bill, but that doesn't mean that passage of the bill is a done deal. In fact, the bill's fate will ultimately be determined by a handful of legislative "gate-keepers" who must decide both to support it and to make it a legislative priority. Without their support and commitment to expend political capital on the measure, the bill is dead in the water this session.