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Title: State of Play
Post by: Shana A on October 08, 2010, 09:50:35 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 08, 2010, 09:50:35 AM
State of Play
As established organizations face new perspectives and groups, LGBT advocacy is evolving – despite setbacks and challenges
By Chris Geidner
Published on October 7, 2010, 3:03am
http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=5644 (http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=5644)
Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, had a key legislative priority for the 111th Congress: passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
With Congress in recess until after the midterm election and no expected chance of passage in any lame-duck session, Keisling is characteristically blunt.
''I failed.''
She goes further than that, though, placing ENDA and other LGBT equality issues in context.
As established organizations face new perspectives and groups, LGBT advocacy is evolving – despite setbacks and challenges
By Chris Geidner
Published on October 7, 2010, 3:03am
http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=5644 (http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=5644)
Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, had a key legislative priority for the 111th Congress: passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
With Congress in recess until after the midterm election and no expected chance of passage in any lame-duck session, Keisling is characteristically blunt.
''I failed.''
She goes further than that, though, placing ENDA and other LGBT equality issues in context.