Gay City News (http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18883568&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568864&rfi=6)
By: PAUL SCHINDLER
10/04/2007
Transgender rights groups are of course especially alarmed - and HRC on October 2 lost its first and only openly transgendered board member, Donna Rose, who released an impassioned statement saying the group "has chosen not to be there" in the fight - but what is striking about the developments of the past week is the degree to which gender rights advocates have won the unqualified support of organizations typically thought of as mainstream gay outfits.