At HRC Gala, Pelosi Shines, While ENDA's on Everyone's Mind
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October 09, 2007
TheAdvocate.com (http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid49642.asp)
"But as Solmonese addressed the sold-out crowd of more than 3,000 guests, some of the very people he was speaking to -- transgender members of the community -- turned their backs in defiance and perhaps even in disgust.
Meredith Bacon, a transgender woman, was one of them. "I find it difficult to respect somebody who has promised something to me face-to-face and then seems to be backing away from that promise as fast as he can," said Bacon, a professor of political science at University of Nebraska–Omaha, who also sits on the board of directors at the National Center for Transgender Equality. "
Karen