CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/19/opinion/main3385961.shtml)
(The Nation) This column was written by Christopher Lisotta.
Consider Lambda Legal, the LGBT legal rights organization, which got into a war of letters with Frank over the split bills. Lambda argued that removing gender identity language from ENDA would have unexpected consequences for both gay and straight people who have successfully used similar state nondiscrimination laws to protect themselves in gender expression cases - for example, an effeminate heterosexual who is harassed by co-workers for not being "manly enough."