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Guest Post: The silent casualties of discrimination, and how you can save a life
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sat Apr 10, 2010 at 10:00:00 AM EDT
A letter Mila and Professor Jayna Ponder of Trans-Ponder regarding trans people, broader community, and the issue of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
Pay attention, this affects you. You are involved in this and might not even know it!
When you hear the word discrimination, the taste it leaves is bitter and ugly. It is a tactile word that brings visions of ostracism, alienation, or even outright segregation. It is a weapon that is used to silently assault people like us. We are able and willing American workers that are often ejected from the workplace. Mortally wounding our ability to support ourselves and our families, simply for telling the truth about our existence. We who face discrimination include doctors, lawyers, technicians, scientists, professors, and any other skilled profession you can think of. We are relegated to a class of people that is for all intent and purpose banned from having substantial employment, and relegated to a life of poverty. We are denied medical care, even in life threatening situations. We are upstanding Americans suffering every day because of the complicit actions and inactions of government, businesses, and average citizens. Perhaps even you.