House Passes Federal Hate Crimes Legislation
by: Autumn Sandeen
Thu Oct 08, 2009 at 17:50:45 PM EDT

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/13407/house-passes-federal-hate-crimes-legislation

The House of Representatives today passed the Defense Authorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 2467), which includes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- the federal hate crimes legislation.

From what I've been reading, it looks likely the bill will be passed by the Senate next week.

If you're looking for what the President is going to say at the HRC dinner this weekend, my guess that one item that's going to be included in his speech is how he's looking forward to signing federal hate crime protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people sometime in the next two weeks.

That sounds like a score to me.  Now for the Senate.


Janet

I don't think that the bill covers transgender people.  Just gays and lesbians.  Too bad for us.

Of course... those that hate us think that we're gay so I suppose it doesn't make that much difference after all.

Cindi

Quote from: Cindi Jones on October 09, 2009, 06:48:34 AM
I don't think that the bill covers transgender people.  Just gays and lesbians.  Too bad for us.

Of course... those that hate us think that we're gay so I suppose it doesn't make that much difference after all.

Cindi

According to Barney Frank's quote in that article, "The US House of Representatives today voted in favor of legislation containing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which extends the definition of violent hate crimes to include gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability."

Thus we are covered in this bill.

Z