Waking Up Too God Awful Early To Subcommunity Erasure - Part 1
by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri Oct 09, 2009 at 11:00:00 AM EDT

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/13420/waking-up-too-god-awful-early-to-subcommunity-erasure-part-1

I also heard, at the top of the 4:00 AM PDT hour, how the House had passed hate crime legislation for "gays and lesbians." Shortly thereafter, I watched the CNN video attached to Pam's diary How I ended up videotaped for AC360 today, and listened to both Anderson Cooper and the reporter in the segment's header -- Randi Kaye -- repeatedly use of the phrase "gays and lesbians." No "bisexual"; no "transgender" -- No B or T in the opening reporting header for the segment.

As we've pointed out frequently here at Pam's House Blend, the federal hate crime legislation covers sexual orientation and gender identity. That means the bill covers the entire broad spectrum of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.