Did A National Gym Owners Association Help Kill Trans Rights In New York?
Joe.My.God

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/06/did-national-gym-owners-association.html

Yesterday New York state's long-pending transgender rights bill, GENDA, died in the state Senate Judiciary Committee, one vote shy of passage. Many are blaming GENDA's failure on the bill's lone dissenting Democrat, the notorious Bronx homophobe Sen. Ruben Diaz.

But today we learned that the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), a national gym owners consortium with hundreds of affiliate health clubs in New York, had lobbied against the bill, citing the worn-out complaints about men dressed as women in their locker rooms. IHRSA's objections were airing during the Senate hearing. Via Duncan Osbourne's Herd & Scene:

Goes to show that dark age thinking is still alive in New York. What a bunch of nonsense! When do we get the same civil rights to be treat with respect and allow to be who we are .

The comments on that blog make me sad. You start to feel really connected to the community and then someone comes along (like Mr. Tom there) and just... gah! It's frustrating!!