Gay vs. Trans in America

[Kate Thomas]

Gay vs. Trans in America
Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. In the aftermath of ENDA, can't we all just get along? An Advocate round table on the state of the community now.
By Tim Murphy 🔗 [Link: advocate.com/issue_​story_​ektid50786.asp/]
Excerpted from The Advocate  December 18, 2007

has the acronym LGBT outlived its usefulness, both in name and in practice? How do we all feel -- really feel -- about each other?

The Advocate decided to find out. On Wednesday, November 7, 10 very different New Yorkers -- three transgender women, two transgender men, three gay men, a gender-ambiguous lesbian, and her bisexual girlfriend -- joined moderator Tim Murphy at the West Village restaurant Barbuto for a mini town-hall meeting about this thing we call community.


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[LostInTime]

One thing we have to get out to the GLB in America and that is the tactic and reasoning used to remove Gender Identity (which is not just a trans thing) was also used to remove the Hate Crimes Act. Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi need to be shown the door and we need to get the LGBT community to STOP funding HRC. HRC's backstabbing tactics killed not just the trans inclusive ENDA but also the Matthew Shephards Hate Crime Act.

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,23151.0.html

Frank, Pelosi, and HRC will only support you as long as you are a popular cause. The question is, how long will any one segment be popular?

Vote out Frank and Pelosi.

[Jib]

can we have a bit of a glossary of terms here? this looks kind of interesting, but being from outside the USA i'm having trouble following?