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Blog migration 23 Dec 2009 | 08:24 am
We've moved our blog to a new account so that our readers and staff won't have to deal with the spam that has been clogging up our comments on this blog. Visit our new blog today. You'll find our arch...
NY Gov. signs order protecting trans state workers 17 Dec 2009 | 10:28 am
New York Governor David Paterson extended protections against job discrimination to transgender state employees today. Executive Order No. 33 protects state employees from discrimination on the basis ...
In Maryland, a big step back? Act now! 11 Dec 2009 | 12:54 pm
The Maryland Vehicle Administration (MVA) is currently considering an update to their policy regarding changing the gender marker on a driver’s license effective January 1, 2010. In recent years, man...
The recession won’t be over until ENDA is passed 8 Dec 2009 | 10:29 am
The road to passing federal legislation can be long and arduous, and to some extent this is simply the nature of the beast – the beast, in this case, being our national legislature. We do well to reme...
LGBT AMERICANS OUTRAGED AT DELAY IN BASIC JOB RIGHTS 5 Dec 2009 | 10:42 am
In light of continuing delays in the House of Representatives, we must state clearly and unequivocally: Passing basic job protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people must happen now....
Viewing the AIDS Quilt panels for World AIDS Day 1 Dec 2009 | 10:32 am
While walking through the maze of corridors of the Executive Office Building while heading to a briefing on World AIDS Day today, I turned a corner and, in this very unfamiliar place, saw something th...
We Remember: The 2009 Day of Remembrance 21 Nov 2009 | 09:24 am
On this, the eleventh annual Day of Remembrance, we are part of a global movement to honor those who have died. We mourn our fallen sisters and brothers who have become the victims of hatred and preju...
Name changes and forced outing: a small victory 20 Nov 2009 | 09:55 am
Governments force transgender people to disclose that they are transgender all the time. They make us carry around little pieces of paper and plastic with our birth-assigned sex listed on them, just b...
ENDA Markup Postponed 17 Nov 2009 | 04:07 pm
Chairman George Miller of the House Education and Labor Committee temporarily postponed Wednesday’s mark up on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in order to finalize some legal and technica...
What is a Committee Markup? It’s Next For ENDA. 14 Nov 2009 | 10:09 am
As we have noted, ENDA will finally see committee action in the House of Representative this next Tuesday, November 18. This action is called a markup. So what is that? A markup is a session in which...
