This is one Representative who gets it.
On her blog, Donna also posts an excerpt of the Representative's speech…
If we’re going to make a symbolic stand the symbolic stand shouldn’t be, “Let’s pass a one-house bill with only part of the protections we need.” Let’s let the symbolic message be that we’re sticking together. That when we say GLBT we mean it.
And, we should do something else. We should also make it very clear to those watching this discussion that we’re not going to negotiate against ourselves. We’re not going to say, “Well, if we toss this element or that element off to the side maybe we’ll be able to get what we need.” There are some things that are immutable – some civil rights that are immutable – and this is one of them. We’re going to stick together, pass an inclusive ENDA or we’re going to come back again and do it right.
Wow! He gets it. I just hope that all the other Representatives also get. To contact your Representative click here for a list of Representatives (You will have to search their Home Pages for contact information, it seems they all like to bury it deep in side the web-site.) and ask them to support the Baldwin Amendment to H.R. 3685 to include gender identity.
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