There is a bill before the state legislator that will give us an equal chance, HB5723 An Act Concerning Discrimination; the bill will make it illegal to discriminate based on gender identity and expression. Please call your legislator and ask him to vote in favor of the bill as it was raised in the Judicial Committee. Form more information on the bill and how you can get involved visit here.
On the national level, Diane Schroer was offered a job at the Library of Congress as an international terrorism analyst. She was highly qualified for the job because in the military she was a colonel in the Special Forces and headed a joint task force on terrorism, briefing Vice President Cheney. However, when she told them that she would be coming to work as Diane and not David, they rescinded the offer.
Please look at these two videos, the first one is an interview of Diane Schroer by CNN and the other is an interview of Diane Schroer by the ACLU who is handling her case against the Library of Congress.
We need to hire the best person for the job. The country lost tremendous chance to hire a person who was the most qualified for the job. Bigotry hurts everyone.
The videos I found on Donna Rose's blog.
How to start?
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Look to Norway:
here a board of directors in a corporation had to consist of at least 40% of the less represented gender.
Womens average salaries are 15% LOWER THAN MEN's. That's mostly due to the fact, it's more women that work part time.
You can here see the present Norwegian Government (it's been this gender mix under different governements tha last about 20 years(
http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/stoltenberg-ii.html?id=85843
So, stay tuned to the "Vikings". They take care of each other.
PS - pls excuse my English, as it's not my native tongue
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