Monday, January 24, 2011

Jobs, It Is All About Jobs…

At least that is what the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) says. This is from an organization that threw us under the bus with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). This from an organization that at one time one of their Directors said that she would include gender identity to ENDA “over her dead body”.
Jobs program targets transgendered people
Boston Herald
By Donna Goodison
Monday, January 24, 2011

The nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights group has picked Boston to launch its inaugural “Back to Work” seminars for transgender job-seekers.

The Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign hopes to help highlight a proposed transgender equal rights bill that would add the categories of gender identity and gender expression to Massachusetts’ non-discrimination and hate crimes laws.

“The goal of the Back to Work program is to equip transgender job-seekers with essential skills to make the most of this job market that’s very difficult for everyone, but especially so for them,” said Allyson Robinson, the HRC’s associate director of diversity.
Why didn’t they stand up and back ENDA instead of caving in to pressure and push Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT)? Millions and millions of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender people go to bed each night worrying if they will have a job tomorrow. I am glad that DADT was passed but I believe that they had their priorities wrong and should have backed the gender inclusive ENDA instead, I am for equality and if gays and lesbians want to defend our country, I think they should have that choice. In addition, did the HRC fight to have trans-people have the choice to defend our country? No, it is still legal to discharge a trans-person from the military for being trans.

Now the HRC has thrown us another bone…
The first 30 people who sign up at hrc.org/backtowork will be assigned their own career coach.
I refuse to sit up and beg for table scraps.

1 comment:

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