Update On The EEOC Ruling

I have read a lot on Facebook about how great the EEOC in its protect for transsexuals in the work place and I keep pointing out that the ruling covered everyone, not just trans-people. I found this posting in the Huffington post that also emphasizes what I have been saying.

The EEOC and Sissies Like Me: How the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Made the Case for a United LGBT Movement
Huffington Post
By Mark Daniel Snyder
Posted: 05/07/2012

What struck me personally about the ruling was how broad-reaching and how eloquently it explained the connections between gender and sexuality that so many gay, lesbian, and bisexual people struggle to make. "The term 'gender,'" says the ruling, "encompasses not only a person's biological sex but also the cultural and social aspects associated with masculinity and femininity."
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The EEOC's ruling makes the case for feminine men, butch women, and really everybody who may be discriminated against because he or she is not behaving in a way that conforms to stereotypes about gender to unite in our cause for full equality. It connects the dots between homophobia, transphobia, and sexism.

Notice what the ruling doesn’t say, it doesn’t say only trans-people or gays are covered. It also covers straight people who are discriminated in the workplace because they do not conform to gender norms.

This ruling covers everyone.

I knew a woman, she was very tall, heavy build and had a deep voice for a women. She use to get “Sired” all the time, she wasn’t a lesbian, just heavy set and the last time I heard from her she was married with two children. This ruling would cover her in the workplace if she was discriminated against because she did conform to the typical stereotype of what a woman should look like.

So when I hear that this is a trans ruling or a LGBT ruling or it about special rights; it’s not… it is about equal rights.