Enda

If Not You...

Sara Whitman | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Transgender Rights, SRI Business, Ted Kennedy, Enda, Lawrence King, Lgbt, Homosexuality, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Gay Rights, Larry King, Gay, Homosexuals, Politics News

Dear Senator Kennedy: I understand you are going to support a non-gender identity inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. As a constituent, as a lesbian but mostly, as a mother, I am asking you to reconsider.

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Clinton Key in LGBT Massachusetts Win

Sara Whitman | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Lgbt, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Gay Rights, Enda, 2008 Election and Gay Rights, Donnie McClurkin, Gay, 2008 Election, Reverend Kirby Caldwell, Politics News

LGBT voters across the country are asking, why won't Clinton or Obama just say they support our rights, clearly, without hesitation, without disclaimers?

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House Dems Selling Out Gays? Again.

Lane Hudson | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Matthew Shepard Act, Homosexuality, Hate Crimes, Democrats and Gays, Enda, Hate Crimes Bill, Matthew Shephard, Homophobia, 2007 Defense Authorization Bill, Gays, Sexuality, Politics News

The Matthew Shephard Act is shaping up to be a complete sell-out of any campaign promises that Democrats made to the gay community.

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ENDA Will Never Be a Long Term Solution for Anyone, Anyway

Kate Bornstein | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

ENDA would have mostly protected people who cleaned up well enough to get a job in the first place: straight-looking people.

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ENDA Rift: Throw Tammy Baldwin Under the Bus?

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Gender Identity, Gay Rights, Enda, Politics News

It is a devastating loss. In 1987, Massachusetts passed a gay and lesbian civil rights bill. Twenty years later, we still have no gender identity protections.

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Symbolism or Substance in ENDA Debate?

Jody Huckaby | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Transgendered, Gays in the Workplace, Homosexuality, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Lgbt, Workplace Discrimination, Enda, Politics News

Maintaining an inclusive ENDA, with protections for the entire LGBT community intact, is both the pragmatic and principled way to proceed.

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Barney Frank: Stop the Scapegoating!

Sara Whitman | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Enda, Barney Frank, Politics News

In an eloquent flurry, Barney Frank blamed the 300-plus LGBT groups who have signed on to leave ENDA inclusive of transgender people. Seems we've touched a nerve.

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If ENDA Doesn't Protect the Transgendered, It Doesn't Protect Me

Gabriel Rotello | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Transgendered, Gay, Enda, Politics News

Criticism that the bill is a betrayal of the most vulnerable among us, while well-intentioned, doesn't go anywhere near far enough.

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Our Fight For Anti-Discrimination Laws

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Democratic Congress, Congress, Lgbt, Enda, Hate Crimes Bill, Politics News

The question facing us is whether we should pass up the chance to adopt a very good bill because it has one major gap.

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Gay Rights, Gathering Steam

Marc Gunther | Posted 09.20.2007 | Business

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Gays and Corporate America, GLBT, Wal-Mart, Lgbt, Gay Rights, Enda, Gays in the Workplace, Human Rights Campaign, Business News

A new survey finds a big leap in the number of companies achieving a perfect score for their workplace practices for GLBT persons.

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It's Time for Congress to Help Bring LGBT Employees Out of the Shadows at Work

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Discrimination, LGBT, ENDA, Politics News

LGBT Americans find their livelihoods are placed in jeopardy when they take the bold step of coming out.

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