A Little Late?
 

“Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese met with a handful of transgender activists in Atlanta last week and apologized for “misspeaking” at last year’s Southern Comfort conference, where he promised HRC would only support an Employment Non-Discrimination Act that included gender identity, according to people attending the meeting… HRC supports including gender identity in ENDA, but urged Congress members to vote in favor of [Barney] Frank’s sexual orientation-only bill as an incremental strategy.” [SoVo]

 
Comments (4)

No. 1 · Z

better that never!
http://www.ilovezeren.com

Posted: May 7, 2008 at 7:12 pm
No. 2 · Konrad

Now that the Georgia Gay and Trans communities have been reconciled, I predict this united force will deliver the entire Georgia congressional delegation to vote for an ENDA that leaves no one behind. Together, we win!

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 10:25 am
No. 3 · Polar

Don’t bet that, Konrad. I don’t know of any T people who have forgiven Solmonese for his lie, or HRC for its behavior last fall. He didn’t misspeak, he lied. There is a big difference, especially because Solmonese fundraised on the basis of that lie. 5 people in a room in Atlanta, particularly when none of them are known outside Atlanta, without the 3 best known and regarded T activists from Atlanta present (Monica Helms, Kristin Reichman, and Dana Owings), and without a polygraph machine or operator present, is not a reconciliation with the T community.

Posted: May 9, 2008 at 3:48 am
No. 4 · konrad

Oh No!! If gays and trans stood together, Georgia would be ours!

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 9:58 pm
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