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According the Washington Blade, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) approved a policy statement that “the group will not support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, if it excludes language protecting persons from discrimination.” The…
Culture, identity, and representationLabor, economics, and institutions
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Today at 1pm today (6-24-09) Barney Frank is set to officially introduce the HR 2981, The Employment Non-Discrimination Act. This week, Congressman Barney Frank will introduce the Employee Non-Discrimination Act. The legislation would extend…
Culture, identity, and representationLabor, economics, and institutions
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Last Thursday Jason Bellini of the Daily Beast reported that the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) had made a deal with the Obama Administration to delay repealing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy in…
Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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“He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” — Martin Luther King Jr. Well it didn’t take long for responses to my last blog. One person wrote me privately…
Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Am I the only one who is a bit puzzled/miffed/baffled by Barney Frank’s insinuation in this exchange: There is another difference from 2007. Frank now has a policy adviser who is a female-to-male transsexual.…
Community and organizingPublic policy and governance
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Coming up on the two year anniversary of the Human Right Campaign’s (HRC) support of Barney Frank dropping gender identity from the 2007 Employment Non-discrimination Act (ENDA), the irony of HRC’s current position on…
Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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If the embedded site doesn’t work, head on over to the Twubs site. #enda
Culture, identity, and representation
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On November 5th, 2009, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold hearings on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). The hearings will take place in a city where over half of its…
Community and organizingEducation and youth
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That’s my opinion on where the good doctor is headed. In a recent post at Bilerico.com she said: “The incredibly unflappable Signorile asked about the failure of Congress to move on ENDA and DADT,…
Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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In a recent interview with Karen Ocamb, Barney Frank said: “I’m hoping to get a vote on it in committee [House Committee on Education and Labor, chaired by California Democrat George Miller]. I’m doing…
Culture, identity, and representationEducation and youth