DQRC Supports Trans-Inclusive ENDA

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DQRC Supports Trans-Inclusive ENDA
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The Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) has joined over 300
organizations nationwide in urging support for a Trans-inclusive
Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

In a surprise move by House Democrats, "gender identity" protections
were stripped from a proposed ENDA bill that was set to be voted on
by the House of Representatives. The original bill would have
afforded protection for both sexual orientation and gender identity
in the workplace.

"This affects not only Trans people but everyone who does not conform
to society's rigid gender norms," said Dragonsani Renteria, DQRC's
Director and Trans activist. "Butch lesbians and effeminate men, for
example, could be harassed, demoted, terminated or discriminated
against simply for being 'too masculine' or 'too feminine'."

Please contact your U.S. House of Representatives and urge them to
support the Baldwin Amendment which restores gender identity
protections to bill HR 3685. This Amendment is expected to be voted
on on Wednesday, October 24. A list of Representatives can be found
at: Committee on Education and Labor | Committee Members.

Read more at:
» DQRC Supports Trans-Inclusive ENDA | Deaf Queer News Blog


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Thank you to DQRC for fighting for Deaf Queer rights especially with Trans issues.

Keep up the good work! Be Out, Visible & Proud!

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I saw this somewhere else and it made me sad- they're going to continue to allow it to be OKAY to be fired simply because you're not traditionally female or male, all under the excuse "it's more likely to be approved."

What good is it approved if it doesn't afford all lgbt people protections?
 
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