LGBT Fairness in the Workplace: Let's Push This One!

 By Dr. Jillian Weiss

The question on most people's minds about ENDA is: can it really pass?

The National Center for Transgender Equality, along with the Transgender Law Center, and the Coalition of State/City Transgender Advocacy Organizations, held a conference call last night on the status of ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Those on the call learned that the legislators on the Hill have completed the weeks-long, extra-careful whipping process. (Whipping refers to asking Congressmembers how they will vote on a bill.) We learned that legislators are "comfortable" that there are well beyond a majority of votes to pass ENDA, right now. We learned that, specifically with regard to a potential motion to strip gender identity from the bill, there are enough votes to defeat that motion. We also learned that Congressmembers are getting calls and letters 2 to 1 in favor of ENDA.

After all of its ups and down, ENDA is ready to pass!

Here is a nifty new site that will give you one click-access to your legislators. Click below for one-click sending of an ENDA letter to your Congressmember and your Senators. Please send it to your friends on Facebook. I mean, how easy is this?

http://www.rallycongress.com/the-bilerico-project/

Also, more on the call last night here:

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/enda_now_ready_to_pass.php