If you're on my flist I am assuming that you know about the FUCKED UP SHIT going on with the exclusion of Transgender in the Employment Non Discrimination Act.
If you don't know about this, or if you haven't bothered to call / write your representative yet because maybe it seemed like it didn't matter, or other people were doing it, or you were just too busy - well now is the time. It still matters. And it matters A LOT. Many queers throw around words like community and LGBT and assume that we're all in this together. But that means taking action. It means not standing by when people who are a part of your family and community are getting screwed over and having their right to HAVE A JOB violated. This is most basic. To be allowed to work and support yourself and your family and not be at risk just because of who you are. Because of your gender. Queer folks of all stripes have stood up for each other (and not) many times before. Please push aside your apathy and bother. All you have to do is make a two minute phone call.
Keep Jamming Those Phone Lines
Your voice is being heard, but let’s remember this is a race and not a sprint, and we must keep the pressure on.
Call the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to speak with your Representative. There are two questions that need to be answered by your Representative:
1) Do you support the united ENDA bill that includes gender identity, House Bill 2015?
2) Will you oppose any motion to recommit? (a procedural tactic used to kill bills).
What you want to hear is YES to both questions. If you don’t hear that urge them to say yes to inclusion and to oppose any motion to kill the bill.
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