I was pretty shocked by the news last week that an out gay candidate won a seat on the Salt Lake City Council. I was shocked, though, when I heard that the city council passed a nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and gender identity. The Mormon Church had initially opposed the law, but they [...]
Guest writer Elliott Weiss sent me a very though-provoking e-mail in response to my post this week about Caster Semenaya. Elliott is a fourth year med student who will start a pediatrics residency next year and most likely a neonatology fellowship after that. Elliott studied English & Biology in college, but also took courses in [...]
The House of Representatives will vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in September. During the August recess, it’s really important that we all keep pushing members of the House to pass a fully inclusive HR 3017. According to Jillian Weiss, we need 218 votes to pass ENDA, and we have 205 confirmed members of [...]
The version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that was introduced to Congress this week includes gender identity . . . for now. But if last year’s battle to include gender identity in the bill is instructive, it’s going to be a long, hard fight to make sure that transpeople are included in the final version [...]
