ACLU and Trans

[christinemax]

I have an ACLU contact regionally and she has been helping me with some things as I work on a project and she sent me a bunch of pamphlets. They are the ACLU's Trangender People and the Law Pamphlet. These are very informative and you can find them at www.aclu.org/lgbt I was also looking around their site and they had some some other stuff that

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[christinemax]

"The ACLU does not support an employment discrimination law that covers sexual orientation but not gender identity, for two reasons. First, the sexual orientation only bill may well not even do what its sponsors want. Because it currently defines sexual orientation as "homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality," there is still a serious risk that employers may get away with claiming they fired women because they are too masculine and men because they are too feminine. There is a serious risk courts will say the definition only covers who you have a relationship with, and not stereotypes that only apply to some gay people. If that sounds far fetched, we've been watching courts do just this in disability and marital status discrimination cases. And courts have already said that harassing someone over perceived masculinity or femininity is not sex discrimination if the prejudice stems from sexual orientation. We have been warning members of Congress about this problem for over four years."

[twilight_sunset]

Now is when I say, (get ready, this is huge) I AM PROUD TO BE A CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE ACLU!!!!

So now that that is out there, in my own personal opinion as a trans-person I believe that the ACLU is much better than HRC when it comes to trans issues; which is kinda sad when you think that HRC is SUPPOSED to protect us and our rights but the ACLU (which for all purposes defends the constitution) is instead helping us and watching out for us.