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Why don't we just vote on a trans-only ENDA in 2 weeks?



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Seriously. If the "trans-ENDA or die" crowd thinks we're lying about them not having the votes. If they think we wouldn't "sacrifice" ourselves to see their bill pass the same way we've "sacrificed" them to see ours pass. If they think that losing badly in a floor vote does not prejudice your chances to bring a bill up again for years to come. Then here's my proposal: We'll give you our slot in the coming weeks, try to pass your own trans-ONLY ENDA (i.e., an ENDA that only covers trans people and does not cover G, L or B). We keep hearing that America, and Congress, accepts transgendered people as much as they accept gay people. That congress would easily vote for a transgender rights bill. Fine, then do it. Let's have Pelosi and Frank put our GLB ENDA aside and bring up for a committee and floor vote a trans-only ENDA. And if it passes, I'll be the first one cheering. But if you lose and it sets your movement back a decade, so be it. We're all adults here. You guys think you know better than the people who have been working in Washington for decades. Well here's your chance to prove it, without making the rest of us collateral damage.


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