Good News and an Opportunity

Good News and an Incredible Opportunity for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act

A Statement from NCTE Executive Director Mara Keisling After a very long day (long week really) on Capitol Hill, we are very pleased to be able to share some great news. Our allies in Congress have postponed tomorrow's committee action on the substitute Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), giving us more time to win support for the original transgender-inclusive version (H.R. 2015). NCTE expresses appreciation to our Congressional allies for being so open to our calls of solidarity. We also express our deepest appreciation to everyone who has stepped up and joined in sending a very clear message to Congress that we all insist on federal employment protections that protect all LGBT people. We have been handed an amazing opportunity. The entire LGBT community is now focused on passing a fully inclusive ENDA. Transgender people particularly have gotten involved in record numbers. We need to sustain that involvement and indeed turn it up even louder for the next few weeks. We will be continuing to coordinate closely with the growing number of allies who are so intent on seeing victory through with us. It is important that transgender people and allies continue contacting their members of Congress asking them to support ENDA in order to protect all LGBT people. It's working. Keep it up. Step it up. Additional action alerts will be forthcoming.

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