From HRC’s website:
In 31 states, it’s still legal to fire someone because they’re gay; in 39 states it is legal to fire someone for being transgender.
Thousands of hardworking GLBT Americans have lost their livelihoods simply because of who they are. The Human Rights Campaign is leading the charge to end this bitter injustice by passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a federal bill that would make it illegal to fire, refuse to hire, or refuse to promote employees simply based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
This historic legislation will be up for a vote in the U.S. House this month. But the radical right is flooding lawmakers with misinformation about ENDA.
You can set the facts straight. Send your lawmakers a message today. Make sure they know passing ENDA is the American thing to do!
This is the letter HRC will send to your Congressman in your name:
Unbelievable! They are passing off HR. 3685 as transgender inclusive (it’s not, gender identity has NEVER been included in 3685) , and asking people to support it! So much for their claim of not supporting 3685, but not opposing it. This is FULL FRONTAL SUPPORT.
I wish the David Smith, Joe Solmonese, and the rest of the HRC crew would just be honest and have the balls to say, “WE DON’T SUPPORT YOU.”
Is a duplicitous ally any better than an honest bigot? I’d rather have someone spit in my face, than smile and knife me in the back.
*update*
HRC has removed the page in question, but you can see it here
In my previous post about the Transgender Day or Remembrance, a couple of commenters said that I’m angry and that “HRC is on your side in the struggle for equality and human dignity for all persons. We are your brothers and sisters.”
On my side, eh? So much for that notion.
14 Comments, Comment or Ping
Kathy
If you yell charge and run up the hill and no one follows; you’re not leading the charge.
You’re just some loon yelling while he runs around .
Nov 1st, 2007
Polar Bear
Let us call HRC by their proper names:
L I A R S.
Nov 1st, 2007
Ally
HRC started actively lobbying for 3685 weeks ago.
Their duplicity is… incredible. It must stop. If they’re so willing to throw trans people overboard, then they need to stop lying, stop speaking lies to Trans audiences, stop lying about their activities, stop fund raising based on their “support” of Trans measures, and take the word Trans off their Home page.
LYING about their anti-trans agenda and raising money around it is a crime, as far as I’m concerned.
Next NYC Pride I’m going to hand out and carry anti-HRC materials.
Nov 2nd, 2007
Val
Note that the campaign has been removed from their site.
I wonder who got to them?
Nov 2nd, 2007
Marti Abernathey
Heh…removed? Naw… nothing ever leaves the internets…;)
http://transadvocate.com/enda/cache.aspx.htm
Nov 3rd, 2007
Lisa Harney
Wow, I am both sickened and completely unsurprised. What the hell is wrong with them?
Can we throw HRC off the bus?
Nov 3rd, 2007
Polar Bear
I can understand being sick over this. Surprised? You don’t know the history. HRC has not changed a bit since 1995, in regards to
T inclusion, except that they began to pretend
to support T in 2001. But, only pretend.
I don’t think people know the history, and I’ve noticed recently that there’s no wonder: it’s no longer online. It needs to get online. In fact,
HRC forced it offline. It’s going back up again.
As for the bus, I saw it coming when I heard about Solomese’s speech at SCC. If someone is
speaking from HRC, a polygraph machine is needed.
Nov 3rd, 2007
Lisa Harney
No, completely unsurprised. As in, I know the history and didn’t expect any different from them.
I didn’t know HRC forced the history offline, though. Monica Roberts has a fairly comprehensive history in her blog.
Nov 4th, 2007
Drakyn
Do you mind if I link to the saved page on the eljay community tranny_rage? I have to have permission before linking (which I just remembered after posting).
Nov 4th, 2007
Marti Abernathey
of course
Nov 4th, 2007
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