Barney Frank to Introduce Inclusive ENDA next week:

[bicentennial_baby]

An assistant to U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) revealed Wednesday that the congressman will introduce the Employment Non-Discrimination Act next week.

Diego Sanchez, who is transgender and a senior policy adviser to Frank, said the bill will be inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity. He noted it will include the legislative language Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) used in 2007 in an attempt to restore gender identity provisions to an earlier version of the bill.

Sanchez said the new bill will debut with at least eight sponsors, including four Democrats and four Republicans. Among the sponsors are openly gay House members Frank, Baldwin and Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.). The lead Republican sponsor is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida.

http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=25791

[LeftHander]

1. Good news for T folk.....

But we will so how much the GOP haters start screaming and stamping feet.

[Morning Dew]

2. I'd like to be hopeful that the T inclusions remains...

but I'm not optimistic.