TV Commercials Press Transgender Rights

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon05/12/120105transSpots.htm

A gay and lesbian rights group has bought airtime for a 30-second television ad to back legislation that would expand state anti-discrimination law to include transgender people.

Titled "Carol," Garden State Equality's spot features Carol Barlow, a Clifton woman who claims to have been cold-shouldered by 1,000 potential employers because she is transgender.

"Transgender people are being treated like dirt and it's disgraceful," said Steven Goldstein, the group's chairman. "The passage of this legislation would rank right up there with legalizing marriage of gay couples as one of the top two priorities of New Jersey's gay and lesbian community."

The legislation is currently before the Judiciary committees of both the Assembly and Senate.

[darkmaestro019]

1. (long, hard, loud applause)

Now if you guys would get NJ to allow left turns and make cigs less than seven freakin bucks a pack, I might consider moving there. Beautiful forestlands AND brain activity. Tempting.

[UncleSepp]

2. Yay woohoo!

Maybe they could do something about making it easier to change the gender marker on your driver's license. How can you be expected to live for a year in the target gender before surgery with the wrong gender marker on your driver's license? It means you have to "come out" to every store clerk, bartender, everybody whether you want to or not.