CommonDreams.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 5, 2007
12:44 PM
CONTACT: EQCA / NCLR / TLC
Ali Bay, Equality California 916.284.9187 ali@eqca.org
Calla Devlin, NCLR 415.392.6257 x324
Mobile: 415.205.2420 cdevlin@nclrights.org
Masen Davis, Transgender Law Center 415.738.6168 masen@transgenderlawcenter.org
150 Organizations to Announce Launch of United ENDA, a Nationwide Campaign to Ensure Transgender Protections Remain in Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Washington – October 5 –The National Center for Lesbian Rights, Equality California, and the Transgender Law Center joined the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Equality Federation, the National Center for Transgender Equality, PFLAG, the Stonewall Democrats, and more than 150 other organizations in announcing the launch of a united campaign to win passage of a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), H.R. 2015. Called United ENDA, the campaign continues the unprecedented display of unity in our community over the past week, as organizations and individuals from across the country have joined together to oppose any efforts to weaken ENDA by removing protections for gender identity and expression, which would be particularly devastating for transgender people.