WashBlade.com – By Lou Chibbaro Jr.
But some urge celebrities to boycott HRC dinner in New York
Leaders of a newly formed coalition of nearly 400 gay and transgender advocacy groups that criticized Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) last fall have vowed to redouble efforts to help pass a trans-inclusive gay rights bill.
About 80 officials of the United ENDA Coalition, attending the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force’s annual Creating Change Conference in Detroit Feb. 6-10, reiterated their strong opposition to Pelosi and Frank’s decision to push through a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, that left out protections for transgender persons.