SFBayTimes.com – By Chris Crain
Gay Americans will go without workplace rights or other legal protections because of the trans-or-bust strategy on ENDA.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank announced this week that they would delay until later this month consideration of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act after some 90 GLBT groups expressed opposition to Frank’s decision to separate gay and trans protections into separate bills.
Frank, the leading gay Democrat in the House, made the move after a head count showed there were not enough votes to pass ENDA if it included transgender protections.