BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Staff reporter
The House Committee on Education and Labor held the first congressional hearing on transgender rights June 26 as part of an effort by LGBT advocates and congressional allies to build support within Congress for a trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) bill. Boston’s Diego Sanchez, director of public relations and external affairs for the AIDS Action Committee, testified at the hearing before the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions along with other supporters and opponents of transgender rights.