"This month, as we recognize the immeasurable contributions of LGBT Americans, we renew our commitment to the struggle for equal rights for LGBT Americans and to ending prejudice and injustice wherever it exists."
That's from the President's declaration on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride month this June. But other than pretty proclamations, what has this administration actually done to deliver on its promises of the campaign trail?
Miriam Perez of Feministing.com and Cathy Renna, longtime activist and head of Renna Communications, join Laura in studio to talk about the state of things in the LGBT community: Don't Ask Don't Tell, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, marriage equality, and much more.
It gets awfully aggrivating to see no mention of trans rights and trans issues, as though LGBT is simply short for Gay and Lesbian.
I’m trans, and I’m lesbian, and I’m tired of not existing on the lips of people who are claiming they fight for me.
Oh, and by the by, if DADT passes as planned, transitioners will still be discharged.
When as many as 10% of the US population is GLB and as much of 2% of the US population is T, (roughly 7 in 10 of whom are queer in some other way) the paucity of trans commentators and trans issues is, frankly, worrisome.
By Valerie Keefe on August 19th, 2010 at 6:23 pm