Barney Frank to Speak on ENDA Controversy

Published: October 5, 2007, 12:41 pm

Tags: barney frank, discrimination, enda, news, transgender

Representative Barney Frank will appear on Michelangelo Signorile's Sirius radio show at 5:15 pm EST today to talk about the controversy surrounding the ENDA legislation. Jon Davidson of Lambda Legal will be on before Frank, starting at 3:30 EST. A week ago, Frank announced that transgender-inclusion in the LGBT anti-discrimination legislation would be cut because the bill would not have enough votes to pass with transgender people included. This, understandably, set off a firestorm in the LGBT community. On Monday, the House voted to postpone action on ENDA pending further assessment of reaction from the LGBT community. I've tried to gather some of the pieces I've run across regarding the controversy: Lambda Legal's Open Letter to Barney Frank [PDF] Barney Frank on Lambda Legal's analysis [bilerico report] Lambda Legal Responds to Rep Barney Frank [bilerico report] Sole transgender HRC board member Donna Rose on her resignation over HRC's

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