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		<title>ENDA And Hate Crimes Go To The Back Of The Bus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday Jason Bellini of the Daily Beast reported that  the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) had made a deal with the Obama Administration to delay repealing the Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; (DADT) policy in an effort to focus on the federal hate crimes bill and Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). I thought it sounded too good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ll Come Back, Really&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<title>Taking Pot Shots At Trans Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<title>Hero Worship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What makes us heroic? Confronting simultaneously our supreme suffering and our supreme hope.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Over the past few years, the transgender community has had its share of reports of heroism from Mara Keisling and Lisa Mottet of the National Gay &#38; Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) about the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Rep. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Observations From A Protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Don&#8217;t you know you&#8217;re talking about a revolution, sounds like a whisper” — “Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution,” Tracy Chapman Well, finally woke up from a nap after a tough weekend protesting the Human Rights Campaign National Banquet in Washington DC. On one hand, I hate these last-minute actions where you have to travel halfway across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Déjà Vu All Over Again!?!  Do We Hafta???</title>
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		<comments>http://www.transadvocate.com/deja-vu-all-over-again-do-we-hafta.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“So I get on my knees and pray … we won’t get fooled again!” — the Who Fresh on the heels of Southern Comfort Conference (SCC), many of the transgender community reveled in what seemed a penultimate victory: HRC – yes, the Human Rights Campaign – was actually appearing to take the transgender community as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Put Up Or Shut Up Time</title>
		<link>http://www.transadvocate.com/its-put-up-or-shut-up-time.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.transadvocate.com/its-put-up-or-shut-up-time.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Washington Blade: &#8220;House Democratic leaders are strongly considering dropping anti-discrimination protections for transgender persons from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, after an internal Democratic head count on Wednesday found that the bill would likely be defeated if it included the trans provision, multiple sources familiar with the bill said. &#8220; In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR 1592 PASSES THE HOUSE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 18:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[237-180 Congrats to all who worked on the House version! Now on to the Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Just A Tranny&#8230; And You Always Will Be</title>
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		<comments>http://www.transadvocate.com/youre-just-a-tranny-and-you-always-will-be.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marti Abernathey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we&#8217;ve got a trans-inclusive ENDA, time to celebrate! Or so I thought, till I actually looked at the language. Section 8(a)(3) CERTAIN SHARED FACILITIES- Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish an unlawful employment practice based on actual or perceived gender identity due to the denial of access to shared shower or [...]]]></description>
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