Trans Day of Action: “The Rebellion Is Not Over”

Four decades after Stonewall, where is the transgender community? Well, earlier this week, the New York Times reported the Obama administration has begun drafting guidelines that would for the first time protect transgender federal employees from workplace discrimination.

Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank has also just reintroduced a bill that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The inclusion of gender identity in this version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, is seen as an important step by transgender activists. ENDA was introduced in 1994 and first included protections for the transgender community in 2007. It did not pass then, and a subsequent version that lacked the protections based on gender identity passed the House but was not taken up by the Senate.

Well, here in New York, today is the fourth annual Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice. A rally at the Stonewall Inn is planned for this afternoon to, quote, “let the world know, that on the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, the rebellion is not over.”

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