Barney Frank, everyone's favorite gay gay gay US senator, dropped transgender rights from the EmployBarney Frank, everyone's favorite gay gay gay US senator, dropped transgender rights from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. ENDA would make it illegal for an employee to be fired or not promoted because of his or her sexual orientation. Frank's reasoning is that, without offering protection to transgender employees, the bill actually has a chance of passing in Congress. Whatever the case may be, we worry Frank doesn't really give a crap about transgender rights and sees the transgender community as a "burden" to his quest of securing civil and political rights for straight-seeming gay men.
But you know who really doesn't really give a crap about transgender rights?
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