Here is the NCTE [National Center for Transgender Equality] press release of 10/15/07:
House committee meets Tuesday to decide whether or not a version of ENDA that cuts out protections for transgender people will advance in Congress
Your Representative needs to hear from youTODAY!
[ YOU CAN FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE BY LOGGING ONTO 'congress.org" AND TYPE IN YOUR ZIP CODE! -Carolina]
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The earlier version of this email had a broken link to the committee member list. It is so important that you call TODAY, that we are resending the email with the link now working. Apologies for any inconveniences.
~NCTE
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The House Education and Labor Committee is holding a special meeting on Tuesday [Oct. 16] to discuss the strategy proposed by some House leaders to pass an ENDA that cuts out protections for Transgender people. A committee vote on the bill is tentatively scheduled for Thursday.
A list of Committee members is available at:
http://edlabor.house.gov/about/members.shtml Your Representative needs to hear from you TODAY about your opposition to the flawed strategy of advancing a bill that leaves
Transgender people behind.
Call your Representative right now at 202-224-3121, even if you have already called him/her already about this issue. Tell him/her to oppose advancing H.R. 3685, #####
the bill that leaves transgender people behind.
*** Tell him/her to push for a vote on H.R. 2015, *** the transgender-inclusive ENDA, instead!!!!!!!!!!.
Please call today. You have been asked to do a lot in the last few weeks to support Transgender nondiscrimination protections. The action you take today might make the difference.
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against tTansgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to Transgender people. The National Center for Transgender Equality is a 501(c)3 organization. For more information, please visit www.nctequality.org.
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