STATEMENT ON THE HOUSE VOTE ON THE EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION ACT
EQUALITY FEDERATION | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Today, for the first time, the United States House of Representatives passed an employment nondiscrimination act that, if enacted, would ban discrimination against most lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people in the workplace. Equality Federation acknowledges three decades of work by our allies in Congress and by national lgbt organizations who have been passionate and determined to bring this civil rights legislation before Congress.

Many lesbian and gay people will celebrate the passage of this legislation, and it certainly reflects progress in the long march toward equality. However, Equality Federation remains steadfast in its opposition to this bill – not because of what it purports to do, but because of what it fails to do. This bill does not ban discrimination based on gender identity – despite the fact that transgender people experience phenomenally high unemployment rates and are the members of our community most in need of employment protections.

Over the past few weeks, Equality Federation and 40 state organizations have stood with over 350 national, state, and local lgbt groups in the United ENDA coalition to urge Congress to pass legislation that bans discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgender workers. Federation member groups educated their constituents about the importance of inclusive legislation, and tens of thousands of equality supporters from across the country contacted their congressional representatives urging passage of an inclusive ENDA.

Equality Federation and state leaders are profoundly disappointed that these voices were not heard. But we are not defeated. The legislation passed today will not become law. Instead, it will be debated and reintroduced in a future session of Congress. Equality Federation and state organizations will continue educational and lobbying efforts to ensure that the ENDA finally enacted will be an inclusive law.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia already ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Only seven of those states do not ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity. Our movement has a great deal of experience passing non-discrimination laws at the state level, and our experience is clear: while it sometimes takes additional time and effort to pass inclusive laws, it is far less certain that laws excluding transgender people will be amended even with significant additional time and effort. Yet transgender people are the members of the lgbt community with the highest unemployment rates – and the greatest need for protection against discrimination.

Today we acknowledge the difficult achievement of taking a key congressional step toward the goal of passing a federal employment nondiscrimination law. Tomorrow, Equality Federation will begin work with all of our allies – both within and beyond the United ENDA coalition – to achieve the goal shared by all organizations within the lgbt community: passage of an inclusive employment discrimination law that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

United ENDA Supports Congresswoman Baldwin’s newly announced efforts to restore gender identity protections to Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced today that she has secured an agreement from the Democratic leadership to introduce an amendment to H.R. 3685 that would restore gender identity protections to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).  The amendment would be considered on the House floor next week, after the bill moves through the House Education and Labor Committee this Thursday.  After her announcement, the United ENDA coalition released the following statement:

Two weeks ago, our community was told that gender identity would not be included in any version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.  Congressional Leadership expected our community to acquiesce.  However, United ENDA effectively communicated the strong opposition of hundreds of organizations and millions of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to leadership's efforts to advance a stripped down version of the bill.

It is because of our unprecedented efforts that new options, such as the proposed amendment by Congresswoman Baldwin, are able to come before Congress.  Members of Congress responded to the successful strategy of our coalition and many expressed their strong desire to vote for an inclusive bill that protects all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. 

Clearly, our preferred strategy is to pass the original ENDA (H.R. 2015) out of committee.  However, if we are faced with a non-inclusive bill following the committee vote, we will work with Congresswoman Baldwin to repair ENDA to include protections on the basis of gender identity.  We appreciate that Congressional leaders like Congresswoman Baldwin continue to share our commitment to pass an inclusive bill, and we expect Speaker Pelosi and the House leadership will actively support the Baldwin amendment.

Resources:

Explanation of the Baldwin Amendment, Transgender People, and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. 10/22/07 (pdf)

The Baldwin amendment 10/22/07 (pdf)

Lobby Report Form 10/22/07 (pdf)

BIRD-DOGGING 101:
Use Your Voice to Get Answers from Policy Makers
10/19/07 (pdf)

Lambda legal analysis of why this bill is bad for the whole community
10/17/07 (doc)

EQUALITY FEDERATION CONTINUES NATIONWIDE PRESSURE ON CONGRESS
State organizations across the country insist on civil rights legislation with full protections, nothing less (pdf)

From NCLR:
Statement from NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell, Esq. (READ)
Talking Points from NCLR (pdf)
Kate's Blog: One Bill, One Vote: The New ENDA Hurts All Of Us (READ)

ENDA Flyer: To help educate (pdf)

People with HIV and their allies support a TRULY INCLUSIVE
Employment Non-Discrimination Act H.R. 2015 10/8/07 (READ)

Equality Federation Statement 10/03/07 (READ)

It’s Your History—Use It!
Talking Points for Tran-Inclusive ENDA Activists (READ/DOWNLOAD PDF)

Legislation Itself: Inclusive Bill is HR 2015
Bad Bill is HR 3685

TransYouth Family Advocates Letter #1 (READ)

TransYouth Family Advocates Letter#2 (READ)

Equality Federation: Executive Director Statement (READ)

News Coverage:

We deserve better
Editorial, Bay Area Reporter Online
Thursday, October 4, 2007 (READ)

ENDA: We've only just begun
Christine Daniels, LA Times Blogs: Woman in Progress
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (READ)

Gay rights groups angered by weaker antidiscrimination bill
Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (READ)

Chairman Andrews on ENDA
by: Jay Lassiter, BlueJersey,com
Tue Oct 02, 2007 at 03:38:40 PM EDT (READ)

Rep. Andrews on ENDA Disintegration "We Don't Have The Votes"
Queerty, October 2, 2007 (READ)

Barney Frank Bails on the Transgender Community
Posted October 1, 2007 | 11:37 AM (EST) (READ)

A Moment of Truth
Bilerico.com, September 29, 2007 (READ)

Press Releases by Empire State Pride Agenda:

9/27/07 READ

09/28/07 READ

Community Letter:

United opposition to sexual-orientation-only employment nondiscrimination legislation
October 1, 2007

Dear Madam Speaker and Representatives:

The undersigned represent the vast and celebrated diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in this country. Some of us are national leaders of organizations with tens of thousands of members and constituents, some of us run the only local organization in our state. But we are united in a common cause: We ask you to keep working with us on an Employment Non-Discrimination Act that protects everyone in our community, and to oppose any substitute legislation that leaves some of us behind.

We ask and hope that in this moment of truth, you will stand for the courage real leadership sometimes demands. You each command enormous respect from all of us and we do appreciate the difficulty of balancing a variety of competing demands. But the correct course in this case and on this legislation is strikingly clear. We oppose legislation that leaves part of our community without protections and basic security that the rest of us are provided.

You told us you supported a fully inclusive ENDA and would bring it up for a vote this year. We expect that you will honor that commitment and we look forward to working together to pass a bill that we can all be proud to support.

Sincerely,

Coalition Members (listed in right column)

List of current co-sponsors of the good ENDA bill

171 Co-Sponsors, their District, and the date they signed on: (READ)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 4/24/2007
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 4/24/2007
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 4/24/2007
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 4/24/2007
Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 6/22/2007
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 7/17/2007
Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 7/30/2007
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 4/24/2007
Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] - 6/7/2007
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 5/23/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 4/24/2007
Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 6/22/2007
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 4/26/2007
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 5/9/2007
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 5/16/2007
Rep Boyda, Nancy E. [KS-2] - 9/19/2007
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 5/2/2007
Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] - 9/19/2007
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 4/24/2007
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 4/24/2007
Rep Carnahan, Russ [MO-3] - 5/16/2007
Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 5/8/2007
Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] - 6/22/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 5/9/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 4/24/2007
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 4/24/2007
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 5/2/2007
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 7/30/2007
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] - 9/5/2007
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 6/26/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 4/24/2007
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 4/24/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 8/2/2007
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 4/24/2007
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 4/24/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 5/2/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 4/24/2007
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 7/30/2007
Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 5/8/2007
Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 4/24/2007
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 4/24/2007
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 4/24/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 4/24/2007
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 4/24/2007
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 4/24/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 7/11/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 4/24/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 5/2/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 4/24/2007
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 6/7/2007
Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY-20] - 6/26/2007
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 4/24/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 5/1/2007
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 9/19/2007
Rep Hall, John J. [NY-19] - 8/1/2007
Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 6/15/2007
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 6/28/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 4/24/2007
Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 6/28/2007
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 4/24/2007
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 4/24/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 4/24/2007
Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] - 5/1/2007
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 5/1/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 4/24/2007
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 4/24/2007
Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] - 9/4/2007
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 9/4/2007
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 5/16/2007
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 5/9/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 4/24/2007
Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] - 7/17/2007
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 4/24/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 4/24/2007
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 5/1/2007
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 4/26/2007
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 5/2/2007
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 4/24/2007
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 5/1/2007
Rep Klein, Ron [FL-22] - 5/23/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 9/5/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 4/24/2007
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 5/24/2007
Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 9/26/2007
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 5/23/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 4/26/2007
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 4/24/2007
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 7/11/2007
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 4/24/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 4/24/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 4/26/2007
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 4/26/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 4/24/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 4/24/2007
Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 4/24/2007
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 5/9/2007
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 9/4/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 4/24/2007
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 4/24/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 4/24/2007
Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 7/11/2007
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 4/26/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 4/24/2007
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] - 9/26/2007
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 6/13/2007
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 4/24/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 7/17/2007
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 5/23/2007
Rep Mitchell, Harry E. [AZ-5] - 7/19/2007
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 4/24/2007
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 7/11/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 4/24/2007
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 4/26/2007
Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 5/16/2007
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 4/24/2007
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 5/1/2007
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 4/24/2007
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 4/24/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 4/24/2007
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 4/24/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 4/24/2007
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 4/24/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 4/26/2007
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 6/28/2007
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 9/5/2007
Rep Pryce, Deborah [OH-15] - 4/24/2007
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 4/24/2007
Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 6/22/2007
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] - 6/28/2007
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 4/24/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 5/1/2007
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 7/19/2007
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 8/1/2007
Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 7/17/2007
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 4/24/2007
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 7/11/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 5/1/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 4/24/2007
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 5/8/2007
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 6/7/2007
Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7] - 5/1/2007
Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 4/24/2007
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 5/2/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 5/8/2007
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 4/24/2007
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 5/23/2007
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 6/7/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 6/13/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 6/26/2007
Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 5/8/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 5/9/2007
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 6/7/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 5/16/2007
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 9/19/2007
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 4/26/2007
Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 6/26/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 4/24/2007
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 5/1/2007
Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1] - 6/28/2007
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 5/9/2007
Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 5/16/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 7/17/2007
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 7/19/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 4/24/2007
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 5/1/2007
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 6/15/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 4/24/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 5/16/2007
Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 4/24/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 4/24/2007
Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 6/13/2007

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National Organizations
National Association of LGBT Community Centers
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Coalition for LGBT Health
National Coalition for the Homeless
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
National Education Association's Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Caucus
National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Inc.
National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
National Sexuality Resource Center
National Stonewall Democrats
National Student Genderblind Campaign
National Transgender Advocacy Coalition
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
Advocates for Youth
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
Al-Fatiha Foundation for LGBTIQ Muslims
The American Federation of Teachers Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Caucus
American Institute of Bisexuality
American Veterans For Equal Rights
Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice
Atticus Circle
Bi Mental Health Professionals Association
Bi Writers Association
BiNet USA
Bisexual Resource Center
Campus Pride
Center for Constitutional Rights
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS)
COLAGE (Children of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere)
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)
Consolidated Association of Pride (C.A.P.I.)
The Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
Deaf Queer Resource Center
DignityUSA
Equality Federation
Equality Project Investor Advocates
eQualityGiving.org
Faith In America, Inc.
Families United Against Hate
Family Equality Council (formerly Family Pride Coalition)
Freedom to Marry
FTM International
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Gay Liberation Network
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
Gay-Straight Alliance Network
Gender Odyssey
GenderPAC
Gender Education Center
GenderQueer Revolution
Gender Spectrum Education and Training
Generation Y
GLSEN - the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Health and Wholeness Advocacy office of the United Church of Christ
Health Initiatives for Youth (HIFY)
Immigration Equality
The International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators
International Court Council of the United States
International Federation of Black Prides
International Foundation for Gender Education
Jewish Mosaic: National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
Keshet
KnowThyNeighbor
La Fraternitie du Loup-Garou
Lambda Legal
The Lavender Caucus of the Green Party
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch
Lutherans Concerned/North America
MAGNET (Media Advocates Giving National Equality To Trans)
Matthew Shepard Foundation
Marriage Equality USA
Mautner Project: the National Lesbian Health Organization
Metropolitan Community Churches
More Light Presbyterians
New Ways Ministry
Out4Immigration
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
PFLAG Transgender Network (PFLAG TNET)
Pride At Work, AFL-CIO
Pride Foundation
Queer Muslim Revolution
Queers for Economic Justice
QueerToday.com
QSpirit
Reconciling Ministries Network (United Methodists)
Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing
Room for All
Sigma Phi Beta Fraternity
Soulforce
Soulforce Q
Stop Abuse For Everyone
Straight Spouse Network
TransEpiscopal
Transgender American Veterans Association
Transgender, Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project
Transgender Health Alliance (International)
Transgender Law and Policy Institute
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund
TransYouth Family Advocates
The Trevor Project
Unid@s
The United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns
US Human Rights Network
Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
Woodhull Freedom Foundation
World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Inc. (WPATH)

State/Regional Organizations
Alabama Gender Alliance
ALLGO-A Statewide Queer People of Color Organization in Texas
Alliance For Full Acceptance – South Carolina
Arizona Transgender Alliance
Basic Rights Oregon
California Faith for Equality
Center Advocates (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Citizens For Equal Protection (Nebraska)
Colorado Stonewall Democrats
Colorado Stonewall Democrats Transgender Caucus
Common Bond New Mexico Foundation (Albuquerque, NM)
Community of Welcoming Congregations (OR, WA)
Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition
D.C. Anti Racist Action
Democratic Party of Oregon Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Caucus
Emerald City Transgender Social Club (Seattle, WA)
Empire State Pride Agenda (New York)
Equal Rights Colorado
Equal Rights Washington
Equality Advocates Pennsylvania
Equality Alabama
Equality Arizona
Equality California
Equality Florida
Equality Illinois
Equality Maine
Equality Maryland
Equality New Mexico
Equality North Carolina
Equality Ohio
Equality South Dakota
Equality Texas
Equality Utah
Equality Virginia
Fair Wisconsin
Faith Family Fairness Alliance – Minnesota
Florida’s Advocacy Coalition for Transgender Equality (FACT: Equality)
Forward Montana
The Freedom to Marry Coalition of Massachusetts
FTMI Ohio
Garden State Equality (New Jersey)
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools (Wisconsin)
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Washington State
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of Colorado
Gender Identity Center Of Colorado
Gender Rights Advocacy Association of New Jersey
Georgia Equality
Granite State Stonewall Democrats (New Hampshire)
Idaho Equality Committee of Your Family Friends and Neighbors
Illinois Gender Advocates (IGA)
Indiana Equality
Indiana Fairness Alliance
Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance
Iowa Pride Network (State of Iowa)
It's Time-North Carolina
Kentucky Fairness Alliance
The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (California)
Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington
Love Makes A Family (Connecticut)
Marriage Equality Rhode Island
Massachusetts Chapter of The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA)
Massachusetts Lesbian & Gay Bar Association
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
MEGA Family Project (Georgia)
Michigan Equality
Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
Montana Human Rights Network
New England Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Veterans, Inc.
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition
New Hampshire Transgender Resources for Education and Empowerment (NH TREE)
New Jersey Lesbian & Gay Coalition
New Jersey Stonewall Democrats
New Mexico GLBT Centers
New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA)
New York Trans Rights Organization
The Northeast Gender Alliance (New York)
Oklahomans for Equality
Oregon Stonewall Democrats
One Iowa
OutFront Minnesota
OutReach, Inc. (Wisconsin)
PA Diversity Network
PinkEssence Chapter of Minnesota
The Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance (PA-GALA)
PFLAG South Carolina
PFLAG-New Hampshire
PROMO (Missouri)
Pride At Work, Martin Luther King County WA Chapter
R.U.1.2? Community Center (Vermont)
Religious Coalition for Equality-Washington State
Santa Cruz County Task Force for LGBTIQ Youth (Santa Cruz, CA)
Stonewall DFL (Minnesota)
S. U. R. E. Foundation (New Mexico)
SAFE-NH (Stop Abuse For Everyone, New Hampshire)
SC Gay & Lesbian Pride Movement
South Carolina Equality Coalition
Southern California Community of Transgender Individuals
Tennessee Chapter of Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA)
Tennessee Equality Project
Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition
The Tennessee Vals
Texas Association of Transsexual Support
Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus
Tiffany Club of New England
Trans Carolina (South and North Carolina)
Transgender Education Association of Greater Washington D.C. (TGEA)
Transgender Equality Rights Initiatives-Florida
Transgender Law Center (California)
TransGender Michigan
TransOhio
Triangle Foundation (Michigan)
Trikone Northwest (Pacific Northwest)
True Colors, Inc. (Connecticut)
The Twenty Club (Connecticut)
University of Minnesota Transgender Commission
Utah Pride Center (State of Utah)
Vermont TransAction (Burlington, VT)
Washington Gender Alliance (Washington State)
Washington State Stonewall Democrats
Wisconsin Group Working for Equality
Wyoming Equality

Local Organizations
A Chance For Change (Substance Abuse Education and Prevention)
Affirmations (Detroit, MI)
Albuquerque Pride
Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
Ally Action (San Francisco Bay Area)
Alternative Counseling Center
AMBI (Los Angeles)
American Federation of Teachers - Michigan Local 3550 (Graduate Employees' Organization)
Audre Lorde Project (New York City)
Bennington Pride Coalition (Bennington VT)
BIENESTAR (Southern California)
Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center (Silicon Valley, CA)
Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth
Campus Alliance for Progress
Center on Halsted (Chicago, IL)
Chattanooga, TN LGBT Center
Chicago Gender Society
Christopher Street West / Los Angeles Pride
Concord Outright (New Hampshire)
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah (NYC)
Coqsure (Portland, OR)
Crystal Club (Central Ohio)
Delta Lambda Phi, National Social Fraternity for Gay, Bisexual and Progressive Men, Rho Chapter (Long Beach, CA)
District 202: GLBT Youth Center (Minneapolis, MN)
The Diversity Center (Santa Cruz, CA)
Eleanor Roosevelt Stonewall Democrats of Orange County California
Elections Committee for the County of Orange (ECCO)
Eon Youth Lounge (Southern Arizona)
EqualityToledo Community Action
Feminist Toolshed (The University of Michigan)
Fight OUT Loud (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
FTM Alliance of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
FTMI San Buenaventura
FTMI San Diego
Lou Sullivan Society (San Francisco)
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada
Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County (NJ)
Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley
Gay City Health Project (Seattle, WA)
GenderPeace (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Goodrum Project (Southern Arizona)
Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA)
Harvard University Transgender Task Force
Harvey Milk Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Democratic Club (San Francisco, CA)
Healthy Teen Network
Houston Equal Rights Alliance
Houston GLBT Political Caucus
Houston Transgender Unity Committee
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center
Huron Valley Greens (Ann Arbor, MI)
Ingersoll Gender Center (Seattle, WA)
Inland Counties Stonewall Democrats (California)
Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Jefferson County Democrats GLBT Caucus (Jefferson County, Colorado)
Kaleidoscope Youth Center (Columbus, OH)
Kansas City Anti-Violence Project
KhushDC
Knox Boyz of East Tennessee
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (NYC)
Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland
Liberty City Democratic Club (Philadelphia, PA)
Lighthouse Community Center (Hayward, CA)
The LOFT: the LGBT Community Center (Hudson Valley, NY)
Long Island Lesbian Cancer Initiative (LILCI)
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
Madison Area Transgender Association (Madison, Wisconsin)
Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
Muhlenberg College Gay Straight Alliance (Allentown, PA)
National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Network/La Red (Boston, MA)
New York Area Bisexual Network (NYABN)
Northeastern PA Rainbow Alliance
Northern Arizona Pride Association
Northwest PA Trans Group
Our Family Coalition (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
OutFront! (Philadelphia, PA)
Pacific Center for Human Growth (San Francisco East Bay Area)
Perpetual Transition (Memphis, TN)
PAGE (Peak Area Gender Expressions) of Colorado Springs
Pink & Blues of Philadelphia
PFLAG Bryan/College Station ( TX )
PFLAG Dayton, Ohio
PFLAG Detroit (MI )
PFLAG Grass Valley (CA)
PFLAG Lake Havasu City AZ
PFLAG Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)
Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center (Pride Center of Colorado Springs)
Pride At Work, L.A. (Los Angeles, CA)
Pride At Work, Martin Luther King County, WA Chapter
The Pride Center (Akron, OH)
PRIDE Institute of Texas
Queer Asian Pacific Alliance (Boston, MA)
Queers Without Borders, Hartford Connecticut
Rainbow Center (Tacoma, WA)
Rainbow Network (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Rainbow River Pride, Lake Havasu City AZ
Resource Center of Dallas (North Texas)
Rockway Institute
The San Antonio Gender Association (South Texas)
San Diego Democratic Club
San Diego LGBT Community Center
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
Satrang (Southern California)
Seacoast Outright (New Hampshire)
Seattle GLBT Community Center
Silicon Valley LGBT Democratic Club
Social Welfare Action Alliance (The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
South Bay Transmen (San Jose, CA)
Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA) (Southern Arizona)
SpeakOUT (Central Ohio)
SpeakOut Boston
Stonewall Columbus (Columbus, OH)
Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City
Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio
Stonewall Democrats, University of Michigan Chapter
Trans Equality LA
TransActive Education & Advocacy
Transcendence (Bowling Green State University)
TransFamily of Cleveland
Transgender Advocacy And Services Center Of San Diego
Transgender at Work
Transgender Detroit
Transgender Health Action Coalition (Greater Delaware Valley)
Transgender Health Empowerment, Inc. (Washington DC)
TransMasculine Community Network
Triangle Community Center (Norwalk, CT)
UNITE Fort Lauderdale
University of California, San Diego LGBT Resource Center
University of Michigan Health System Pride Network, Employee Resource and Patient Advocacy Group (Ann Arbor, MI)
Utah State University’s GLBTA Services
Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project (WRAP)
Wilson Resource Center (Arnolds Park, IA)
Wingspan Anti-Violence Project (Southern Arizona)
Wingspan LGBT Community Center (Southern Arizona)

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