No cross-dresser left behind
Pelosi backtracks after homosexual groups cry foul over exclusion of transsexuals from bill barring employment discrimination
October 4, 2007

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has drawn the anger of some homosexual activists by removing "transgenders" from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would force employers to hire, retain, and promote homosexual employees even if they find "gay" behavior unsuitable or morally objectionable.

While Pelosi, D-San Francisco, favors the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, she has said she fears that the inclusion of "gender identity" (distinct from sexual orientation) would heighten controversy and threaten passage of the legislation.

The definition of transgender includes cross-dressers, people who have surgically destroyed all or part of their sexual anatomy, and others who are emotionally distressed about their bodily identity. the rest