Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Senate ENDA hearing witness list

OK everyone. What is wrong with the following picture? I do not recognize one Transgender person on this list nor a representative from any Trans or Trans friendly organizations. I sure hope they know what they are doing. There is a hell of a lot at stake!

Committee: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Title: Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Ensuring Opportunity for All Americans
Date: Thursday, November 5, 10:00 a.m.
Place: SD-430
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Hearing File:

Witness Testimony

Panel I
Tom Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Panel II
Helen Norton, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, CO
The Honorable Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Virginia Nguyen, Diversity & Inclusion Team Member, Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR
Mike Carney, Police officer, City of Springfield Police Department, Springfield, MA
Craig Parshall, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, National Religious Broadcasters Association, Manassas, VA
Camille Olson, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Chicago, IL
Posted by De Sube at 11/04/2009 02:46:00 PM
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2 comments:

Sophie said...

I don't know if it would be considered a "trans friendly organization", but Nike would appear to be a trans friendly company. They have a company wide non-discrimination policy, they score 100 on the HRC workplace equality index (at least they did a couple years ago) and they are working on making the workplace there more comfortable for transgender employees and those who are transitioning.

November 4, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Sophie said...

In recent comments on a legal blog Helen Norton pointed out specific discrepancies in a government study on pay discrepancies by gender by referencing a study on the wages of transgendered people. She used that study to show ways in which gender discrimination still occurs in the paycheck.

This doesn't show that she is necessarily trans friendly, but at least she is aware of the problems they have. She seemed to be of the opinion that discrimination was involved and that it was not a good thing.

November 4, 2009 at 4:25 PM

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