Granted I am a PE, Professional Engineer, and have been for a very long time. I hold no real opinion either way with regards to ENDA, though if I were find it on a ballot, I would push the lever in the affirmative. One thing I know for an absolute certainty is that employment discrimination laws without affirmative action are simply useless.
Much as been said with regards to civil rights legislation and the success of blacks in the work place...but there was affirmative action. There were millions of people of color in the work force who were undoubtedly discriminated against; that is not the case with transgender and transsexual folks.
Prior to equal employment opportunity legislation, employers pretty much did what they wanted. After a few well publicized law suits, employers everywhere wised up. If an employer wants to terminate someone, they are now certainly intelligent enough to make sure they do so within EEO guidelines. But, more to the point, I can't imagine working at a place where I'm not wanted.
ENDA will not change anything for the gender variant, TS or TG, with well over a hundred major metropolitan areas and several states already having such legislation it hasn't even dented the unemployment of that group. Transsexuals realize they have to work, and do whatever is necessary to find employment...and for the most part, particularly post op TS, they do find employment, without the protections of ENDA type legislation.
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Much as been said with regards to civil rights legislation and the success of blacks in the work place...but there was affirmative action. There were millions of people of color in the work force who were undoubtedly discriminated against; that is not the case with transgender and transsexual folks.
Prior to equal employment opportunity legislation, employers pretty much did what they wanted. After a few well publicized law suits, employers everywhere wised up. If an employer wants to terminate someone, they are now certainly intelligent enough to make sure they do so within EEO guidelines. But, more to the point, I can't imagine working at a place where I'm not wanted.
ENDA will not change anything for the gender variant, TS or TG, with well over a hundred major metropolitan areas and several states already having such legislation it hasn't even dented the unemployment of that group. Transsexuals realize they have to work, and do whatever is necessary to find employment...and for the most part, particularly post op TS, they do find employment, without the protections of ENDA type legislation.