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Monday, October 8, 2007 12:00 AM

How did the T get in LGBT?

The 30-year fight for a federal gay civil rights law may fail because activists insist on including rights for transgendered people too. Has gay inclusiveness gone too far too fast?

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  • Sunday, October 7, 2007 06:40 PM

    Easy to say for those not left behind

    I don't know that I see a logical reason that the T joined the LGB, and I've found some in the LGB community that have about as much understanding of T issues as James Dobson. What is disappointing is that the T community has supported the rest of the LGB community for so long, to be told, for a bill that will not be passed anyway, that we are holding you back is insulting and, frankly, selfish. So in order to get less far from being able to overturn a presidential veto, the T's got tossed under the bus. "Thanks for the help, but you're holding us back now. But trust us, we'll be back to help you... One of these days... Freaks." It's easy for you to say John, because you aren't the one being sacrificed.

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