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TGs Included in Initiative

Washington State to Vote on Employment Discrimination

By TGF News Hawks


The Washington (State) Secretary of State announced recently that gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people and family and friends had collected more than the 188,000 signatures needed to qualify a non-discrimination in employment initiative for the November ballot.

If passed, the initiative would make discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation or identity illegal in Washington.

Hands Off Washington (HOW), the organization which planned the initiative and coordinated the signature gathering effort, has hired a campaign manager, begun to raise funds for the campaign, and developed a "300% project." According to Jan Bianchi, executive director of HOW, "We must get 100% of our community registered to vote, 100% of them to the polls, and 100% of them to vote 'Yes on I-677.'"

For a lot more about the history of how Transgenders came to be part of this initiative read Judy Osborne's column on this exciting development

For more information, contact Susan Thomas (Hands Off Washington) at (206) 323-5191.