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.
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