Barney Frank
Why are Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank throwing the transgender community under a train? Frank says it’s because America isn’t ready to have an employment-rights bill include trannies: “there is more resistance to protection for people who are transgender than for people who are gay, lesbian and bisexual.”
This leaves mainstream gay organizations with the prospect of either supporting a bill that actively allows discrimination against trans people — or pulling their support for a bill that protects (some) queer people. There’s a press conference this afternoon on the issue; more to come.