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First Congressional Hearing on Transgender Issues, Thursday 06/26

The first Congressional Hearing on transgender issues is scheduled for tomorow “An Examination of Discrimination Against Trangender Americans in the Workplace,” watch it through the committee’s live webcast at http://edwork.edgeboss.net/wmedia-live/edwork/16137/300_edwork-2175stream_070124.asx, the hearing takes place at 10:30 am, Eastern time.

Testifying are:

• Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director for National Center for Lesbian Rights (founding member of NCTE)

• Diane Schroer, Retired Colonel, US Army (member of NCTE)

• Diego Sanchez, Director of Public Relations and External Affairs for AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts (Founding Board of Directors for NCTE)

• Sabrina Marcus Taraboletti, Former Space Shuttle Engineer (founding member of NCTE)

• Bill Hendrix, Chair of Gays, Lesbians, and Allies at Dow (GLAD) for Dow Chemical Company

• The minority party has called the following witnesses:

• JC Miller, Partner at Thompson Hine

• Glen Lavy, Senior Counsel for Alliance Defense Fund