Joe.My.God. LGBT News
“The marriage equality movement has been a success for a lot of reasons.
One of them, no doubt, is branding and framing. And it’s time to learn
from that and apply it to other battles, like the battle against
employment discrimination, which has been a dismal failure. For almost
two decades we’ve tried but failed to get federal workplace protections.
If we truly believe that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people
should be free from fear of being fired at any moment or turned away
from a job simply because of who they are, then we’ve got to, right now,
get rid of the 20-year-old, dull and wretched terminology for the
federal law we’re trying to pass and replace it with something vibrant
and real, something that captivates and connects with the lives of every
American. [snip] Many Americans don’t like banning this or that entity from doing
something, but every American believes in freedom. So let’s get to work
— and rename ENDA the Freedom to Work Act.” – Michelangelo Signorile, writing for the Huffington Post.