How Hillary Clinton Moved Trans Rights Forward

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Samantha Allen03.24.161:05 AM ET



In 2011, a transgender woman working in the Illinois construction industry wrote an email to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (PDF).


“I have applied at well over 300 job openings since 2007,” she wrote. “I was able to get about a dozen interviews and as soon as they found out I was a transgender person, all bets were off.”


Even though Illinois is one of 19 states that prohibits discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identity, she explained, “the truth of the matter is you cannot work for someone that does not want you there.”


The woman goes on to describe how a subtle but significant change in U.S. passport policy helped her gain employment.


In June 2010, as the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) notes, Secretary Clinton’s State Department began allowing transgender people to change passport gender markers with a physician’s certification that they had received “appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition.” For the first time, sex reassignment surgery (SRS) was not required to make the correction.

Much More Here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/24/how-hillary-clinton-moved-trans-rights-forward.html

[Her Sister]

1. There goes HRC! at it again!

A FAN!!!

[Iliyah]

2. K & R

[Her Sister]

3. would a Republican SoS had done this?

This little detail that facilitated in domino fashion the betterment of position for transgenders!!

Me thinks not!

Clinton herself hasn’t claimed a tremendous amount of responsibility for advancing transgender rights in the United States, nor should she. The progress of recent years can be attributed to a long history of transgender activism and to key players in the Obama administration, of which the former secretary of state is just one.

But with transgender rights on the line across the country, Clinton’s role shouldn’t be forgotten, either. Six years ago, her State Department added momentum to a movement that has protected transgender people’s jobs and helped them travel abroad. As her childhood friend wrote, that should indeed be something to be proud of.

[sheshe2]

4. Exactly right, Her Sister.

[Cha]

5. Mahalo Hillary!

Thank you for this very important news for Transgender Rights, she!

[fleabiscuit]

6. Excellent read. Thank you. eom

[Hekate]

7. I'm so proud of Hillary