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"History suggests that once discriminatory barriers begin to fall, legal equality (which is very different from real-world equality) usually follows. Eventually, this historical period of partially illegal and partially legal transgender termination will look like an anomaly or interregnum. "
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https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/transgender-americans-legal-equality-discrimination-1.48012784

Transgender Americans are still waiting for legal equality In June, you'll recall, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Title VII prohibition on workplace discrimination "because of s*x" covers transgender people. You might think that, as a result, this form

“Fifty years ago, the ERA’s chances were poisoned by the choices of a few powerful male leaders in Washington and in state legislatures. Now similar forces are poised to do it all over again.”

Op-Ed: Now, as in the 1970s, it's men, not women, who will defeat the Equal Rights Amendment There are a record high number of women in Congress, but men hold the power over the ERA.

“Whether in the UK or the US, revisionist history can be very powerful in completely erasing someone’s imperfections and faults. It’s worth examining the shortcomings of our feminist heroes. That doesn’t make what they did within the movement less important. It just recognises where their blind spots were and encourages us to know and do better.”

Mrs America's Uzo Aduba: 'It's worth examining the shortcomings of our feminist heroes' Shirley Chisholm was a woman of many firsts. She was the first black woman elected to Congress, the first black candidate to seek the presidency, and the first woman, full-stop, to participate in a US presidential debate. She introduced more than 50 pieces of legislation, most championing racial, ec...