"When we ignore the calling, when we ignore the truth, when we ignore our experience of ourselves of somehow mysteriously transcending the binary gender system, a deep psychological and spiritual wound is inflicted." ------St.Claire
“Like dogs chasing our own tails, We are bedeviled by the ‘why’ question, which conjures up its twin, the devilish ‘how’, how to change. The pursuit of happiness becomes the pursuit of answers to the wrong questions.”
--—James Hillman
The City of Denver held public hearings on an anti-discrimination ordinance inclusive of gender identity on August 21, 2001.
City of Denver, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Commission. The GLBT Commission enhances the social, economic and political quality of life in Denver by assisting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the attainment of equality and full opportunity. It empowers the GLBT Community through coalition building and disseminating information and other resources. The primary focus is legislation and other public policy affecting the GLBT Community. Read the Denver County Anti-Discrimination Ordinance.
The Colorado Legal Initiatives Project (CLIP) and the Denver Anti-Discrimination Office in association with GLBT activist groups are working together to protect the rights of transgender persons in Denver.
New Jersey Supreme Court finds that an employer cannot discriminate on the basis of sexual identity or gender. "These consolidated appeals arise from the summary judgment dismissal of two complaints filed by plaintiff Carla Enriquez, a male-to-female transsexual, for wrongful termination of her employment as medical director of a learning behavior center owned and managed by the various corporate and individual defendants. Most significantly, this appeal raises the novel issues of whether gender dysphoria or transsexualism is a handicap under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 through -49 ("LAD"), and whether the LAD precludes an employer from discriminating on the basis of someone's sexual identity or gender. We answer both questions in the affirmative and reverse and remand for further proceedings." (Argued May 31, 2001 - Decided July 3, 2001) The case summary can be found at http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/A2017-99.htm.
Political Activist and Legal Resources
The Colorado Legal Initiatives Project (CLIP) at the Center.
Legal Director: Michael Brewer
Business Address: 234 Broadway, Denver, CO 80209
Mailing Address: PO Box 9798, Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-282-5602
E-mail: clipmb@aol.com
Website: www.coloradoglbt.org