Comments on: ENDA Hearings http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/09/25/enda-hearings/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:17:33 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lea http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/09/25/enda-hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-62827 Lea Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:09:46 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=9064#comment-62827 I found the testimony of Camille Olson particularly interesting in terms of the shortcomings of the ENDA language as written now and its potential impact on the obligations of employers and employees ... She points out needed clarifications and, of course!, all the stuff about toilet/restroom/bathroom issues ... nothing to sneeze at. AND, the mixture in the language and in legal precedents about the conflation or distinctions about "sex" and "gender" usage. I understand that Helen has a clear preference for conflation, but you know how lawyers are ... Lea I found the testimony of Camille Olson particularly interesting in terms of the shortcomings of the ENDA language as written now and its potential impact on the obligations of employers and employees … She points out needed clarifications and, of course!, all the stuff about toilet/restroom/bathroom issues … nothing to sneeze at.

AND, the mixture in the language and in legal precedents about the conflation or distinctions about “sex” and “gender” usage. I understand that Helen has a clear
preference for conflation, but you know how lawyers are …

Lea

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