Comments on: G.W. Argues Over Transgender Rights http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/04/16/gw-argues-over-transgender-rights/ Sex and Gender in D.C. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:24:38 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Bob Summersgill http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/04/16/gw-argues-over-transgender-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-5352 Bob Summersgill Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:08:43 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/?p=3614#comment-5352 Professor Banzhaf has done an enormous amount of good for equal rights and health over the years, but he is wrong in this case, just as he was wrong in 1989-1990 when we worked to add "sexual orientation" as an explicit category in the University's non-discrimination policy. Fortunately, in that fight, we had another Law School professor advocating for us, Mary Cheh, now a D.C. Councilmember. The best thing for the University is to simply copy the language of the D.C. Human Rights Act, which they are subject to in any event, and live up to the law and respect the dignity and rights of all students. Professor Banzhaf has done an enormous amount of good for equal rights and health over the years, but he is wrong in this case, just as he was wrong in 1989-1990 when we worked to add "sexual orientation" as an explicit category in the University's non-discrimination policy.

Fortunately, in that fight, we had another Law School professor advocating for us, Mary Cheh, now a D.C. Councilmember.

The best thing for the University is to simply copy the language of the D.C. Human Rights Act, which they are subject to in any event, and live up to the law and respect the dignity and rights of all students.

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