May 13 is set as the plenary training and strategy session, and on Monday, May 14, the transgender community will hit Capitol Hill for three days of lobbying. The national board of NTAC will convene on February 17 at the True Spirit Conference in Washington DC to finalize plans and formally kick-off the event. NTAC, the newest national transgender civil rights organization, is pushing for a broad-based collective of family, friends, and helping professionals, intersexed and transgenders of every stripe for a noticeable presence on Capitol Hill.
Conservatives control every branch of government, and are stacking the cabinet with hard-liners.
Now more than ever, we must show Congress that we will not go quietly into the dark night. Truthfully, there is no shot at favorable legislation this congressional session. However, there remains a glaring need for the fundamental education of legislators on transgender and gender variant issues. Underemployment and earnings fluctuations for transsexuals who transition. Prevalence of employment-related discrimination and wrongful termination.