Transgendered HRC Council Members announce resignations from the HRC and the formation of a new Transgender Organization

In an open letter to the GLBTQ community, members of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and others,
Ranking HRC members Donna Rose and Jamison Green formally announced their resignation as members of the HRC business council.
The resignation comes as a response due to HRC's recent sponsoring of a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that did not include Transgender rights.
Previous versions of the bill did include such rights, however due to reasons given that there were not enough representatives to pass a Trans. inclusive bill, the Trans. measures were dropped.
The outcry over the dropping of the "T" from the bill has effectively led to a split within the GLBTQ community. With the "Barney-Franks/HRC" on one side and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and supporters on the other.
Donna Rose and Jamison Green were the only Transgendered people on the HRC board, and the decision to support a version of ENDA that did not include Trans. rights was cited as the primary reason for the resignations.
The letter expresses thanks for the time served on the Business Council, as well as assures members of theLGBT community that this action "...in no way diminishes our commitment either to the transgender community or to ensuring that workplaces have access to professional training, support and guidance on transgender issues."
The letter also announces the formation of a new organization whose "sole purpose is to provide ongoing education on transgender issues for businesses, governmental agencies, NGOs, and educational institutions."
The new organization is to be called the Transgender Education Partnership (www.transeducate.com)
to see the letter, go here

Comments:
S.2 says:
In some ways I think this is a double-edge sword leaning on the good side.
I think they are right, that we cannot, and should not rely on the rest of the GLBTQ community to support us and our rights.
For one thing, I have heard the comments of some prominent Lesbians in our local community where I live, that as the gay/lesbian/bi community has gotten main-stream acceptance, the leadership of those organizations, and those leaders who were very active in the 60’s through 90’s have gotten lax and less motivated as they have been more and more accepted.
However Trans have not.
Not nearly as much anyway, and we still have our work cut out for us.
I don’t think we can rely on the big LGB organizations to do the heavy lifting for us anymore.
We need to do it ourselves.
This is a good thing in my opinion, as I believe it will cause or community to organize itself in ways that have not happened before, and create more “for trans, by trans” organizations and services which will no doubt be better and more accurate as they will be offered for and by the Trans. community.
We should not alienate the LGB groups, but we should be able to stand on our own feet. and take a stance if necessary.
Personally I’m for the Idea of 3′rd Gender. A way to organize our stance outside of the traditional Dualism.
The biggest question I have is why the Barney/Franks chose to divide the community over a bill that is guaranteed not to pass. It will certainly be vetoed even if it passes the senate. Why put your foot down over a bill that is going nowhere?
Why not wait a year, and a new president?