“Biological gender” (Long-time reader, first-time poster)
I don’t know what Peter Sprigg means by “biological gender”.  Does he mean genetic gender, or (external) anatomical gender? I’m assuming that he means the latter, since that appears to be all that fundamentalists go by to determine one’s “sex”.
Sorry, Mr. Sprigg, it ain’t that easy…do some research on AIS (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome) or 17-B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17-B-HSD)deficiency (among others), and THEN come back and tell us 1) how on earth “reparative therapy” can POSSIBLY resolve their “gender identity disorder” (Sprigg’s quote) and 2) which gender AIS and 17-B-HSD people are…

So. FRC what is my biological sex?What is the biological sex of your members for that matter?
For most people they don’t know and never will. Why? Because sex like gender is a construct used to separate not bring together, and as such we have different definitions of each persons biology in regards to sex.
And unless FRC is worried their sex workers aren’t their preferred gender their point is moot.

The doctor is GodThe talibangelicals believe that the doctor who pronounces your gender is God.  Obviously, doctors are infallible!
Of course, then they’d have to acknowledge AMA Resolution 122 (2008) that affirms the medical condition and pretty much pronounces reparative therapy as bunk.  Doctors wrote that!!!
No, no amount of logic will work on S-pigg and his cronies.  They believe in discrimination, they believe in theocracy, they believe in their right to rule the world.  Even God could not convince them otherwise.  They are God in their little minds.
BTW, HUGE kudos to the Obama admin for finally codifying what many Fortune 500 companies and large non-fundie non-profits already have in their non-discrimination policies.

The Family Research Council, eh?Doesn’t the SPLC class them as a hate group? Why should we give them any more consideration than we would pronouncements by the KKK?

talibangelicalsI’ll be happy to use their own rules of logic against them, since they don’t seem capable of understanding real rational thinking.
I think it’s time to call them on their bluff, since they have all the answers…(the difference is, I don’t claim to have all the answers; that’s why I ask so many questions)

In MD State Senate HearingPeter Sprigg testified against the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination bill at the Maryland State Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee hearing last year. He testified that discrimination is not necessarily bad but neutral. Sen Ranskin, a Law Professor at American Univ, asked if he was aware that Judge Bork made the same argument against the racial anti-discrimination. Always the same old tired, rejected arguments.

No, it’s the Family Research Institute but I don’t know if the Family Research Council is some kind of offshoot from the FRI.

Unfortunately, what Obama does by Executive Orderthe next president can undo.  Unless and until the ENDA is enacted, those protections are temporary.  Everyone needs to lobby their congresscritters on ENDA, often AND LOUDLY.

Tony Perkins Needs Conversion Therapybecause he obviously believes he’s Joan Crawford.
Or maybe he needs an exorcism.

Wow this is huge.. Seriously How I would have loved to have such wording in the works when I applied after 9/11 for a job with the then Dept of Customs. Passed all test with flying colors.. A process of 2 years.. Only to have Scott Bloch appointed by Bush to the Office of special council (removed GLBT protections for fed workers) and a month after his appointment i got a letter saying i was denied employment. Even though i had passed the written, the oral exams with excellent grades. Background check etc..  then suddenly i get a letter saying the doctors at the Dept of Customs determined due to a broken leg from skydiving in 1981 i was unfit for duty.. gave me 30 days to send in evidence from a bone surgeon to verify my fitness.. Even though i finshed my enlistment with the military another 3 years.. so i did what they asked and sent the info into them then have the dept of customs return a answer one month after bushes reelection in 2004 that The doctors who never saw me over rode the doctors i had dealt with in person.. and i was denied employment…
I found if odd that i was offered the job and passed all the required items of employment.  college degree, pass the written test, pass the physical exam (2x’s) plus the visit with the Osteopath, Background check, Cleared by Psychologist to carry weapons, Oral exam, and Personal interview ..  Yet suddenly people who never met me determined me unfit for duty…  it was bull shit it was because We are not or were not till now given some protection in applications for employment.. So Kudos to Obama and his Admin..
I could have really used a good paying job with benefits like I had when I was teaching Science in Oklahoma before being fired… Damn tuff to make it on 11,000 USD a year driving a 5ton truck, and pay for electro at 70dollars an hour, having to pay for hormones out of you own pocket.. and pay your rent and eat…  50,000 a year would have been very nice.. not to mention to be able to serve my country once again..
So the religious people can all go to were they fear most.. for they are making our life’s till recently that place on earth already..  

Tony Perkins does not understand biology . . . . . . or biological sex.
If he did, he would understand that trans people are biologically different from other people assigned to their “birth sex” – trans people are mis-assigned to that sex.
Society expects people to be one of two sexes.
If trans people don’t fit into the one sex, and it has been established that there is a biological brain structural basis for this that can’t be changed, then one alternative is to allow trans people who need to fit into the binary to undergo the necessary HRT and/or surgery to be able to be assigned to the correct sex, rather than to be an “other.”
The Western societal expectauion of the binary is so strong that only those trans people who voluntarily want to eb classified as “other” should do so.  Those who wish the reasonable accomodation of assignment to the sex to which they fit best should be reassigned.

I am so sorry that GWB was inflicted on the countryThe SCOTUS did that.  Al Gore really won Florida, and the 2000 election result was essentially a bloodless coup d’etat, sealed by the diktat of the Supreme Court.

No.I’m assuming that he means the latter, since that appears to be all that fundamentalists go by to determine one’s “sex”.
No.  They go by whichever one lets them cast you as an “other”.  Logic be damned.

The procedure:

A Federal agency cannot discriminate against an employee or applicant with respect to the terms, conditions or privileges of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other factor that is not related to job performance. Discrimination on these bases is prohibited by one or more of the following statutes: 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1), (b)(10); 29 U.S.C. 206(d); 29 U.S.C. 633a; 29 U.S.C. 791; and 42 U.S.C. 200e-16.
If you believe that you have been the victim of unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin or disability, you must contact an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) counselor….
If you are alleging discrimination based on marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other factor that is not related to job performance, you may file a written complaint with the United States Office of Special Counsel (www.osc.gov).

Surfing on over to the OSC, we discover what grounds they are legally permitted to act on.

Twelve prohibited personnel practices, including reprisal for whistleblowing, are defined by law at § 2302(b) of title 5 of the United States Code (U.S.C.). A personnel action (such as an appointment, promotion, reassignment, or suspension) may need to be involved for a prohibited personnel practice to occur. Generally stated, § 2302(b) provides that a federal employee authorized to take, direct others to take, recommend or approve any personnel action may not:
(1) discriminate against an employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicapping condition, marital status, or political affiliation;

USV 2302(b):

(b) Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect to such authority -
(1) discriminate for or against any employee or applicant for employment -
(A) on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, as prohibited under section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16);
(B) on the basis of age, as prohibited under sections 12 and 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 631, 633a);
(C) on the basis of sex, as prohibited under section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d));
(D) on the basis of handicapping condition, as prohibited under section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791); or
(E) on the basis of marital status or political affiliation, as prohibited under any law, rule, or regulation;

So if you’re discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, the President has directed that you complain to the Office of Special Council, where your complaint will be noted.
Now if only they were authorised by law to act on it….

Is it retroactive ? back to 2001 to present ?? ?? inquiring minds wana know  

there is a lawyou have it wrong.  the law at 5 usc 2302(b)(10) makes it illegal to discriminate against federal employees based on conduct that does not affect their job performance–gender identity has no relationship to job performance and so it is illegal.  there is a law and it can be enforced by the office of special counsel

Little bit more on scott bloch http://www.prideatwork.org/pag…

Scott Bloch took office in January 2004. Soon he removed anti-discrimination protections for gay and lesbian federal workers. Even Bloch’s bosses in the Bush White House have said, “Longstanding federal policy prohibits discrimination against federal employees based on sexual orientation. President Bush expects federal agencies to enforce this policy and to ensure that all federal employees are protected from unfair discrimination at work.”

More about Mr Bloch below..
http://dissidentvoice.org/Oct0…
I found it so ironic one month after this mans appointment i was denied employment.. then the Customs held off the appeal till the 2004 election.. Sigh
Mr Bloch a graduate of Ave Maria univ.. case you dont know about Ave maria univ it was in michigan and then moved to Fla were Tom Monaghan is building a Catholic only town.. LOVELY I know lol
 Tom Monaghan now defuncional Ave Maria law school  .. BTW this man is dangerous IMHO .. a theocrat extrodinaire http://www.catholiceducation.o…
I found it so ironic one month after this mans appointment i was denied employment.. then the Customs held off the appeal till the 2004 election.. Sigh
I am tired an this stirs up Hurts i though i burried back 5 or so years ago.. so i realize this is bit helter skelter posting.. but one should really read up on this guy Scott Bloch and his side kick DOMINO pizza man (if you buy dominos and your GLBT shame on you )  

“Now if only they were authorised by law to act on it”Which, of course, they’re not – and there lies the rub with the lysergia of protection via executive order: its only as good as the institution you’re complaining about wants it to be.
Doubtlessly, there will be some high profile token ‘enforcement’ of it to make people think that they’re actually protected when they’re really not – but, until a legitimate ENDA (or other proposal codifying the intent of this order) is law, we’re still third-class semi-citizens.
Having said that, though, as with hate crimes laws/bills, the very existence of such things spurs christianist wingnuts to remind everyone that they are christianist wingnuts.

You could have complained to the TSA civil rights officefiled a complaint, then a lawsuit under EEO. You can still ask for all the records pertaining to your case through FOIA and file suit.

It’s not conductIt’s the fact that you’re Gay. Or Transgendered. It’s not what you do, it’s what you are.
There’s testimony by a director of the OSC to that effect to Congress.