Kansas ALA Councilor

This is another resolution that will be presented at annual conference.  I haven't seen any discussion on this resolution yet.  Depending on what it says when it actually arrives at Council, I will probably support this resolution.   

Whereas the American Library Association supports Equal Employment
Opportunity 54.3, Inclusiveness and Mutual Respect 54.7, and Gay Rights
54.16, and

Whereas the American Library Association's commitment to Diversity includes
Combating Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination 60.3, and Recruitment
and Retention of Diverse Personnel 60.6, and

Whereas library workers are not federally protected from employment
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or
gender expression, and in fact continue to experience employment
discrimination, and

Whereas for over thirty years, there has been proposed legislation in
Congress to end this discrimination and declare that fairness is a
fundamental American principle, and that it is unfair to fire or refuse to
hire people based on identity, rather than job performance or
qualifications, and

Whereas the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was drafted to remedy
this lack of federal employment protection, and

Whereas H.R. 3685, the version of ENDA passed by the House on November 7,
2007, does not protect library workers from employment discrimination on the
basis of gender identity and expression,

Therefore Be It Resolved that the American Library Association call for the
reinstatement in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) of protections
for transgender persons from employment discrimination on the basis of
gender identity and expression, and

Be it Further Resolved that the American Library Association call for
passage of H.R.2015 or other inclusive version of ENDA by both Houses of
Congress, and

Be It Further Resolved that the American Library Association send this
resolution to members of Congress and other appropriate parties.