(San Francisco, CA, February 24, 2009)— Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) announced that Kate Kendell is a featured author in the American Bar Association special edition of Human Rights Magazine, Shaping the Future: An Agenda for the New President. In her article “Ending Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,” Kendell details the need for existing federal legislation that protects individual rights, including those rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Participating authors were asked to write about various issues that they would like to see the Obama Administration address.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education.