I’m sorry C.P.T.L., Frank’s comments are strikingly lucid.  Progressive causes have made poor headway in this country over the past twenty years specifically because the most strident and passionate parties in each enterprise have destabilized and fractured each coalition’s focus.  I expect less than half of the country can even articulate what it means to be transgender, are familiar with the surguries, hormonal treatments, and even psychotherapy involved in the process.
Why arrest progress in the name of utopia?  The obviously limited hate crimes bill Frank advocates would protect millions and expedite further political action to protect transgender people in the future.

Politicians have to deal with the fact that change is difficult and incremental in a democracy.  If you aren’t willing to compromise, then why should anyone else in our society compromise with you?

Wow, not one comment.  OK.  I won’t make one either.