Queer rights groups freaked out, threw a tizzy (understandably), and nixed their support for a workplace discrimination civil rights bill "after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., pulled transgender people from the legislation that would protect gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination." And since nothing says action like an angry missive or online petition, a letter signed by gay groups was sent to Congress yesterday demanding them to rebuff legislation excluding transgender folk, according to the NGLTF.

One argument is that there's a better chance of the bill getting passed if we locked up our trannies (like the controversial and sublime Miss Bambi Lake, pictured here) in the attic.

As the Chronicle also pointed out today, this raises the question of whether or not activism works better with such compromise while taking baby steps toward progress, or just going whole hog all-or-nothing. (Like the riping off a Band-Aid to ease the pain right-quick, we vote for the latter.)