Congresswoman Advocates for Transgender Rights
A House committee is considering an employment anti-discrimination bill that includes protection for gays and lesbians, but not for transgender people. Some in the gay community argue that the exclusion is necessary to increase the bill's chance for passage.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, the only openly gay woman in Congress, plans to introduce an amendment to put transgender people back in.
Baldwin talks with Michele Norris.
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