From the mouth of Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) at last week's Atlanta Stonewall Democrats Luncheon when asked what could GLBT Democrats expect from the new Democratic Congress.

1. No more Federal Marriage Amendment (sometimes referred to by its achronym "FMA"), the new Congress has much more important things on its agenda like raising the minimum wage and toughening Ethics laws.

2. Re-Passage of the Federal Hates Crimes legislatiion with transgenger inclusion/gender identity/expression. This is a huge win for our community especially now that our trans brothers & sisters have been added to the protection.

3. Re-engagement on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, while the Act will include sexual orientation, there will be no provision for transgender :-(, small moves I guess, I'm just glad they'll actually be talking about it again.

I'm a big fan of no more than 3 goals or objectives, especially for a 2-year Congress, and I'll be extremely happy if the 3 things above come completely true and very happy if 1 or 2 get accomplished.