The Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA) would prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation and is one of the key pieces of LGBT-related legislation pending this year. ENDA applies broadly across the LGBT community, and isn’t specific to those of us with children (as are, say, adoption rights), but some on the ultra-right are using scare tactics to equate opposition to ENDA with protecting children. Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the “Traditional Values Coalition”—named a hate group by the a Southern Poverty Law Center—appeared on CBS News’ Washington Unplugged to explain why ENDA would endanger children. She said that because ENDA would prohibit school districts from firing or reassigning transgender teachers, it puts children at risk. A teacher transitioning from one gender to another “would be very confusing to children,” she stated, and “children need a safe environment” in which to learn. Luckily, Allyson Robinson,