The Senate Help Committee has just started a hearing concerning an employment non-discrimination act that includes protections for the LGBT community. Watch it live on CSPAN (and follow the jump for more details).

On the Louboutin heels of the greatest sweeping social legislation in four decades, the Courage Campaign, GetEQUAL and Cleve Jones hope to utilize the momentum to move the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) out of committee and onto the House floor for a vote. Sign their petition here, which will be hand-delivered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

From the petition:

Dear Speaker Nancy Pelosi --

With health care legislation passing, now is the time to institute workplace protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people by passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Rep. Tammy Baldwin says she believes that we have the votes to pass ENDA, and Rep. George Miller has said the bill is ready to come out of committee now that...

The gay blogosphere is grouping together today for a blog swarm in the efforts of drawing attention to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ability to pass an Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA) for GLBT Americans. Never ones to turn down gay group action, us Instinct boys hope you might want to help out as well!

"If we can get ENDA enacted and signed into law, it is only a matter of time before all the rest happens," the Obama Administration's Personal Management Director John Berry said. "It is the keystone that holds up the whole bunch, and so we need to focus our energies and attention there."

Please call Speaker Pelosi's office at (202) 225-4965 to demand that HR 3017 -- ENDA -- be brought to a vote in the House. As other blogs instituting ...