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Gay rights advocates expect Congress will soon move closer to approving a federal ban on job discrimination against gay, lesbian, and transgender workers.
Two transgender members of the Human Rights Campaign's business council quit Tuesday, saying the group's support of an employment nondiscrimination bill that excluded transgender workers put them ''in an untenable position.'' Jamison Green and Donna Rose's resignations are effective immediately, according to a joint letter. The Human Rights Campaign works for equal rights for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people.
The House on Wednesday approved the first federal ban on job discrimination against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act came despite protests from some gay rights supporters that the bill does not protect transgender workers.
The trans driver said MTA has been slow to help her after the attack that she calls a hate crime.
"Our analysis indicates that employment discrimination against transgender employees is persistent and widespread," the Williams Institute's report states.
The Human Rights Campaign changed course Tuesday to support a job discrimination bill even though it does not include transgender workers. HRC's decision to back the measure to prohibit workplace bias against gays, lesbians and bisexuals provides a boost to bill supporters as a House vote nears. A vote on H.R. 3685 is scheduled for Wednesday. The group had been pushing for transgender worker protections. But the organization's president, Joe Solmonese, said passage of the bill -- the first federal workplace protection for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals -- could help pave the way for legislation that covers transgender workers.
Ariana Losco, a transgender woman living in Utah, publicly spoke on the need to get a law protecting LGBT workers on the books in her state. Little did she know her voice would get her fired.
Democrats on Thursday sent to the full House legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, despite bitter complaints from some because transgender workers would not be protected under the bill. Democratic leaders pushed forward the current bill after discovering that including transgender workers in the legislation would cause it to fail in the full House, and promised to try and get additional legislation in the future. ''I believe that the step we are taking today will lay the foundation for passing these additional protections in the future,'' said Democrat George Miller of California, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.
The DNC has released its full platform for the next four years, which features dozens of policies that would improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
The attorney general says the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers discrimination based on gender identity.
Leniyah Butler allegedly confessed to killing the man who refused to pay after she revealed her gender identity – prosecutors say she just didn't want to walk home in the cold.
They address benefits for transgender workers, assisted reproduction, anti-LGBT bullying, and the collection of demographic data.
The division in Congress about whether employment protections should exclude transgender workers has forced unity for gay rights activists across the board.
An unprecedented 195 high-profile U.S. businesses earned a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's sixth annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates employers on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender workers, clients, and investors.
