Tag: nondiscrimination
LAPD plans separate jail for transgender suspects.
It is one thing to discuss nondiscrimination as a concept, but how does that change when put into practical situations like shower facilities, locker rooms, prisons, etc. Maybe nondiscrimination is the same, and a concept can be equyally applied everywhere.
GetEQUAL and Justice League – Activate! To Rep. Chris Carney: Stop Voting Against LGBT Constituents and Support Their Right to Employment Protections
While Rep. Carney is out on the campaign trail worried about his own job, he continues to leave his LGBT constituents unprotected and without any form of federal employment protections. Like all Americans, we are worried about our job
Doylestown Bans LGBT Discrimination
I have never heard a person speak out for Marriage Equality who didn't already live in a place with basic protections against discrimination.
Breaking News: HUD ADDS IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS TO ITS GRANT PROGRAMS
or the first time in its history, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will require grant applicants seeking HUD funding to comply with state and local anti-discrimination laws that protect lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals.
This Could Happen To You: Losing Your Job Because You Are Gay
Today in the State of Pennsylvania, there are a handful of cities and counties that offer nondiscrimination protections, but within the rest of the state, there is no protection whatsoever. The solution? Pass PA HB 300.
The Manhattan Declaration and the HRC
let me say what is missing for me in the HRC response, and what I think is missing too often for any dialogue about marriage equality. HRC rightly speaks of "LGBT people and same-sex couples," but what about families?
Equality Advocates Pennsylvania Commends Senator Casey and Senator Specter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2009 Equality Advocates Pennsylvania Commends Senator Casey and Senator Specter for Co-Sponsoring an Inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act Philadelphia, PA - Today, Equality Advocates Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania’s largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization, applauded Pennsylvania Senators
ENDA Introduced into Senate
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Jeff Merkley (OR), Susan Collins (ME), Edward M. Kennedy (MA) and Olympia Snowe (ME) introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to finally prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.  They were joined in
Finding flaws in the arguments against the ‘bathroom bill’
I’ve written quite a bit about nondiscrimination  and hate crimes legislation in New England states, as well as here in Pennsylvania, and done my part to debunk the myth of “the bathroom bill.” I haven’t been too aware of posts
Why PA HB 300 MUST remain transgender inclusive.
Now that the Allegheny County Ordinance struggle, it is time to turn our attention back to PA HB 300. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon your perspective) the PA House isn’t ready, as they are still too embroiled with working on
