Sentences with phrase «non-discrimination employment protections»

Twenty - eight states still lack non-discrimination employment protections for gay and lesbian people.

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Less than a decade ago, during the national debate on ENDA (The federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act), a major beach - head in the gay movement, 68 percent of respondents in a poll of gays and lesbians commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) said it was acceptable to exclude their T colleagues from the protections sought in this legislation.

The long - running campaign to secure federal workplace protections for LGBT employees took another step Tuesday when a Senate panel held the first hearing on the Employment Non-discrimination Act in nearly three years.

When the U.S. Senate Two weeks ago, in a 62 - 34 bipartisan vote, approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the achievement was noteworthy primarily for one reason ---- it was the first time either house of Congress had approved such a measure with protections for transgender Americans included.

Among the many right - wing luminaries scheduled to speak at this year's CPAC are: Sam Brownback, the pig farmer turned governor of Kansas who recently stripped LGBT state workers of employment non-discrimination protections, Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon turned professional Obamacare basher who compares marriage equality advocates to supporters of bestiality and pedophiles, and half - term Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin who is well, Sarah Palin.

Filed in: Politics, Politics Tags: ACLU, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, employment protections, ENDA, LEmployment Non-Discrimination Act, employment protections, ENDA, Lemployment protections, ENDA, LGBT rights

Proponents of a bill known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would provide job protections for gay and transgender workers, are actively taking a whip count to see whether the measure has enough support for floor action.

Smith's gay Republican supporters point to Smith's past support for other gay rights legislation, including the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, which would ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and a hate crimes prevention bill that includes protection for gays and transgendeEmployment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, which would ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and a hate crimes prevention bill that includes protection for gays and transgendeemployment discrimination based on sexual orientation and a hate crimes prevention bill that includes protection for gays and transgender persons.

Congressman Engel has supported previous legislation concerning LGBT issues like supporting ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) to prohibit employment discrimination for gays and voting against DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and Marriage Protection Amendment (bans same - sex Employment Non-Discrimination Act) to prohibit employment discrimination for gays and voting against DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and Marriage Protection Amendment (bans same - sex employment discrimination for gays and voting against DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and Marriage Protection Amendment (bans same - sex marriage).

Weiner, who was one of just seven House Democrats who voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in 2007 to protest the lack of protections for transgender workers, recently faced questions over two occasions at which he failed to speak out against homophobic statements made in his presence while he was campaigning.

Gathered donations for the ACLU's proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act for the protection of LGBT + people in the workplace.