The House
has seen a transgender person testify on the issue of transgender rights in employment,
but for the first time ever, the Senate will hear from a transgender witness,
speaking about ENDA, the Employment Non Discrimination Act.
According to his bio of the TPOCC website, Broadus is an attorney who hails from Missouri and founded the organization in 2010. He’s written essays of transgender rights, won awards for LGBT advocacy, is a board member of the National Black Justice Coalition and was formerly on the board for the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.
The Employment
Non Discrimination Act, when passed, would protect Americans from
employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity by civilian, nonreligious employers with at
least 15 employees.
President
Obama supports the bill, which was first introduced in 1994 and has failed to
succeed in the 18 years since.
Description
English: U.S. LGBT
employment discrimination law.
Sexual
orientation and gender identity: all employment
Sexual
orientation: all employment
Sexual
orientation and gender identity: state employment
Sexual
orientation: state employment
No
state-level protection for LGBT employees
Date
November 24, 2011 (UTC) Source en:US
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