Democrats reintroduce Equality Act as Trump escalates war on
House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday reintroduced the Equality Act, a landmark civil rights bill that would make sexual orientation and gender identity protected classes. The measure, which . The Equality Act amends landmark federal anti-discrimination laws to explicitly add sexual orientation and gender identity to longstanding bans on discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, jury service, access to credit, federal funding, and more. It would also add protections against sex discrimination in parts of anti-discrimination laws where these protections had not been included previously, such as public accommodations and federal funding.
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Discover the key promises Democrats have made for LGBTQ+ rights in their platform, from healthcare to equality protections. Support Fearless Journalism. Trump's Defense Department wants HuffPost's reporters to sign a restrictive and clearly unconstitutional document. Democrats Reintroduce The Equality Act
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. Half the states , most of them Republican-led, have banned or restricted such procedures. President Bill Clinton signed the anti-gay-marriage Defense of Marriage Act in , and candidate Barack Obama opposed same-sex marriage in 
Booker Joins House and Senate Democrats in Reintroducing
Democrats said the Equality Act, which would extend federal protections to LGBTQ+ Americans across the country, is not only long overdue but more necessary now as Trump has enacted dozens of policies that target trans Americans. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. With the Democratic National Convention in full swing, the party has released its full platform for the next four years should Kamala Harris be elected president.
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Congressional Democrats reintroduced the Equality Act on Tuesday, reviving a long-running effort to enshrine federal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. . 
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On the always contentious subject of LGBT issues, both parties’ platforms are significant—one for what it contains, the other for what it omits. The Democrats’ platform looks much. .
LGBT Rights
The gay rights movement was one of the fastest-moving civil rights movements in history. Now with some lawmakers moving to codify gay marriage rights into law, the federal government is revisiting gay rights for the first time since the Supreme Court decided Obergefell v. Hodges in , a case that found that the constitutional right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples. Some argue that. . All the LGBTQ+ planks on the DNC's 2024 platform
Matt Hill, a gay former White House official at the Democratic National Convention, explains the ways Democrats will keep advancing LGBTQ+ rights. .