As a congressional champions, the Equal Opportunities Act is carried out again, civil …

Washington, DC – As a guide in the US house and the Senate, the Equal Opportunities Act is to be reintroduced today – historical federal laws that ensure comprehensive non -discrimination protection for LGBTQ+ shaft everywhere – a coalition of civil rights organizations urgently demands the rapid passage of legislation. The draft law is reintroduced in the middle of a dangerous increase in the legislative and executive measures against LGBTQ+, including the erosion of the non-discrimination against protection and the weapons of the federal authorities against marginalized communities. The coalition includes: Proponents of the Transgender Equality, ACLU, Equality Association, Family Equality, Glad, Glsen, The Human Rights Campaign, NBJC, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, National Women’s Law Center and Pflag.

The groups issued the following explanation:

“Every LGBTQ+person deserves the freedom to thrive itself and. Therefore, we ask the congress/federal legislator to secure equality for everyone, no matter who we love or our gender identity. Anti-equality politicians have worked to protect health, training, housing, the financial workplace and the security of jobs or access to public institutions just because they are.

“These attacks require the basic rock laws that protect our universal freedom, but they cannot deprive us of our collectives. Our communities, our states and our nation are stronger because each of us about breed, place and gender our history, our culture, our experience and our experience and our know -how. Transgender or not – can live freely without constant fear of discrimination or retaliation.

“In the areas of life, this legislation would protect people from discrimination and make sure that we all have the chance to pursue our American dream. The congress should adopt the Equality Act and send a message to the country that we all deserve to live authentically and have the opportunity to thrive.”

The impartial research institute for public religion (Pri) found that the national support for the Equality Act of 75 percent was exceeded, including the majority of Republicans and independent. The Equal Opportunities Act has also received support from companies and over 650 organizations, including civil rights, education, healthcare and faith groups.

The equal opportunities law was reintroduced today by the Member of Congress Mark Takano and the senators Jeff Merkley, Tammy Baldwin and Cory Booker.

The Equality Act: Consistent and Explicit Protection for LGBTQ+ People

The strong increase in anti -LGBTQ+ measurements has led to a dizzying patchwork of fragmented and discriminatory laws that create enemy environments and inconsistent protective measures for LGBTQ+ personnel. With almost two thirds of LGBTQ+ persons who are discriminated against in their daily life, the Equality Act would determine the non -discrimination of the non -discrimination of the federal government in critical areas such as living space, loan, education, public spaces and services, state -funded programs and jury services. This legislation is important to ensure universal protective measures against discrimination.

Without federal protection, LGBTQ+ persons in the United States with significant weaknesses such as evacuation, refusal to services, unfair surcharges or rejection of health care and loans are exposed to their identity. The Equal Opportunities Act tries to treat these inequalities by presenting consistent anti -discrimination protection protection nationwide. It ensures that LGBTQ+ persons live without fear of harassment or discrimination and at the same time can expand the essential protection for women, people with color and individuals of all faiths.

The Equal Opportunities Act also extends decisive protection against discrimination against gender, breed and religion.

The Equal Opportunities Act also extends the protection to millions based on the gender that is not covered by some existing federal antidis crimination laws-to ensure that they do not have to live out of fear of harassment or discrimination. In addition, the law on public accommodations models to ensure greater protection against discrimination based on breed and religion. It would make sure that women are not charged more than men from chemical cleaning to clean a shirt or that those who breastfeed, do not be molested or excluded from public spaces or that women are not turned away by a pharmacy that refuses to fill a birth control. It would make sure that taxis and car sharing services do not refuse black and that business cannot refuse to enter. It would make sure that an accountant authority cannot refuse to work for someone because it does not agree to its religion.

Anti -LGBTQ+ attacks continues to escalate and underlines the need for the Equal Opportunities Act

Since the inauguration, the Trump government has signed an area of ​​anti -LGBTQ+ executive measures that aim to restrict the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ -Peops. These measures include efforts:

• Limit access to health care for transgender people of all ages
• Limit transgender youth to participate in sport
• Censor classroom and punish integrative and welcome schools for their support from LGBTQ+ Youth
• Rollback -Nnicht discrimination protection in healthcare and other health environments and others
• Limit access to precise federal cards for transgender and non -binary persons,
• and more

These anti -LGBTQ+ expenses build up on a long -term campaign of state legislators and governors of anti -equality in order to weaken the protection for LGBTQ+ -Peoper and to attack equality nationwide.

In particular, transgender, non-binaries and gender-specific young people were directly influenced by anti-LGBTQ+ setting and the access to life-saving medical care, extensive and integrative education as well as activities, rooms and facilities were lost.

• Gender care bans (26 states) -Fast 40 percent of all transgender youth between the ages of 13 and 17 live in countries in which they can no longer access life-saving and proven medical care. In more than a dozen countries, the care restrictions also have an impact on adults, in particular through prohibitions for public funds that are entitled to this proven insurance and restrictions on the prescription of such care. More than 30 states introduced gender -specific care bans during the legislative meeting.
• Anti-transferer sports bans (26 states) – Prohibition trans youth to participate in sports with their friends. These invoices concern large parts of trans youth and young like the middle school (with some states even extending the restrictions on kindergarten).
• Bathroom bans (18 states) And 12 states with laws that prevent trans youth to use institutions at school that are in harmony with their gender identity, and 4 countries with laws that prevent trans people from using public bathrooms.

In recent months, the scope of state legislative attacks has expanded. Last month, Iowa was the first state to remove the existing nationwide non -discrimination against protection from a municipality when governor Kim Reynolds signed the law in which the “gender identity” was eliminated as a protected class in the Iowa Civil Rights Act. In addition, numerous states, including Idaho, North Dakota and Michigan, have presented by anti-equality politicians Oberfell v. Hodges.

The time to act is now. The reintroduction of the Equal Opportunities Act is a critical moment for our country to reaffirm its basic promise: that freedom, dignity and the same opportunities are guaranteed for everyone. In the midst of a wave escalating attacks and system rollbacks, the congress has the chance -and responsibility -to increase at this moment and real, permanent protection for LGBTQ+ -Peoper and everyone who is discriminated against.

The human rights campaign is the largest civil rights organization of America, which sets itself for the equality of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and queer personalities. HRC imagines a world in which LGBTQ+ people are accepted as complete members of society at home, at work and in every community.