House of Representatives passed the Equality Act earlier in the year. It would amend Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include "sex, sexual orientation and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation in places of public accommodation." In many states there are no legal anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people. In these states, LGBTQ people can be fired from their jobs, evicted from their homes, denied service from restaurants and stores or refused credit from banks simply because of their identity. It is now in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it still has not been given a hearing. The only organized opposition to the Equality Act is religious in nature.
S.1006 Equality Act
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S.1006 Equality Act
congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1006
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