Tag: Jeff Merkley
On Anniversary of Equality Act Introduction, HRC Announces Support of More Than 80 Major Companies
Over the last year, this crucial federal non-discrimination legislation has gained bipartisan support and unprecedented endorsements from the business community.
HRC Announces 60 Companies Launch Business Coalition for the Equality Act
Business support comes as more than 100 grassroots supporters and advocates fan out across Capitol Hill to urge Members of Congress to support the bipartisan Equality Act.
Majority of Americans in all 50 States Support the Equality Act, New Nonpartisan Polling Shows
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement after new polling shows that a majority of Americans in all 50 states support a bill like the bipartisan Equality Act, which was introduced last year with an unprecedented number of original co-sponsors and would extend existing civil rights protections to LGBT people.
Ahead of First-Ever Congressional Forum on Violence Against Trans People, HRC & TPOCC Release Report
Human Rights Campaign and the Trans People of Color Coalition issue call to action in response to violent deaths of transgender people.
HRC Endorses Comprehensive New Legislation That Ensures Full Federal Equality for LGBT Americans
New polling shows overwhelming bipartisan support among American public for LGBT non-discrimination protections.
Bipartisan Campaign Launched to Pass Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Today the bipartisan campaign Americans for Workplace Opportunity announced it had formed in order to take advantage of a historic opportunity to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act 19 years after its first introduction – a bill to ban workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.