Bills To Protect Gay And Transgender Workers From Discrimination Are Stalling Na

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Bills To Protect Gay And Transgender Workers From Discrimination Are Stalling Nationwide

http://www.ibtimes.com/bills-protect-gay-transgender-workers-discrimination-are-stalling-nationwide-2314745

IB Times/By Cole Stangler @colestangler   On 02/19/16 AT 11:30 AM

" Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender denizens of the Bluegrass State aren't so lucky.

It's one of 31 states where, according to state law, employers can fire and harass workers for being gay or transgender. And the situation is not — to borrow a popular phrase among LGBT rights advocates — getting better. Less than a year after same-sex couples won marriage rights at the Supreme Court and as public opinion becomes increasingly gay-friendly, efforts to extend workplace discrimination laws to LGBT people are struggling to gain traction across the country."