Gender Inclusive Anti-Discrimination Bill Raised In Connecticut
by: Diana CT
Wed Feb 11, 2009 at 08:26:17 AM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=BCFA36AC66AFC3D242A90AA2DF85C698?diaryId=9437Yesterday the gender inclusive Anti-Discrimination bill was raised in the House that will add gender identity and expression to Connecticut's Non-Discrimination statutes.
HB 6452 AN ACT CONCERNING DISCRIMINATION.
To prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression.
Introduced by: Judiciary Committee
(21) "Gender identity or expression" means a person's gender-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person's assigned sex at birth.
This will be the forth year that this bill has been brought up. In 2007, the bill made it through four committees and the Senate before it was filibustered in the House. In the Senate it passed by a vote of 30 to 4. This year with marriage equality now a reality, we can now focus all of our energy on this bill. However, this also means that the opposition can now focus all of their attention on this bill with their dire predictions of doom and gloom.
