ENDA WILL PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL

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ENDA WILL PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER WORKERS
05 November 2009


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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund today submitted testimony to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that underscores the critical need for passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace. The committee is holding a hearing on the legislation today.

"We are on the heels of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act being signed into law. Without understating the importance of this monumental victory, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community needs ENDA, and we need it now," says Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "The path that too often ends in victimization begins with bias and discrimination in the workplace. ENDA must be a top priority as we press forward in the movement for equality.