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Title: Senate OKs bill barring genetic discrimination
Post by: Natasha on April 25, 2008, 05:33:51 PM
Senate OKs bill barring genetic discrimination

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2428229720080424
4/25/2008

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill barring employers and insurers from
discriminating against people based on their genetics won unanimous
passage in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, moving one step from final
congressional approval."
Title: Re: Senate OKs bill barring genetic discrimination
Post by: Purple Pimp on April 25, 2008, 08:50:49 PM
Interesting.  Hopefully, some enterprising lawyers will be able to convince courts down the road (if this becomes law) that being transgender (or, at least, post-transition transsexual) is a genetic issue and therefore discrimination against us would be illegal.  That would be nice.

Lia