Nancy Pelosi has just introduced the Equality Act to protect LGBT people at the federal level. In more than half the states it is still legal to fire someone for being gay, to refuse a transgender person business at a restaurant, and to discriminate in numerous other ways such as housing, credit, and education.
As a teen in 2005 I testified before Maine’s Judiciary to pass the anti-discrimination law, which successfully added sexual orientation and gender identity to the Maine Human Rights Act. As a victim of hate crimes, hate violence, and anti-LGBT discrimination, I know firsthand the importance of this law and why it is absolutely necessary to end discrimination and exterminate hate in this country.
Please contact your legislators and encourage them to support the Equality Act! Text EQUALITY ACT to 472472.