Equality Act

These are the stories of LGBTQ people who need the Equality Act’s protections

Congressional Democrats reintroduced a sweeping nondiscrimination bill last week to bolster protections for LGBTQ Americans. If passed into law, the bill would clarify existing protections and fill the gaps in federal nondiscrimination laws. The bill would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation …

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‘Religious freedom’ arguments kill Nebraska’s LGBTQ employment protections bill

Nebraska is one of more than two dozen states that have no LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections at the state level. That’s not changing anytime soon, as a bill to create employment protections came to an abrupt end this week. State Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks (D) introduced LB 627 in January this year. The legislation would have …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.