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On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, chaired the first full committee hearing in the House of Representatives on legislation to prohibit employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3017), introduced by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), would prohibit employment discrimination, preferential treatment, and retaliation on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by employers with 15 or more employees. Currently, it is legal to discriminate in the workplace based on sexual orientation in 29 states and in 38 states based on gender identity.
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The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3017), introduced by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), would prohibit employment discrimination, preferential treatment, and retaliation on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by employers with 15 or more employees. Currently, it is legal to discriminate in the workplace based on sexual orientation in 29 states and in 38 states based on gender identity.
Witnesses:
- U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) »
- U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) »
- Hon. Stuart J. Ishimaru » Acting Chairman U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- William Eskridge » John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence Yale Law School
- Vandy Beth Glenn » fired from her Georgia state legislative job when she told her supervisor she was transitioning from male to female
- Camille Olson » Partner Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Craig Parshall » Senior Vice President and General Counsel National Religious Broadcasters Association
- Rabbi David Saperstein » Director The Religious Action Center
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Brad Sears »
Executive Director
Williams Institute
UCLA School of Law
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