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13 – In the U.S., the city council of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passes an ordinance which adds sexual orientation to its municipal anti-discrimination law. 17 – Vancouver, British Columbia resident Aaron Webster is killed in what many believe to be a gay bashing attack.
A 2024 report on American LGBTQ youth found that 29.7% of the 3,100 youth polled were diagnosed with a disability, with these numbers being higher for trans youth (33.3%) than cisgender LGBQ+ youth (20.6%). [11] In a 2020 study of Australian LGBTQ people, 38% of respondents reported having at least one disability. [12]
Anti-oppressive practice is an interdisciplinary approach primarily rooted within the practice of social work that focuses on ending socioeconomic oppression.It requires the practitioner to critically examine the power imbalance inherent in an organizational structure with regards to the larger sociocultural and political context in order to develop strategies for creating an egalitarian ...
By a unanimous 8-0 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that anti-discrimination laws forbid employers from firing a complaining employee's fiance. In the case of Thompson v. North American Stainless ...
Massachusetts Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Initiative; CROWN Act (2022) Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. CROWN Act (2023) Minnesota CROWN Act (2023) Montana Montana Constitution, Article II, §4 (1973) Nebraska Nebraska Constitution, Article I, §30 (2008) CROWN Act (2021) Nevada Nevada Constitution, Article 1, Section 24 (2022)
Anti-discrimination legislation: For sexual orientation and gender identity: Chile; The U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity issued a regulation to prohibit LGBT discrimination in federally assisted housing programs. The new regulations ensure that the Department's core housing programs are ...
Opinion polling has shown that a majority of Washingtonians support same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights. A 2019 survey from the Public Religion Research Institute showed that 74% of residents supported anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBTQ people. [4] In November 2012, voters approved a same-sex marriage law in Referendum 74.
The original Equality Act was developed by U.S. Representatives Bella Abzug (D-NY) and Ed Koch (D-NY) in 1974. The Equality Act of 1974 (H.R. 14752 of the 93rd Congress) sought to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and marital status in federally assisted programs, housing sales, rentals, financing, and brokerage ...