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2019 LGBT equality Joe Average: 3,000,000 [52] 50th anniversary of the 1969 decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada. Design features two overlapping human faces within a large circle, and the word "equality" in both French and English. [53] The design was issued both as a regular $1 coin and as a limited-edition $10 collector's coin in ...
In May 2019, Equality Labs partnered with South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), API Chaya, and the office of representative Pramila Jayapal to hold a congressional briefing on caste discrimination in the United States in Washington, DC. This briefing was the result of a caste survey that Equality Labs conducted in 2016–2017 to ...
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 ...
A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the ...
In the United Kingdom, the term equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is used in a similar way. Diversity refers to the presence of variety within the organizational workforce in characteristics such as gender , ethnicity , sexual orientation , disability , age , culture , class , veteran status, or religion .
Retired player Brandi Chastain talking about the importance of equal pay regarding the U.S. women's national soccer team pay discrimination claim in 2019.. Starting in 2016, players for the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) have engaged in a series of legal actions against the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).
United Nations Free & Equal is a global public information campaign led by the United Nations Human Rights Office. [1] The campaign advances equal rights and fair treatment for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and intersex individuals around the world, and is actualized in association with UN offices, common society associations and, in certain countries, national and civil specialists. [2]
EqualityMaine (formerly the Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance) is Maine's oldest and largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender political advocacy organization. . Their mission, outlined on the organization's website is to "secure equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Maine through political action, community organizing, education, and collabora