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US Equality Act: House of Representatives to vote on LGBT+ protections


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https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/us-equality-act-vote-house-of-representatives/

The Equality Act would amend existing civil rights legislation to bar discrimination based on gender identification and ***ual orientation (Getty/Tom Williams)

Democrats in the House of Representatives are to revive the Equality Act next week, in a bid to break the impasse over bill to protect LGBT+ people in all 50 states.

The bill would amend existing Civil Rights Act provisions barring discrimination based on race and *** to also add specific protections for ***ual orientation and gender identity.

Republicans have stood in the way of the measure and predecessor bills for more than two decades. While the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in 2019 by a vote of 236-173, it was never even brought for a vote in the then-Republican controlled Senate.

However, with Democrats now in control of the House, Senate and presidency for the first time in a decade, efforts to pass the bill are being stepped up in line with Joe Biden‘s promise to make it a priority in his first 100 days.

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