President Biden May not Have Been Able to Deliver the Equality Act Before His 100 first Days in Office, but he Ensured Trans and LGBQ People that It was in the Works, Urging Congress to Pass it
WASHINGTON In his first address to a joint session of Congress tonight, President Biden made history, when he urged Congress to pass the Equality Act this year.
“I also hope Congress can get to my desk the Equality Act to protect the rights of LGBTQ Americans,” said the President.
The Equality Act is groundbreaking legislation that was passed in the House in late February three Republicans voting in its favor. In addition, if passed, the Act “would update federal civil rights law to ensure explicit and comprehensive protections for LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in virtually every area of life,” according to Freedom For All Americans, FFAA.
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:45 UTC More than 400 companies including Tesla, Pfizer, Delta Air Lines and Amazon have signed on to support civil rights legislation for LGBTQ people that is moving through Congress, advocates said Tuesday.
The Human Rights Campaign, a Washington-based LGBTQ advocacy group, said its Business Coalition for the Equality Act has grown to 416 members, including dozens of Fortune 500 companies. Big names like Apple, PepsiCo, General Motors, CVS, Facebook, Marriott, Capital One, Starbucks and Home Depot pepper the list. It s time that civil rights protections be extended to LGBT+ individuals nationwide on a clear, consistent and comprehensive basis, said Carla Grant Pickens, IBM s chief diversity and inclusion officer, in a statement distributed by the Human Rights Campaign.
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Amazon, Delta Air Lines, Pfizer and Tesla are among the more than 400 corporations supporting civil rights legislation for LGBTQ people, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Dozens of Fortune 500 companies are among the 416 members of the Washington-based advocacy group s Business Coalition for the Equality Act, including Apple, CVS, Facebook, General Motors, Home Depot, Marriott, PepsiCo and Starbucks. It s time that civil rights protections be extended to LGBT+ individuals nationwide on a clear, consistent and comprehensive basis, Carla Grant Pickens, IBM s chief diversity and inclusion officer, said Tuesday in a statement distributed by the Human Rights Campaign.
More than 400 businesses back LGBTQ rights act
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FILE - In this June 24, 2014 file photo, a giant Pride flag flies atop the Starbucks headquarters in celebration of Gay Pride Week in Seattle. More than 400 companies, including Starbucks, have signed on to support civil rights legislation for LGBTQ people that is moving through Congress, advocates said Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The Equality Act would amend existing civil rights law to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identification as protected characteristics. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
More than 400 companies including Tesla, Pfizer, Delta Air Lines and Amazon have signed on to support civil rights legislation for LGBTQ people that is moving through Congress, advocates said Tuesday.