What the Equality Act debate gets wrong about gender, sex | PolitiFact
Scientists, public health agencies and biologists say gender identity goes beyond male and female.
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Ketaki Deo, right, and Charlie Whittington, students at George Washington University, arrive for an event supporting The Equality Act, a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill for LGBT rights, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 1, 2019. [ J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE | AP ]
By Daniel Funke and Miriam Valverde, PolitiFact
Published Mar. 6
Updated Mar. 6
On one side of the Capitol Hill hallway is a pink and blue flag, a symbol for transgender pride. Directly across is a sign that says: âThere are TWO genders: male & female. âTrust the science!ââ
House Passes The Equality Act Over Republican Bigotry
Home » House Passes The Equality Act Over Republican Bigotry
[The House voted 224-206 on Thursday to pass the
Equality Act], a bill that would extend civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, but the measure faced an uphill battle to enactment [in the Senate], with Republicans almost uniformly opposed.
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[I]t was the second time the Democratic-led House had passed the measure, known as the Equality Act, which seeks to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to add explicit bans on discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in both public and private spaces.
(Facebook/Marie Newman/Twitter/Marjorie Taylor Greene)
Facebook has apologised for deleting a video of Democrat Marie Newman hanging a trans flag outside of Majorie Taylor Greene‘s office – but has left Greene’s transphobic response up.
Newman posted a video of herself unfurling a trans Pride flag outside of her office – which neighbours Greene’s – only for Facebook to remove it for “hate speech”.
“Meanwhile, they’re still allowing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic video to be posed,” Newman tweeted, referring to a video of the congresswoman hanging a retaliatory sign reading: “There are two genders male and female. Trust the science!”
Congresswoman Newman, whose daughter is transgender, spoke in favor of the bill banning discrimination against LGBTQ Americans.
Our neighbor, @RepMTG, tried to block the Equality Act because she believes prohibiting discrimination against trans Americans is “disgusting, immoral, and evil.”
Thought we’d put up our Transgender flag so she can look at it every time she opens her door ️⚧️ pic.twitter.com/dV8FatQFnx Congresswoman Marie Newman (@RepMarieNewman) February 24, 2021
Congresswoman Greene tried to block the bill, so Newman responded by raising a transgender pride flag outside her Capitol Hill office, which happens to be right across the hall from Greene s.