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Lawmakers face ‘reckoning’ on expanding LGBT protections in civil rights act, supporters say
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
A rainbow flag was photographed on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., Tuesday, June 21, 2016. (Bryan Bennett / Kalamazoo Gazette)
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Whether it’s through legislation or at the ballot box in 2022, expanded civil rights protections for Michigan’s LGBT residents are coming, advocates said during a Monday news conference.
Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act currently protects people from discrimination based on several factors when it comes to employment, housing and public accommodations: religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status or marital status.
Michigan lawmakers reintroduce bill to add LGBT protections to civil rights act
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
A rainbow flag was photographed on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., Tuesday, June 21, 2016. (Bryan Bennett / Kalamazoo Gazette)
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Michigan lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to expand the state’s civil rights law by including protections against discrimination for LGBT people.
Sponsored by Rep. Laurie Pohutsky, D-Livonia, House Bill 4297 would add sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to the list of protected classes under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on several factors when it comes to employment, housing and public accommodations.