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HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN
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People n be discrimated agast bee of who they are, or who they love, ” said Reprentative David Cicille, an openly gay Democrat om Rho Island and the lead sponsor. Several Republins assailed the Equaly Act as dangero, leadg one top Democrat, Reprentative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, to acce them of believg that gay and transgenr people “are morally ferr, and that firg should be permted. Maloney, the openly gay chairman of Hoe Democrats’ mpaign arm.
”In a landmark cisn June, the Supreme Court led that the 1964 civil rights law protects gay and transgenr people om workplace discrimatn, and that the language of the law, which prohibs discrimatn on the basis of sex, also appli to discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. Chamber of Gay Stolberg ntributed reportg. Whether your child arriv via birth, adoptn, surrogacy or foster re, the abily for a parent to take time off om work and vote undivid attentn to exclively beg mom or dad is cril to a child’s gnive, emotnal, and social velopment and many heterosexual parents, mothers have historilly taken materny leave om work to spend qualy time wh a new baby, and fathers are creasgly takg advantage of paterny leave to do the for parents who intify as LGBTQ+ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer), the journey to parenthood is often more plex, and navigatg parental leave as an LGBTQ+ parent n be ght wh unexpected hurdl.