"If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the tra-off wh my own privacy."
Contents:
- IN WHAT US STAT IS LEGAL TO REFE SERVICE TO GAYS AND LBIANS?
- THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN STILL BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY
- THIS MAP SHOWS THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN BE LEGALLY FIRED FOR BEG GAY
IN WHAT US STAT IS LEGAL TO REFE SERVICE TO GAYS AND LBIANS?
* 29 states where gays can be refused service *
The are the 18 stat where refg service to gay people is. Addnally, several stat terpret existg laws agast sex discrimatn to apply to bias relatg to sexual orientatn and genr inty, even though they do not have laws explicly forbiddg such stat that do not offer protectns to gay and transgenr people on those grounds, municipal laws ver many Human Rights Campaign, an L. Tim Cook me out as gay an say Bsweek on Thursday.
And while some stat and ci have passed their own protectns, there are still 29 stat where you n actually be fired for beg gay, leavg more than half of all total workers vulnerable to employment Amerins rrectly thk that this problem has already been solved. A 2013 HuffPost/YouGov poll found that 69 percent of Amerins thk that firg people for beg gay is illegal. "If hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then ’s worth the tra-off wh my own privacy, " Cook wrote his say.
They live Oklahoma, where a bs uld legally refe him service bee he is gay.
THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN STILL BE FIRED FOR BEG GAY
Dpe recent advanc LGBT rights such as the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell and Sectn 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), there is still a long way to go until gay, lbian, and transgenr Amerins achieve full equaly the Uned Stat. "Those words nclud the Supreme Court’s cisn 2015 allowg gay marriage every state, but the USA is far om cidg a hive set of laws on other LGBT gay marriage, our stat’ laws are a patchwork.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE 29 STAT WHERE YOU CAN BE LEGALLY FIRED FOR BEG GAY
On the other end of the spectm, 15 stat require proof of sex reassignment, while three stat ban genr chang on birth iologil l that divid the Supreme Court 5-4 four years ago on gay marriage are largely different om those dividg his dissentg opn, Chief Jtice John Roberts blasted the other jtic for takg activist rol: "Today, five lawyers have orred every state to change their fn of marriage, " Roberts said.
”Jenny Pizer, lambda legalAdvot and legal experts say the laws will further raise the barriers to health re for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer patients. In most stat, 's legal for an employer to fire workers simply bee they are gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr.