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LGBT+ Americans inch closer to ‘freedom’ as House passes Equality Act

LGBT+ Americans inch closer to ‘freedom’ as House passes Equality Act

MATTHEW LAVIETES  LGBT+ Americans have moved a step closer to winning legal protection from discrimination as the U.S. House of Representatives passed a key civil rights bill backed by President Joe Biden. By a vote of 224 to 206, the House passed the landmark Equality Act, which amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in addition to race, religion, sex and national origin. The vote closely followed party lines, with only three Republican lawmakers supporting the bill. "Without the Equality Act, this nation will never live up to its principles of…
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Biden, in LGBTQ interview, vows to pass Equality Act in first 100 days

Biden, in LGBTQ interview, vows to pass Equality Act in first 100 days

DANIEL TROTTA DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised to put top priority on passing the LGBTQ rights legislation known as the Equality Act, hoping to sign what would be a landmark civil rights law within 100 days, should he win Tuesday's election. Biden, a leading voice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights as vice president under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, also pledged in an interview with the Philadelphia Gay News to expand queer rights internationally by making equality a centrepiece of U.S. diplomacy if he assumes office in January. Although he has championed the Equality…
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