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:Eric Ethington (Author) | March 25, 2011
Baltimore, Maryland – A House Committee has passed a bill by a margin of 15-8 which adds both gender identity as well as gender expression to the State Non-Discrimination laws for employment and housing. If it passes the full House, it will then head over to the Senate. Press Release from Equality Maryland, via JoeMyGod: [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 21, 2011
West Virginia – For the third time, the State House has failed to take up the bills outlawing housing and employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, despite heavy support in the State Senate. The State Senate passed the bills in both 2008 and 2009, in fact the 2008 vote was unanimous. But [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 23, 2011
Hawaii – Yesterday the Hawaiin House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed House Bill 546 which would prohibit employment discrimination based on gender identity and/or expression. Hawaii already has these protections in place for housing discrimination. The measure passed the committee by a vote of 15-0 (with 1 excused). You can see a copy of HB 546 here. [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 21, 2011
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was pushed on whether or not Obama thinks that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) has a chance of passing with the current Congress. Gibbs skillfully dodges the question, only saying that the President Obama is pushing for it. Video below. ENDA would guarantee nationwide that employers (with some exceptions, ie businesses with [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 18, 2011
Utah – The Williams Institute (a program of the UCLA Law School) has just released their completed study revealing the level to which LGBT citizens in Utah experience job descrimination. Still think that the non discrimination laws are unnecessary? Big thanks to @BenWinslow for pointing us to this! According to the study, 43% of Utah [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 17, 2011
Pennsylvania – Democratic state legislators are saying that while a non-discrimination law for LGBT citizens is inevitable, the chances of one passing any time soon are slim. A rash of Republican tea-partiers took over in November, and they’ve pledged to block it at all costs. Always sad to see these so-called ‘conservatives’ blocking laws which [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 22, 2010
BREAKING! Equality Utah has just announced that they have succeeded in their 10 in 10 goal! Last night, Grand County unanimously passed non-discrimination ordinances, banning discrimination in housing and/or employment based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Congratulations, well done and an enormous Thank You to Equality Utah! After 12 months of intense work, they’ve [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 9, 2010
Holladay, UT – City Councilman Barry Topham is at it again. Following up on his comments last month when he told residents of Holladay that he didn’t want housing and workplace protections for LGBT citizens because he didn’t want “cross dressers living in his house,” this past week he reiterated those statements and added the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 4, 2010
Here it is! This weeks PRIDEinUtah Podcast features my debate with Utah State Representative Carl Wimmer on a state-wide non discrimination ordinance to protect our LGBT citizens from discrimination in housing and employment! Check it out here, on the RSS feed or download it for free on iTunes! Click HERE to Play!
Eric Ethington (Author) | April 16, 2010
Park City, UT – Last night in a unanimous vote, Park City joined the ranks of cities in Utah that no longer discriminate against Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgender people in matters of housing and employment. Park City, widely known as one of the most liberal areas of Utah, wanted to push things further and [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.