The House of Representatives last week passed the Equality Act, a sweeping bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of all existing anti-discrimination measures in the United States Code. For the first time ever, a comprehensive LGBT civil rights bill received a vote on the floor in Congress. It passed the House on the same day that we celebrate the 65th anniversary of Brown v Board of Education.

In January, after 17 years of hard work, New York State finally enacted GENDA—a measure to protect transgender and gender non-conforming people from discrimination statewide. However, LGBT people in other states are still vulnerable to discrimination and lack recourse under the law. Only 22 states have clear laws barring discrimination based on sexual orientation. Transgender people lack these basic protections in a staggering 31 states.

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