ENDA Bill Introduced… Last Week?
Today at 1pm today (6-24-09) Barney Frank is set to officially introduce the HR 2981, The Employment Non-Discrimination Act. This week, Congressman Barney Frank will introduce the Employee Non-Discrimination Act. The legislation would extend federal employment laws, which currently prevent job discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, and disability, to also cover sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill covers both the public and private sectors. Although some states have passed laws to prevent such discrimination, it is legal in 30 states to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, and legal in 38 states to discriminate on the basis of gender identity. According to research by the Williams Institute, there is an ongoing pattern of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity nationwide. Over 100 co-sponsors, including members of both parties, have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill. Oddly, the
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Community significance
“ENDA Bill Introduced… Last Week?” may matter to affected communities because it organizes evidence or documented claims about law and civil rights and places them alongside transgender identity and history. This can help readers distinguish the article’s evidentiary contribution from broader commentary on the subject.
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As a publication record from 2009 at Transadvocate.com, “ENDA Bill Introduced… Last Week?” provides dated evidence of how law and civil rights was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
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The article’s strongest policy connection is civil rights and anti-discrimination and labor and employment policy. It links that institutional frame to law and civil rights and transgender identity and history, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.
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- 1Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community42%
- 3Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life28%
- 4Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community28%
- 5Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life14%
- 6Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict14%
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How “Law and civil rights” appears across the Collective corpus
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- Transgender identity and history468
- Community and organizing300
- Public policy and governance165
- Education and youth151
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization146
- Culture, identity, and representation145
- Labor, economics, and institutions136
- Family and relationships130
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse119
- History, archives, and memory117
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveFeminists For Choice » ENDA Bill Introduced . . . Last Week?
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Cristan Williams
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
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Cristan Williams
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
Autumn Sandeen
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Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
TransAdvocate Staff
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