Bilerico: Help Pass ENDA Now!

There’s a post over at Bilerico that talks about the importance of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and what you can do to help get this act passed into law.

Job discrimination DOES happen!  I speak from personal experience.  ENDA is long over due and you have the opportunity to help make it a reality!

According to the post:

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, first introduced in 1994, would prohibit job discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. But LGBT people have never been able to achieve the enactment of the bill, known by the acronym of “ENDA”

Want to find out what you can do to help?  CLICK HERE to find out!



Gay Protection Bill Dies in Virginia

Earlier today, the Virginia House voted against taking consideration of a gay protections bill that would make discrimination against LGBT residents in public employment. The measure was rejected by a vote of 55-42. The state’s House has rejected similar bills many times in the past.

Ken Plum (D-Reston), attempted to force a vote on the bill after it has been idle a House subcommittee. Plums decision was in direct response to Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s recent advice to Virginia state universities that they were not in compliance with state law by adding sexual orientation to their nondiscrimination policies. Cuccinelli has insisted the schools to stop offering such benefits, but neither Virginia Tech or Radford University has complied with the request claiming discrimination goes against school policy.

If you live in Virginia and want to help fight discrimination…click here to learn what you can do!

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

Expressing his regret over a same-sex smooch with Hilton one New Year’s Eve, Mayer said, “The only man I’ve kissed is Perez Hilton… I was dating Jessica (Simpson) at the time, and I remember seeing Perez Hilton flitting about this club and acting as though he had just invented homosexuality. All of a sudden I thought, I can outgay this guy right now. I grabbed him and gave him the dirtiest, tongue-iest kiss I have ever put on anybody – almost as if I hated f**s…”

GLAAD campaigners now want Mayer to say sorry to them for using the derogatory term.

More at: Canoe!

A Little Example of Discrimination

GLBT folk are often targets for discrimination and persecution – especially in this era of increased travel security.

It is a sad statement that TSA staff are creating their own little games based on other people’s lives and appearances.

The board, resembling the TV game show “Jeopardy,” includes categories such as “pickle smokers,” “our gang” and “creatures,” which sources said were names used by managers for gay men, African-Americans and lesbians.

This is nothing more than an invitation to TSA staff to engage in increased harassment of GLBT and coloured people – for no better reason than the amusement of TSA staff.

More at: The Cracked Crystal Ball!

Are You a United Character of America?

USA Network has a great new campaign called “Characters Unite”.   There are two main focuses of this campaign included in their mission statement.

1 – Combating prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hate.

2- Promoting greater acceptance, understanding, and mutual respect of all people.

It seems like campaigns campaigns to promote tolerance and denouncing hate pop-up every other day, but joining all these campaigns are sending an important message to those who stand and lobby for discrimination and hate…that message is; Regardless of how many agree with you, you are not the majority.  Regardless of why you hate, your hate is not accepted.

It’s only takes a second to join up and help take a stand against those who stand against us and others who aren’t considered by the minority as “real Americans.”

Click here for more information!

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