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After a key procedural vote Monday, the Senate is debating a bill to outlaw workplace discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, almost two decades after the first such measure was introduced in Congress. But even if the Democratic-controlled Senate passes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, it faces strong opposition in the Republican-run House.\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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According to the Government Accountability Office<\/a>, 21 states and the District of Columbia already prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation; 17 (plus D.C.) extend that protection to gender identity. In addition, dozens of cities and counties have enacted local nondiscrimination ordinances<\/a>.\u00a0All told, those state and local laws<\/a> cover about 40% of \u00a0the U.S. population, according to the Senate committee report<\/a> accompanying ENDA.<\/p>\n\n

Most employed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults said their workplaces were “very” or “somewhat” accepting of LGBT people, according to a Pew Research Center report<\/a> issued earlier this year. While only 21% said they had been treated unfairly by an employer<\/a> because of their sexual orientation or gender identity (and just 5% saying they’d been so mistreated in the past year), workplace discrimination is one of the most important policy issues<\/a> within the LGBT community. More than half (57%) said equal employment rights for LGBT people should be a “top priority.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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