Equality rights advocates in Connecticut have been fighting to
make this the year in which “gender identity and gender expression”
are added to the state’s anti-discrimination law. A public
hearing was held on March 21 at which family, friends and members of
the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community spoke in favor
of House Bill 6599.
Nicole Greenlaw testified about anti-trans discrimination: “We
have been labeled as crazy, disturbed, delusional and I’ve been
personally referred to as an abomination. … We are none of those
words. We are just who we are.”
HB 6599 was passed by the Conn. Judiciary Committee on April 5.
The bill will now go before the state legislators.
According to ctEQUALITY, 13 states, Washington, D.C., and over 130
municipalities currently have laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of
gender identity or gender expression.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation fights anti-LGBT bigotry,
which is another tool of the ruling class to keep workers divided.
