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Rights to Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgender Americans
PSN on April 7, 2008 - 10:02am Even as the "culture wars"
supposedly rage, the reality is that gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender rights are making slow and steady progress across
the country. Gays and lesbians now have protection against
workplace discrimination in states covering nearly half the U.S.
population, rights for same sex partnerships and adoptions have
made gains in at least ten states, and laws making violence or
bullying against gays, lesbians, bisexual or transgender (GLBT)
people a crime are increasingly being enacted. While opposition
to equality is still strong in many states, as this Dispatch
will outline, GLBT rights are making significant advances, from
the workplace to the schoolyard to the home. Extending Equal
Employment & Economic Rights While the federal government has
failed to pass any laws protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual or
transgender Americans against