Comments on: Polis pledges to take the lead on ENDA

By: ENDA Update – en|Gender

ENDA Update – en|Gender — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:43:24 +0000

[...] Finally, someone new to take on ENDA! A Colorado congressman who’s set to become the most senior openly gay member of the U.S. House is pledging to take the lead on perhaps the most high-profile piece of pro-LGBT legislation: the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) said during a Washington Blade interview on Tuesday that he intends to become the chief sponsor of ENDA following the retirement of gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who’s championed the bill since 2007. “I plan on introducing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the next session,” Polis said. “Across our country, gays and lesbians face discrimination in the workplace and lose their jobs and their livelihood. It’s wrong and it’s got to end. People shouldn’t be fired in this country just because of who they date in their private life.” [...]

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:21:39 +0000

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By: Robyn Carolyn Montague

Robyn Carolyn Montague — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:18:41 +0000

Quite hoping Rep Polis intends to include Trans People in his rendition of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act as he intends to introduce it next session, his words here excluding Trans-identified people. Many feel that the EEOC ruling th.
is year that enumerates Trans-identified people as protected class (under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as sex discrimination) do not understand that each instance of said discrimination is burden of proof on the individual, and not the employer. The Trans Community needs ENDA to codify the EEOC ruling.

Mr Polis: Please do not take the "bathroom path of Barney." We are people, and don't need a panty check on how we have to pee. Include us, or lose us.

By: Truth Wins Out – Time For Congress To End Job Discrimination Against LGBT Workers

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:31:40 +0000

[...] Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson reports today that openly gay congressman, Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), is pledging to take the lead on the [...]

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:29:42 +0000

“Other names that have been mentioned as possibilities as vice chair are Reps. Joe Donnelly (D-N.Y.)…”
Um, what? Joe Donnelly is not from New York, nor will he be a member of the House next year.

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Polis pledges to take the lead on ENDA | QClick Radar — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:01:01 +0000

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