New York Teamsters Fund Denies Benefits to Same-Sex Spouse of Twenty-Seven Year Veteran Employee: Lambda Legal Advocates on the Family’s Behalf |
| "Under New York's rule recognizing out-of-state marriages, Jackie and Marylou are legal spouses; the New York State Teamsters Benefit Fund is ignoring its obligation to its long-time member and leaving this family vulnerable."
Syracuse, NY—Lambda Legal filed an internal appeal to the New York State Teamsters Council Health and Hospital Fund on behalf of Jackie Zacharewski because the Teamsters Fund denied Ms. Zacahrewski's request for spousal health benefits refusing to recognize her legal marriage to Marylou Dalton-Zacharewski.
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Grassroots Power Harnessed to Pass Employment Non-Discrimination Act National Organizations Co-Lead Grassroots Organizing Training at National Equality March |
| Washington, D.C. — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Center for Transgender Equality, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)-National are hosting a training on grassroots organizing to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) as part of this weekend’s National Equality March in Washington, D.C. ENDA is federal legislation that will ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Majority of Workers Still Hide Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity at Work |
New “Degrees of Equality” report finds persistent negative climate for LGBT workers.
Washington, D.C. – A majority – 51 percent – of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers continue to hide their identity from most or all co-workers, according to a new report released today from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation that examines the real-life experiences of LGBT workers. The report, “Degrees of Equality: A National Study Examining Workplace Climate for LGBT Employees,” found that, despite significant advances in employment policies at major U.S. corporations, a majority of LGBT workers continue to experience a range of negative consequences because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Younger workers are even more likely to hide their LGBT identity – only 5 percent of LGBT employees ages 18 to 24 say they are totally open at work, compared to more than 20 percent in older age cohorts. The report is available for download at www.DegreesOfEquality.org.
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U.S. House Holds Hearing on Employment Non-Discrimination Act |
|  U.S. House Holds Hearing on Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Measure would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, praised the House Education and Labor Committee today for holding a full committee hearing on an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would prohibit employment discrimination, preferential treatment, and retaliation on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The lead sponsors of the measure are Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA), IIeana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Michael Castle (R-DE), George Miller (D-CA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), John Conyers (D-MI), Todd Platts (R-PA), Rob Andrews (D-NJ), and Leonard Lance (R-NJ).
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Out & Equal Workplace Advocates applauds the introduction of an inclusive ENDA |
| Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), joined by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), introduced today the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in
an important show of bipartisan support. This bill, which would extend the existing federal law
prohibiting employment discrimination to protect people on the basis of sexual orientation and
gender identity, is much needed and long overdue.
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